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At what age can my puppy safely eat ice cream or whipped cream?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 15 days old | 18 lbs

There are two ice cream places by my house. One gives dog whipped cream and a dog treat. The other does vanilla ice cream and a dog treat. At what age can puppies digest lactose? My puppy is almost 11 weeks old.

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on July 6th, 2017

Puppies and dogs both don't digest dairy well at all, and it's not recommend to give them dairy at any point in their life. That being said, I used to on very rare occasions give my dog a vanilla ice cream cone, but I'd have to deal with diarrhea afterwards. I would not give your puppies any ice cream until they are at least a year old, and then only in very small amounts on very rare occasions. I hope this helps :-)

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    Answered By Megan, DVM, CVA

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    Most dogs are never able to tolerate lactose and the sugar from these items. The whipped cream is likely more tolerable than the ice cream if I had to choose but you may just want stick with the dog treat to help avoid any upset stomach.

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