Overview
Eating small amounts of rice pudding usually will not cause any immediate harm to a dog's health. However, avoid giving a dog flavored rice pudding, as it might contain harmful ingredients to dogs such as raisins and chocolates.
Can dogs eat Rice pudding?
Risks
- Apart from rice, rice pudding also contains milk, butter, and sugar; ingredients that are unhealthy for dogs, especially lactose-intolerance dogs.
- Traditional rice puddings contain raisins, which are toxic to dogs; they could potentially cause severe kidney damage and kidney failure in dogs.
- Some rice pudding recipes have lemon and nutmeg. While the amount of lemon zest or juice used and the amount of nutmeg used might not be enough to cause any immediate health issues, when all the unhealthy ingredients are combined, they might still cause digestive issues in dogs.
Servings
- If your dog can tolerate lactose, homemade plain rice pudding without any harmful ingredients can be given to him in small amounts occasionally.
