Free Dog Safety Tools
Two free tools for the moment you find a wrapper on the floor or wonder whether a food is safe to share: one to check a food, plant or household item, and one to see the published toxic threshold for a few common dangers.
If your dog may have eaten something dangerous, call first. Your vet, an emergency clinic, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435, or Pet Poison Helpline at (855) 764-7661. Go straight to a clinic if your dog is unconscious, having trouble breathing, bleeding or having seizures (ASPCA).
Have this ready while you call
- The package, wrapper or ingredient list, or a sample of what your dog got into
- What it was, about how much, and when
- Your dog's weight
- Any signs you have seen, and whether a wrapper, bone or other object may have gone down too
A dog that seems fine is not a reason to wait: signs of poisoning can be delayed (ASPCA). Do not try to make your dog vomit or give a home treatment unless a vet or poison-control professional tells you to (Pet Poison Helpline).
Check a food, plant or household item
Can My Dog Eat tells you whether something is safe, safe in small amounts, or one to keep away, with the reason and the source. Use it when you are wondering about a food before you share it, or you want to know whether the thing your dog ate is a known concern.
How a food is prepared matters: raw or cooked, seasoned or plain, with pits, seeds, skins or wrappers. Each entry says which forms are fine and which are not. If your dog is sick, injured or may have swallowed an object, call your vet whatever the entry says.
See the published toxic threshold
Dog Toxin Dose Checker is for when you know what your dog ate and roughly how much: chocolate, xylitol, grapes and raisins, onion and garlic, macadamia nuts and caffeine. Enter your dog's weight and the amount, and it shows the published threshold for that substance, the source it comes from, and the date we last checked it.
Products vary and the amount your dog swallowed is an estimate, so the result is a starting point for the call to your vet or the helpline. Tell them what you entered.
Where the numbers come from
The tools use published veterinary and animal-welfare sources, including the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, Pet Poison Helpline, the Merck Veterinary Manual and the AKC. Every entry names its source and shows the date we last reviewed it. DogServ is written by Cal Hewitt and the DogServ Team. Spotted something out of date? Tell us through the contact form.
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