Can Dogs Eat Bread? Benefits and Effects

Bread is a big part of the day to day human’s diet around the world and if you own a dog, you might have a question whether you can feed breed to your dog or not. Well, the answer is yes! but there are few things to take into consideration before feeding your dog bread. However, they can eat in a small amount but not in a large quantity.

Your dog can eat as much the same amount of bread as you. You have seen dogs eating sandwich, muffins and even whole loaves, so it is not harmful to your dog to eat bread provided they don’t have any allergies. Dogs tend to yarn for human food and providing them with human food after having enough knowledge about its benefits as well as the side effect is very necessary.

How Bread is good for your Dogs?

Feeding your dog a bread now and then in small quantity won’t hurt them. Bread is not toxic or poisonous in itself and they can be helpful for your dog in some cases. You don’t know what’s in your dog’s belly most of the time as they swallow anything they find it yummy. If they have taken some sharp particles like bones shards, sticks or even threads, the bread works to ‘pad’ the foreign materials. It will help them to pass through the Gastrointestinal tract.

Bread also will help to reduce pain when your dog is having mild abdominal pain. A small piece will help them a lot in digestion and traps foreign materials that are causing the pain. However, if they are not feeling well and is vomiting or having diarrhea, immediately take your dog to the veterinarian as only the bread piece will not work.

Can Your Dog Eat Bread?

As said at the beginning of this article, you can feed your dog breed in a moderate amount. However, there are few things to consider before feeding them like their allergies towards certain ingredients. They can be given bread but if they are allergic to wheat, it is a big no as most of the bread is made up of wheat.

Feed your dog breed in a small amount which should not be more than 5%. If your dog is active and is into regular exercise, a small amount of bread with low sugar and fat is good for them. Although an overweight dog should not be fed as bread contain fat and are full of crabs which will only lead to rapid weight gain than in normal.

Toxic Bread Ingredients for your Dog

There is a variety of bread you can get with lots of ingredient in different loaves. Plain white bread is not harmful to your dog but not all bread is non-toxic. There are a few ingredients in bread that you should not give blind eyes when it comes to your lovely dog.

• Raisins (highly toxic)
• Garlic and onion
• Nuts and seeds
• Xylitol (artificial sweetener)

How Frequently you should give Bread to your Dogs?

Bread should not be fed in a huge quantity to your dogs. You can include a piece of bread as their treat. 95% of the food given to the dog should be a quality dog food and only 5% or less should be other non-toxic human food like bread. You can feed a piece to your dog from the sandwich you are eating at breakfast or in snacks.

Well, you know that you can feed your dog bread and also what kind and in what amount. Most of the bread that you have at home are bought from the market. However, it is best when you bake a loaf on your own for your dog which can be yeast free, sugar-free and healthy bread. Self-made food for dogs is always better, risk-free and you do not have to question their preservatives.

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