Can Dogs Eat Shrimp?
Is It Really Safe for Your Dog to Eat Shrimp? Read more to find out.
Small amounts of shrimp appear to be fine for most dogs to eat (aside from a small chance for allergy).
If you do feed shrimp to your dog, at least be careful to peel the shells because like bones shells are hard to digest and may cause choking, cuts, or other irritations. Improper preparation of raw shrimp also runs the risk for food poisoning.
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July 22nd, 2009 at 8:00 am
my dog just ate a shrimp, but for only one shrimp.. does it affects the dogs skin or hairs?
January 20th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
this is great info cause we gave our dog shrimp and the next day she was doing funny stuff
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:33 pm
My dog ate tons of shrimp skin and she was fine…but check if your dog has allergies first! (chew the shell if your dog is 10 years old in human years or more)
-Christy
May 24th, 2010 at 9:40 am
My German Shepherd has eaten a plate of shrimp in the past, and nothing happened to her.
July 31st, 2010 at 3:28 pm
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August 7th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
my dog eats shrimp all the time and is a 3 year old schnauzer mix.
September 22nd, 2010 at 5:59 pm
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October 15th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I gave my 5 mo old yorkie a plate of raw shrimps with sojos and twenty minutes later she threw up everything she ate. I think I am going to avoid giving her more shrimp in the future. I tried many other raw meat with success in the past, so will stick to that
November 26th, 2010 at 11:05 am
I feet my dog shrimp, scallops, and lobster tartar all the time. He loves them with some fava beens and a nice chianti.
December 19th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
My shrimp ate a dog and felt fine afterward.
December 23rd, 2010 at 5:20 am
Gave my Fox Terrier a few pieces of shrimp, along w/ chicken prepared by Chili’s for the first time. Woke up this morning and found that he had vomited a small amount of his food…so I guess it didn’t agree with him.
January 15th, 2011 at 2:18 am
Barbara, I am so pleased your dog is looking so young and healthy, and you seem to be feeding her almost everything right. You lost me though with the chocolate and grapes, two of the MOST TOXIC foods to give a dog. She may seem to tolerate these foods well, but you ARE shortening her life. Please look at what these foods DO to her internal organs over time. I pray you remove these from her diet, so that you have your precious fur baby, for a lot more years yet. Please don;t be cavalier about toxic foods. The warnings are out there for a very good reason.
Shrimp in moderation (as for humans), is also fine…”IF” they don’t have an allergy. Seafood allergies in humans cause death everyday, and the same happens with some animals as well. Test them with ONE shrimp, and see how they go. CHILLI is a definate NO NO to animals.
January 23rd, 2011 at 4:50 am
My dog is a Euro-black Jack Russell, 10 yrs. old. This is Sunday. Last Wed. he became sick. He is finally drinking water and eating ice and the only thing he has eaten and wants is cooked shrimp and a few bites of Pupperoni, for what it is worth. He ate five smaller shimp yesterday and though still not up to par, at least he has kept them down.
February 13th, 2011 at 3:00 am
I’ve an Aussie shep/collie mix. He was fed shrimp all the time. Not knowing he may or may not’ve had a shellfish allergy, he’d get cooked, peeled, de-veined shrimp in massive amounts (10-20 pieces, including the tails). These days, considering his seizure history and still not knowing if he’s allergic to shellfish, he gets five cooked shrimp, tops, no tails or skins. He doesn’t appear to have an allergy; with vet bills and lab testing prices what they are, it pays–no pun intended–to be wise.
Check if your breed of dog can have shrimp or other shellfish in moderation. Even if they can, it is possible their genetic lines might be open to the rare instance of an allergy to even one shrimp. You really just never know. If you’re still not sure, stick with the “when in doubt, leave it out” rule. It won’t him or her at ALL to NOT have the shrimp more than it may or may not if they do eat a piece or two.
April 5th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
mi perro kasi muere por komer kamarones
todo comenzo porque mi papa le dio kaskaras
de kamaron esgtamos esperando aver ke pasa sobre su
salud asi que pido un min de silencio por mi mani (perro)
April 8th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Tonight my sheltie ate a small piece of cooked, de-shelled shrimp, and 10 minutes later she threw up a large amount of food. It scared me because I thought she had food poisoned. She seems to be fine now. I feel sorry for feeding her food which caused her sick. I will not give my dog any shrimp in the future.
April 19th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
i fed my wormrimer a small amount of deshelled fully cook shrimp and he puke for 1 hour off and on
May 19th, 2011 at 8:48 am
dogs is good
May 28th, 2011 at 5:32 am
while my wife and I were eating peeled shrimp our 16 yrold Yorkie went crazy we gave her some and it appears to be her favorite food…great now I have two girls with expensive taste.
June 18th, 2011 at 7:05 am
Most of the dogs are allergic to shrimps, lobster, crabs or similar to this. They also allergic to seashells food and few fishes mostly to cat fish.It will start to the dog drastic itchiness, to hair losses, and ended to mange. Don’t take a risk.
August 6th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
My husband and I were eating shrimp and we have given it to our two other dogs before a American Pit Bull Terrier and a Transylvanian Hound and they have never been sick, but we gave it to our new puppy a Walker Hound and his eyes became droopy and he started peeing alot and then his eyes retracted to the far corners of his eyes..His reaction was bad and if we hadnt taken him to the vet- She said he would have died. The dogs wont be getting anymore shrimp from us!
December 31st, 2011 at 3:46 pm
We live at the beach and our 5 labs treat the surfline like a Red Lobster buffet- and have for many years. Tiny crabs everywhere and they love them- alive, or just the empty tiny shells some hungry fish discarded. When we cook shrimp they go nuts, and I’ll toss them a deveined one. Our labs obviously have no shrimp or seafood allergy and their large digestive tracts are no problem.