Dog Safe Foods
Sharing food with your dog? Make sure it's safe first
Sharing food with your dog? Make sure it's safe first
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Read the tips below before sharing any food with dogs
Dogs can eat shorter-lived species of fish like salmon, ocean whitefish, lake whitefish, herring, walleye, flounder, sardines, and Arctic char. Longer-lived fish species, like tuna and swordfish, can contain heavy metals like mercury, which builds up in the fish's system over time. Dogs should only be fed cooked fish, as raw fish can carry harmful parasites and bacteria like salmonella and listeria. Fish cooked in too much oil can cause gastrointestinal upset in dogs, or even lead to serious illness such as pancreatitis. Fish bones are small, brittle, and dangerous, and can lodge themselves in your dog's mouth, throat, stomach, and intestines, sometimes even perforating the organ wall. Not only is this painful, it can also result in an expensive visit to the veterinarian. Dogs can eat bite-size pieces of plain, unseasoned, deboned, shorter-lived species of fish that is cooked without oil or butter.
Caution: Foods that are high in fat can cause dogs to get gastrointestinal upset and even pancreatitis. Read more.