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My puppy ate expired raw meat from the garbage. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Harrier | Male | neutered | 1 year old | 0 lbs

My 1yr old, healthy, vaccinated, Harrier breed puppy got into the garbage. He ate roughly 200g of very expired raw mince meat. He seems absolutely fine, but I wanted to check with an animal expert. Thank you in advance.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 2nd, 2019

As long as he is not vomiting repetitively or seems very lethargic i would recommend just monitoring him for now, do expect some diarrhea for a few days. if he shows severe symptoms you will need to take him to the vet for treatment, fortunately dog's stomach can usually handle expired meat much better than we do.

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