Can Dogs Eat Honey?
Is It Really Safe for Your Dog to Eat Honey? Read more to find out.
Honey is nontoxic and actually contains essential nutrients and vitamins, although, it is recommended that you do not give more than one teaspoonful of honey a day.
Still, it might not be safe to give them to puppies.
Honey should never be served to babies or puppies. There may be botulism spores in the honey that can effect the youngest of our “children.” Older animals and humans have immune systems strong enough to tolerate it. Honey is fine for your adult dogs, just don’t give it to puppies.
Source: www.naturaldogfood.com/WebEmergency_food.html
Tags: botulism, honey, puppies, sweets, toxic
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Recent Comments
December 3rd, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Adult dogs can eat honey, it has natural antiseptic properties however it is a high sugar item so should be used sparingly.
Dogs do like the taste of it too.
January 14th, 2011 at 10:29 am
my puppy had distemper virus and sick with flu and cough. i gave him honey everyday and within 1 week he looks so much more healthier.
January 15th, 2011 at 2:08 am
I have been giving my dogs honey as a rare treat on toast, and appreciate the wonderful properties in most honeys. I just want to warn people who are not buying recognised and certified brands, that BEE’S making honey from pollenating the flowers off the OLEANDER TREE, produce honey that has the potential to kill small children and dogs, and it has. Even if it doesn’t kill your child or animals, the devastating effects of consuming it is horrific. Please be careful people. KNOW WHAT yu are feeding your kids and animals. <3
April 29th, 2011 at 7:31 am
It’s a great tool to get my dog to take medication. I crush up the pill and then add a bit of honey to make the powder into a ball which he then happily licks off a spoon.
April 30th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
When my yorkie was 6 weeks old, the vet told us that he was hypoglycemic and that we had to feed him a teaspoon of honey every few hours and mix crushed up honeycomb cereal in his food so he wouldn’t go into a coma.
May 3rd, 2011 at 7:10 am
Honey is so beneficial for humans, I was hoping my dogs could benefit from it too. I was so excited to read that it was, until I read Janne’s comment on honey and the Oleander tree being toxic to dogs. I’m hoping someone can clarify why and how you would know if bees pollinated honey from an Oleander tree! It doesn’t say anything on the hooney label about trees! Help!
May 25th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
My dog loves peanut butter. Unknowingly i bought peanut butter w/ honey, After giving him a kongo ball full of this peanut butter w/ honey the next day all hell broke lose, he went to bathroom all over the house. Now my dog is potty trained & would never go in the house unless he absolutly could not hold it. At first i thought it was stress,because i had returned to work, out of guilt i gave him another kongo of peanut butter w/honey.Now the diaharrea wont stop, and hes not eating!!! i dont knw what to do?>?? please help!
May 27th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
It is true that every part of the oleander tree is extremely poisonous. The flowers are, too. I have done research and from this website,(http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/oleander-leaf,I learned that honey and even smoke from the shrub is poisonous. To answer your question, Janette, no certified honey brand would ever sell honey made from a poisonous shrub. However, I would recomend researching whatever brands you buy, and if they have any history of poisonous honey
May 27th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Janette, I was curious as well so I looked up the plant. Apparently it’s a very popular flowering evergreen type of plant that requires a tropical or sub-tropic climate. In the US it’s mostly cultivated on the West coat, and is popular in California. While it wouldn’t guarantee that the bees would not have found one somewhere, getting honey that’s cultivated in the central states or maybe the east coast should be a safe bet. Most honey companies will label where their honey comes from because local honey is supposed to have some benifit to seasonal allergy sufferers.
June 8th, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Janette,
Most of the honey you purchase SHOULD have on it’s label somewhere the kind of flowers that would effect the honey. For instance, Savannah Bee Company tells you that certain kinds of their honey are from orange blossoms, etc. You might find more of this exposure and honesty from smaller or organic companies, so look into them. Many of them list the kind of flowers because it does effect the taste of the honey.
I wonder if honey has the same properties to aid allergies for dogs as it does for humans. Eating a little local honey each day can actually help humans with seasonal allergies caused by local pollen…it functions almost like a vaccine.
June 11th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
I am planning on making granola for us & my dogs who 1 is pregnant & 1 just had a litter of pups less than a week old. I thought the items in this will be very beneficial to them but, as Janett also asked how do you know if the bees had polinated an Oleander tree & where do they commonly grow. I also have no way to regulate the amount of honey in the amount of honey in granola. Are there any other things dogs should not eat such as raisins? I heard they should not eat grapes.. Also anyone know if it’s good for pregnant dogs.
June 11th, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I looked up oleander trees. They are a tropical, fictus tree that grows best in warmer climates.
June 11th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
I looked up Oleander trees. They are a tropical, fictus tree that grows primarily in warmer areas.
June 18th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
I read that honey produced from your area was good for humans with spring and summer allegies, I was wondering if it was ok for me to give to my yellow lab, he has bad allegries?
June 29th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
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July 2nd, 2011 at 9:30 am
what about raw honey
July 19th, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Don’t feed your dogs grapes or raisins. Both are poisonous.
August 17th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
I wonder how anyone can say where the bee pollinated? I have oleander in my yard – I wonder if my two golden retrievers get allergies from those plants> I find if I just put a small amount of peanut butter in a kong ball for my dogs they have dirreah the next day. I have stopped giving them Pb and cheese and their poop in solid. The PB and honey combo is probably really tareing up their stomach
November 10th, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Great tip re local honey & allergies. My CKC Spaniel has terrible allergies so ill give anything a try.
Alan, and any others who have dogs with upset tummies, if my dogs ever have soft stools a hard boiled egg soon binds everything up and settles their tummies quickly. I always buy free range of course
February 24th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
Just reading the comments about dogs & loose stool. My vet recommended canned pumpkin mixed with my dogs food & out works great. Just make sure you buy only pumpkin, not the kind that has spices in it for pie.