The Answer
In short, if you are wondering if your dog can eat pancakes, the answer is yes. However you need to read the ingredients first. Although plain pancakes wont hurt your dog, if the pancakes contain other ingredients like chocolate chips, they can be toxic.
More Information About Pancakes For Dogs
Although plain pancakes are generally ok for dogs to eat, you should make sure to read the ingredients before giving your dog any pancakes. If your pancake is flavoured you should look up each ingredient. Some popular flavor adds such as chocolate, and raisins are toxic for dogs, and can result in death.
Pancakes are not toxic for dogs, however they are not healthy either. This means that you should not give your dog too many pancakes, or feed your dog pancakes very often.
What Is In A Pancake
To better understand if dogs can eat a pancake, we need to look at the ingredients that are in most pancakes. The main ingredients are: all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, milk, eggs, and vegetable oil. None of these ingredients are toxic to dogs, which means that a pancake will not harm your dog. The ingredients however, are not very healthy for dogs. This means that you should not overfeed your dog pancakes, and you should not make a habit of giving your dog pancakes.
My Dog Ate A Flavoured Pancake Now What?
If you mistakenly gave your dog a flavoured pancake, or if your dog got into some flavoured pancakes, you should look up the ingredients immediately.
Depending on the flavouring you may have to take your dog to a vet.
What Pancake Toppings Can I Give My Dog?
If you are thinking about adding maple syrup, or sugar to your dog’s pancake, you should not, because you should not feed your dog anything that is high in sugar. If you have other toppings, you should look up each topping before giving it to your dog. In general, most fruits are ok for dogs, but toppings like chocolate chips, or raisins are toxic and should not be given to your dog.
Pancake Nutritional Information
A medium pancake that is 100 grams has approximately the following nutritional information:
This information is for unflavoured pancakes.
Calories: 227
Fat: 10g
Cholesterol: 59mg
Sodium: 439mg
Potassium: 132mg
Protein: 6g
Conclusion On Pancakes For Dogs
You should only give pancakes to your dog if you read the ingredients first. If you have plain pancakes, you can give some to your dog, but like with all foods, you should only give it to your dog in moderation. Although generally pancakes are not toxic to dogs, they are still unhealthy.
I have been giving my dog a pancake at breakfast time for the past 10 years and he has been fine. I usually buy the plain pancake mix, and I do not add anything in.
I eat the pancakes with syrup, but I just give my puppy a plain one. One of my friends said I should look up if I should be giving my dog pancakes… After reading this I think it is fine. I have pancakes once a week at most, so it is not very often.
Ill send this to my friend so they can see.
Ok Derick, you were right… I thought they were much too unhealthy, but I guess on occasion its not too bad.
Thanks for the info! I had no idea that this was the case for pancakes. My dog thanks you 😉