Bread & Dough
Raw Dough (Yeast): Safe for Dogs and Cats?
If your pet ate this, contact your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 immediately.
Warm yeast dough keeps rising in a dog's stomach, producing both alcohol and gas that can cause bloat, so it is treated as a veterinary emergency.
Toxic principle: ethanol from ongoing yeast fermentation, plus gastric distension from carbon dioxide
Watch for
- visible abdominal swelling
- unproductive retching
- disorientation
- wobbliness
- low body temperature
- slowed breathing
- collapse
Sources
Reviewed 2026-07-12
The same fermentation that makes raw dough dangerous for dogs, producing alcohol and gas in a warm stomach, applies to cats as well.
Toxic principle: ethanol from ongoing yeast fermentation, plus gastric distension from carbon dioxide
Watch for
- visible abdominal swelling
- unproductive retching
- disorientation
- wobbliness
- low body temperature
- slowed breathing
- collapse
Sources
Reviewed 2026-07-12
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