Not everyone agrees which people food is good for dogs and which can harm them, such as garlic, raw eggs and bones, for example.
The following recommendations are drawn from several sources, but the list is far from comprehensive.
If you have questions about the suitability of any specific food for your pet, ask a veterinarian.
Some of the foods consumed by people that many pet experts discourage feeding to dogs:
• Avocado
• Alcohol
• Candy and gum
• Chocolate
• Coffee and other caffeine products
• Fat trimmings
• Grapes and raisins
• Macadamia nuts especially, but also other kinds of nuts
• Milk and other dairy products, including ice cream
• Onions
• Raw or undercooked meat and fish
• Salt, including salty things such as chips or pretzels
• Sugary foods and drinks
• The stems, leaves, peel, fruit and seeds of citrus plants, apple seeds, the pits of plums, peaches and nectarines
• Yeast dough
Some of the human foods that dogs can eat:
• Cooked white or brown rice and pasta
• Slices of apples, oranges, bananas and seedless watermelon
• Snacks of carrot sticks, green beans, cucumber slices or zucchini slices, corn (cut off the cob), chopped broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower, hard winter squash
• Thoroughly cooked lean meats (avoid fatty bacon)
• Unsalted, smooth peanut butter
• Unsweetened applesauce
Source: Various.
