Not Safe for Dogs
Medium dog serving: never
Key warning: all sausage varieties — pork, chicken, turkey, breakfast sausage, bratwurst
Can Dogs Eat Sausage? No — Garlic, Extreme Sodium, and High Fat
This food is NOT safe for dogs. Keep it away from your pet.
Sausage is not safe for dogs. All sausage contains extremely high sodium and fat plus seasonings including garlic onion and spices that are toxic to dogs. Even breakfast sausage patties contain harmful levels of these ingredients.
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Warning Signs & Symptoms
Extreme sodium: ion poisoning. Garlic and onion in most sausage: hemolytic anemia. Extreme fat: pancreatitis risk. Seasonings: digestive upset. Regular feeding: obesity and organ stress.
If Your Dog Ate This
Call vet or ASPCA Poison Control 888-426-4435 if significant amount consumed.
What to Avoid
all sausage varieties — pork, chicken, turkey, breakfast sausage, bratwurst
Preparation & Serving
Monitor for symptoms. Call vet if significant amount consumed — garlic toxicity risk.
Did you know?
Sausage is one of the oldest processed foods — the word appears in Latin texts from 200 BCE. Early sausages were a practical way to use every part of a slaughtered animal. The longest sausage ever made measured 59 kilometers — set in Romania in 2016. Germany has over 1500 types of sausage including the famous bratwurst which dates to 1313 in Nuremberg. The garlic that makes virtually all sausage toxic to dogs is one of its most ancient and universal flavoring ingredients.
Portions & nutrition
- Serving (small dog)
- never
- Serving (medium dog)
- never
- Serving (large dog)
- never
- Calories (per 100g)
- 301
- Safe frequency
- Never
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What You Need to Know
All sausage varieties — pork sausage breakfast sausage bratwurst Italian sausage chorizo and others — contain sodium fat and seasonings at levels harmful to dogs. Garlic and onion are standard sausage ingredients making virtually all sausage toxic from an Allium toxicity perspective in addition to the sodium and fat concerns. Never give dogs any sausage variety.
Not sure what to do next? Read our emergency guide What to Do If Your Dog Eats Something Toxic
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