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763 answers in Feeding & Nutrition — page 23 of 32
Take the cob away from your dog now, because the cob itself is never food, even though plain kernels cut off the cob can be shared in small amounts. A swallowed cob piece is a blockage emergency, not a wait-and-see event. If your dog swallowed a cob piece, call your vet promptly, and call straight away for repeated…
Chives are a firm no for dogs: chives are alliums, like onions, garlic, and leeks, and alliums can damage a dog's red blood cells. If your dog ate the chives snipped over your soup, note how much and when, then call your vet for guidance, especially after more than a few snips, or for a small dog or puppy. Watch for…
Yes, your dog can eat tofu, as long as it is plain and unseasoned, served in cubes as an occasional extra. A plain cube that fell from the pan before sauce touched it can be offered, while a cube carrying sauce, marinade, chilli, or seasoning cannot. Offer two to three small cubes to a small dog or up to five to six…
Yes — dogs can eat tangerines in small amounts, much like oranges in miniature. Peel the fruit fully, remove any pips, and offer one or two segments; the peel and pith are hard to digest, and the flesh is sweet and acidic, so this is an occasional taste rather than a daily fruit. When fruit is being shared at home,…
Yes, your dog can share store-bought mushrooms, as long as they are plain culinary mushrooms such as button mushrooms, cooked plainly and served in small pieces. Offer a few slices to a small dog or one to two small mushrooms, sliced, to a medium or larger dog, as an occasional extra. Wild mushrooms are never food for…
No, do not share raw potatoes with your dog, including the unpeeled potato your dog carried off from the rack like a ball. Trade a proper toy or treat for it. Raw potato is hard to digest, and swallowed chunks risk choking. Green or sprouted potatoes carry solanine, and no form of them is ever safe, raw or cooked,…
Yes, your dog can eat parsnips, but only plain parsnip, and roasted sticks left over from a roast dinner qualify only if they were cooked with nothing on them. Typical roast sticks carry roasting fat, oil, salt, or a honey glaze, and those versions are not plain. Cook a plain batch until soft, cut it into sticks, and…
Yes, your dog can share oranges at the picnic, as long as you serve peeled segments only, with seeds and pith removed. Offer one segment to a small dog or up to two to a larger dog, as an occasional treat. Peel is not part of the deal: peel is tough to digest, can upset the gut, and a large swallowed piece can cause a…
No, do not share lemons with your dog, in any amount or preparation, because lemon flesh is sharply acidic and the peel and pith carry citrus oils that can upset a dog's stomach. A wedge your dog licked once at a barbecue is not a panic moment. Offer fresh water, watch for drooling, lip licking, vomiting, or loose…
A single dropped segment is not an emergency for most dogs: grapefruit flesh is not poisonous to dogs, and if your dog grabbed it, simply take away any peel, pith, and seeds and watch for a mild upset stomach from the acidity. If you choose to share deliberately, offer one or two peeled segments with the bitter…
Yes, your dog can have flaxseed, and ground flaxseed, the form your dog licked from your porridge spoon, is the right one, because whole seeds pass through a dog largely undigested. Sprinkle about a quarter teaspoon for a small dog, half a teaspoon for a medium dog, or up to one teaspoon for a larger dog over food, a…
Yes, your dog can eat edamame, as long as you serve only the shelled beans, plain and steamed, and keep pods out of the bowl. Shell the pods yourself and offer three to five beans for a small dog or up to ten beans for a medium or larger dog, as an occasional extra. The beans are young soybeans, shelled from the pod…
Yes, your dog can eat chickpeas, but only plain cooked ones, and the roasted snack version that spilled from your packet does not qualify, because those snacks are seasoned and salted. Cook them until soft, or rinse canned ones well, and serve three to five chickpeas for a small dog or up to two tablespoons for a…
Yes, your dog can have chia seeds, served soaked until swollen or sprinkled lightly over food, and a spoonful of plain unsweetened chia pudding fits if it carries nothing beyond chia and water or plain milk. Give about a quarter teaspoon for a small dog, about a teaspoon for a medium dog, or up to two teaspoons for a…
Yes, your dog can share butternut squash, as long as you serve plain cooked flesh with skin removed and every seed scooped out. Roast or steam it until soft, cool it, and offer one to two tablespoons for a small dog or three to four tablespoons for a medium or larger dog, mashed or in soft cubes. Tray cubes qualify…
Yes, a plainly cooked Brussels sprout that rolled under the table can be fine for your dog, provided it carries no butter, oil, bacon fat, gravy, or seasoning. Cook sprouts until tender, trim the tough stalk end, and cut each sprout in half or quarters so pieces are not a round, whole shape in the mouth. Serve one…
Yes, your dog can share the black beans from your burrito can, as long as the beans are plain, fully cooked, and rinsed well first. Rinsing washes away the salty canning liquid, which is the part of this scenario your dog does not need. Offer one tablespoon for a small dog or two to three tablespoons for a medium or…
Yes, bell peppers are fine for many dogs as an occasional crunchy treat, and those red strips dropped during fajita prep were a safe windfall once you check them. Wash the pepper, remove the stem, core and seeds, and cut plain strips or pieces your dog can chew comfortably, with no oil, salt or fajita seasoning. Red…
Yes, plain cooked beets are fine for many dogs in small amounts, and that pink beard from the summer salad was pigment rather than harm. Cook beetroot plainly without pickling liquid, salt or seasoning, peel it, and cut it into pieces sized for your dog. Beets carry natural sugars, so treat them as an occasional extra…
For many dogs the calmer order is walk first and breakfast afterward, with a genuine rest between the walk home and the bowl. Exercising hard on a full stomach invites discomfort and vomiting, and large, deep-chested dogs need extra care because vets advise rest around meals as a precaution against stomach twist. A…
An adult Siberian Husky typically weighs 16 to 27 kg (35 to 60 lb), with females usually at 16 to 23 kg (35 to 51 lb) and males at 20 to 27 kg (44 to 60 lb). Huskies are medium, athletic dogs under a spectacular amount of coat, and owners routinely overestimate their true size by several kilograms of hair. Feel ribs…
An adult Shih Tzu typically weighs 4.5 to 7.5 kg (10 to 17 lb), with little difference between the sexes at this small scale. A Shih Tzu should feel sturdy and solid rather than delicate, and a long coat in full flow hides softness that your hands will find at once. Feel ribs under a thin fat cover, look for a waist…
An adult Shetland Sheepdog typically weighs 6 to 12 kg (13 to 26 lb), with females usually at 6 to 11 kg (13 to 24 lb) and males at 7 to 12 kg (15 to 26 lb). Shelties are small herding dogs wearing an abundant double coat that can double their apparent size, and eyes alone will mislead you completely. Push through the…
An adult Rottweiler typically weighs 35 to 60 kg (77 to 132 lb), with females usually at 35 to 48 kg (77 to 106 lb) and males at 43 to 60 kg (95 to 132 lb). Rottweilers carry genuine muscle on a broad frame, and the judgment call is separating that working mass from fat that creeps over it. Feel ribs under a thin fat…
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