Kong-able ingredients
Just about anything your dog can eat can be fitted into a kong somehow. Here is a big list of ideas – we have this list on our fridge to inspire us whenever we come to doing some kong filling!
- Apple (always remove the pips/seeds as they contain cyanide)
- Banana
- Beef (cooked)#~
- Blackberries
- Bouillon powder (just use a small amount as this has a high salt content)
- Bovril (just use a small amount as this has a high salt content)
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Carrot (if tinned, with no sugar or salt added)
- Cayenne pepper (very small amount)
- Celery
- Cheddar cheese (mature)#+~
- Cheddar cheese (mild)#+~
- Chicken (cooked)~
- Chilli powder (very small amount)
- Cottage cheese (low fat if possible)+~
- Courgette/zucchini
- Cucumber
- Egg (cooked)~
- Garlic
- Goat’s cheese#+~
- Green beans
- Green pepper (capsicum)
- Honey#+
- Kong biscuits#+
- Kong paste (puppy or adult varieties)#
- Lamb (cooked)#~
- Liver (cooked)~
- Marmite (just use a small amount as this has a high salt content)
- Melon
- Mixed nuts, unsalted, chopped#~
- Mushroom
- Natural yoghurt (fat free or low fat)+~
- Parmesan cheese#+~
- Peanut butter (low fat)#~
- Peas (if tinned, with no sugar or salt added)
- Pork#~
- Rabbit (cooked)#
- Rice (brown and cooked)+
- Rosemary
- Spinach
- Stock (vegetable, beef, chicken, etc) (just use a small amount as this has a high salt content)
- Sweetcorn (if tinned, with no sugar or salt added)~
- Tabasco sauce (very small amount)
- Tahini paste
- Tofu
- Tomato
- Treats – whatever you normally give him/her
- Tuna
- Turkey (cooked)~
- Vegemite (just use a small amount as this has a high salt content)
- Vitamite
- Watercress
- Whole rolled porridge oats+
- Zucchini/courgette
* This ingredient is not suitable for puppies
# This ingredient is not suitable for dogs on a weightloss diet(although it can be given in small portions)
+ This ingredient is not generally suitable for senior dogs (although it can be given in small portions)
~Please note that these ingredients can cause an allergic reaction in dogs. A dog can develop a food allergy at any age, even to food he/she has previously been eating with no ill effects.
Some foods should never be fed to dogs:
- Alcohol
- Apple leaves, stems and seeds
- Apricot leaves, stems and seeds
- Avocado
- Cherry leaves, stems and seeds
- Chocolate – this can be poisonous to dogs
- Coffee
- Grapes
- Food with a high content of, or added, salt or sugar
- Human snack food such as cookies/biscuits, potato chips/crisps, hot dogs and pickles
- Macadamia nuts
- Onions
- Peach leaves, stems and seeds
- Potato peelings
- Raisins
- Sultanas
- Sweeteners (or food containing them, particularly containing Xylitol)
- Tomato leaves and stems
- White bread
- White rice
- Xylitol (artificial sweetener)
- Yeast dough