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Dogs can safely eat a variety of vegetables, including carrots, green beans, cucumbers, zucchini, and sweet potatoes and more. In fact, out of the 104 vegetables our team researched 65 of them were deemed either beneficial or safe, and 39 were deemed risky or dangerous. Bare in mind there are a lot of kinds of variance when it comes to serving size, frequency and preparing vegetables for dogs. Please see the table below with links to our full article for more details on how to incorporate a vegetable into your dogs diet.

Common FoodsSafety Classification
Acorn squashsafe
Artichokessafe
Arugulabeneficial
Asparagussafe
Banana pepperssafe
Basilsafe
Bean sproutssafe
Beanscaution
Beetssafe
Bell peppersbeneficial
Black beanssafe
Black eyed peassafe
Bok choysafe
Broccolisafe
Brussel sproutssafe
Butternut squashsafe
Cabbagesafe
Cactusdangerous
Canned carrotsbeneficial
Canned sweet potatoessafe
Canned vegetablessafe
Caperssafe
Carrotsbeneficial
Cauliflowersafe
Celerysafe
Celery and carrotssafe
Chickpeassafe
Chili beanscaution
Chivesdangerous
Collard greensbeneficial
Cornsafe
Corn cobsdangerous
Cucumbersbeneficial
Edamamesafe
Eggplantsafe
Garlicdangerous
Gingersafe
Green onionsdangerous
Green-beansbeneficial
Honeysafe
Jalapenoscaution
Jicamacaution
Kalebeneficial
Kidney beanscaution
Leeksdangerous
Lentilssafe
Lettucesafe
Lettuce and tomatoessafe
Lima beanscaution
Limescaution
Mushroomscaution
Mustard greensbeneficial
Okrasafe
Onionsdangerous
Onionsdangerous
Parsnipssafe
Peassafe
Peas and carrotsbeneficial
Peas and cornsafe
Peppers and onionsdangerous
Picklessafe
Pinto beanssafe
Potato skinscaution
Potatoessafe
Pumpkinbeneficial
Pumpkin pureesafe
Pumpkin seedssafe
Pumpkin-gutssafe
Raddishsafe
Radishessafe
Raw pumpkincaution
Rhubarbdangerous
Rutabagasafe
Sauerkrautsafe
Seaweedcaution
Shiitake mushroomssafe
Snap peassafe
Soysafe
Soy saucecaution
Spaghetti squashbeneficial
Spinachsafe
Squashbeneficial
Sweet cornsafe
Sweet-potatoesbeneficial
Swiss chardbeneficial
Trufflesdangerous
Turnipssafe
Water chestnutssafe
Yamssafe
Yuccadangerous
Zucchinibeneficial