Ember was begging so mom gave her about three pieces of chopped tomato she was fixing for tacos. Are tomatoes okay for dogs? Ember seemed to like it so I wanted to know.
My dogs have eaten fresh tomatoes for 14 years! No problems ever. We grow them and thet love to go snatch them off the vine--lol. It just makes a mess with seeds down their fronts ( mostly my previous white chested shelties). I will give the Chi's little chunks to play with and eat...they love it--just not too much or you will get loose stools.
Rule of thumb on veggies...above ground growers loosen bowels, below ground growers firm bowels.
Mine love chewing a carrot stick, broccoli stem or the center vein you cut out of a collard green or piece of romaine! Yum...low calorie treat!
Tomatos are in the nightshade family. They are not advised. Having said that, Brody used to pick them off the plants and eat them (the cherry ones). But when I heard that they were not good for dogs, I stopped letting him have them. Remember you have to consider the very very small size of our dogs. A tomato might be harmless to a large dog. But considering how small our dogs are, I err on the conservative side.
I've always been afraid to give tomatoes because of the acidity. Not worried about giving a little tomato sauce tho.
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