Free Checklist of Foods That Your Dog Can and Cannot Eat

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Here’s a list of foods your dog CAN EAT safely:

• Apples (remove seeds)
• Bananas
• Beef (cooked)
• Blueberries
• Bread
• Broccoli
• Brussels Sprouts
• Cantaloupe
• Carrots
• Cashews
• Celery
• Cheese (not lactose intolerant)
• Chicken (cooked)
• Coconut
• Cooked White Rice and Pasta
• Corn
• Cranberries
• Cucumbers
• Eggs (cooked)
• Fat and grease
• Fish (cooked)
• Green beans
• Ham
• Honey
• Lean Meats
• Oatmeal
• Oranges
• Peaches
• Peanut butter (raw and unsalted is best)
• Peanuts (unsalted)
• Peas
• Pineapple
• Popcorn (unsalted)
• Pork
• Potatoes
• Pumpkin
• Quinoa
• Raspberries
• Salmon (cooked)
• Shrimp (cooked)
• Spinach
• Strawberries
• Sweet Potatoes
• Turkey (cooked)
• Watermelon
• Yogurt (plain)

And here’s a list of foods your dog CANNOT EAT:

• Alcohol
• Almonds
• Asparagus
• Avocado
• Butter
• Cat food
• Cherries
• Chillies and peppers
• Chives
• Chocolate
• Cinnamon
• Coffee, Tea, and Other Caffeine
• Cooked bones
• Cookies
• Fat Trimmings and Bones
• Garlic
• Grapes and Raisins
• Gravy
• Hops
• Ice cream
• Kale
• Leeks
• Lemons and Limes
• Liver
• Macadamia Nuts
• Marijuana
• Milk and Other Dairy Products
• Mushrooms
• Mustard seeds
• Nutmeg
• Onions
• Peanut butter
• Persimmons, Peaches, and Plums
• Pizza
• Plums
• Raw Eggs
• Raw Meat and Fish
• Rhubarb
• Salt
• Salty or sweet snacks
• Sugary Foods and Drinks
• Tobacco
• Walnut
• Xylitol
• Yeast Dough
• Your Medicine