Can dogs eat…?
Type any food to get a straight answer, the reason behind it, and what to do if your dog has already eaten some. Verdicts come from veterinary toxicology sources — not from general web advice.
If your dog has eaten something now
Do not wait for symptoms and do not try to make your dog sick unless a vet has told you to — some substances cause more damage coming back up. Have your dog's weight, what was eaten, roughly how much, and when, ready before you call.
- +1 (888) 426-4435 — ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (US)
- +1 (855) 764-7661 — Pet Poison Helpline (US)
- 01202 509000 — Animal PoisonLine (UK)
- 1300 869 738 — Animal Poisons Centre (AU)
Never feed these
Full list, printable →- AlcoholEmergencyEthanol
- CaffeineEmergencyCaffeine, a methylxanthine
- ChocolateEmergencyTheobromine, plus caffeine — together the methylxanthines
- Grapes, raisins, sultanas and currantsEmergencyTartaric acid and its salt potassium bitartrate
- Ibuprofen and other human anti-inflammatoriesEmergencyNon-selective COX inhibition
- Paracetamol / acetaminophen (Tylenol)EmergencyAcetaminophen and its reactive metabolite NAPQI
- Raw yeast doughEmergencyEthanol from fermentation, plus mechanical expansion
- Wild mushroomsEmergencyVaries by species — amatoxins in Amanita, muscarine, ibotenic acid, gyromitrin, psilocybin
- Xylitol (birch sugar)EmergencyXylitol, a five-carbon sugar alcohol
- Cherry, peach, plum and apricot stonesToxicAmygdalin, a cyanogenic glycoside
- HopsToxicUnidentified; likely essential oils, resins or phenolic compounds
- Macadamia nutsToxicUnidentified. Despite how consistently this syndrome occurs, the responsible compound has never been isolated.
Where these answers come from
Each entry is built from veterinary toxicology and clinical nutrition sources — the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, the Merck Veterinary Manual, Pet Poison Helpline and the primary case literature — and every entry lists the sources it used.
Where the evidence genuinely is not settled, the page says so rather than inventing a number. Grapes are the clearest example: the toxic principle was only identified recently, susceptibility varies between individual dogs, and no safe dose has ever been established. That is more useful to know than a confident-sounding threshold would be.