{"id":6521,"date":"2022-01-19T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/?p=6521"},"modified":"2025-01-14T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T13:35:41","slug":"6521-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/6521-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Can My Dog Eat Avocado?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can dogs eat avocados? Yes, but…
While it’s okay if your dog eats a small amount of avocado flesh, it’s probably best to make this popular fruit a rare treat—or simply avoid it entirely. <\/p>

Avocados do have potential health benefits, for people and dogs. Avocado contains nutrients that can help your pal maintain healthy joints and skin and a shiny coat. Like olives<\/a>, avocados contain oleic acid—a monounsaturated fatty acid that supports heart and brain health. and the fruit contains plenty of Vitamins C and E, folate, and fiber.<\/p>

But dogs should only eat an avocado’s flesh; the pit and the skin are big no-nos. Avocados contain a toxin called persin—and most of it is in the fruit’s leaves, skin, and pit. Never let your dog eat those parts, which could also present a choking hazard or cause an intestinal blockage. <\/p>

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Where the toxins are…<\/figcaption><\/figure>

If you’re feeding avocado flesh, do so in small amounts, as avocados can cause GI upset in dogs who eat too much. Because the fruit is calorie-dense, you should probably opt for lighter options for treats and meal toppers to prevent weight gain.<\/p>

And even if you are giving your dog a small amount of avocado flesh, never do so as part of guacamole or other avocado-based foods that have additional ingredients. A lot of those extras—like onion—are bad for dogs.<\/p>

So, while avocado is sort of a nutritional powerhouse, feeding your dog any at all may be more trouble and risk than it’s worth. Keep it to an occasional, closely supervised treat, or skip it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The famous toast-topper is full of important nutrients. But it comes with some watch-outs, like toxic skin and leaves, and lots of calories. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6521"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40342,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6521\/revisions\/40342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefarmersdog.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}