Dog got into raw chicken - help?

Question

A ziploc bag of 1 lb of raw boneless, skinless chicken was in the garbage outside (smelled fine - couple of days passed the sell date so I just tossed it), and my 4-yr old beagle managed to find it and devour it. About 5 mins later, he threw up I believe most of the raw boneless chicken (normal when he eats too fast, which I'm sure he did). While I know many advocate giving raw meats to dogs, we've just never done that, he always gets cooked meats and cooked veggies. So I'm concerned if he'll be OK (his system is not used to raw). Also, I'm concerned about salmonella and campylobacteria, both of which are usually on raw chicken. I'm mostly concerned that he might be a carrier to us - I have a 2 yr old daughter that adores the dog (he sleeps with us, lays on the couches, rolls around with the kid, etc. etc.) Do we have something to worry about regarding bacterial infections - either for him or us?

Answer 1

No worries at all.  Your dog will be fine!  My dogs only eat raw meat!!  All dogs and humans at my house are 100% healthy.

Answer 2

I'd say just wait a couple days and see how he is doing. I don't think you have anything to worry about. Alot of people feed their dogs raw chicken and there is no problem.

If anything unusual happens consult a vet as soon as possible.

Answer 3

You should be fine. As you said the dog probably threw up from eating too fast. If the chicken was just a few days past it's "sell by" date chances of it being spoiled are rather slim. As everyone else has said so far, raw chicken is fine for dogs. Mine eat only raw.

Keep in mind this is an animal that can  take a raw chicken bone, bury it for a week and then dig it up and happily chew away with no ill effects. (not to mention  cat "tootsie rolls" and birds if you're not quick enough).

And even at that salmonella and other bacteria poisoning is not contagious from contact so where the dog sleeps has nothing to do with what he eats.

By the way, for veggies to do the dog any good (fiber, vitamin A etc.) it needs to be pureed or steamed. Other wise they just pass it without any nutritional value. Yes dog can benefit from vegetables.

Answer 4

Dogs have a well-designed system for fighting off nasty food. It's called "garbage in, garbage out." Hence the upchuck. Don't worry. Yes, dogs are domesticated, but still, historically they were forager/scavengers, and able to eat just about anything, including vegetables and even berries. I've personally seen a dog pick and eat raspberries, and he knew which ones were ripe. If they eat something bad, they throw up. Simple as that! 99 times out of 100, they are fine, unless they get something actually seriously poisonous, like antifreeze or rat poison.

Answer 5

He'll be fine. You should really be worrying about the poison you are feeding him. COOKING MEAT DESTROYS THE NUTRIENTS!!! And veggies are completely inappropriate for a carnivore.  

Answer 6

A vet could answer your question better but most dogs are good at taking care of themselves.  He did upchuck it self-defensively.   check his stool if he has salmonella it will change and he will likely curl up or hide to heal himself.      I had salmonella for quite awhile and kissing didn't spread it to my friend.   If his stool changes and he acts sick take him for antibiotics specific for salmonella.  It will save the critter from a lot of pain and misery.