Small amounts of cooked pumpkin<\/a> can be fed to dogs as a nutritious seasonal snack. Often found as an ingredient in wet, raw and dry dog food, pumpkins are packed with potassium, fiber, and vitamin C.<\/p>\n However, it is important to ensure the pumpkin flesh is fresh. Many pumpkins are left outside as part of Halloween<\/a> door displays, but once they begin to rot, they can cause digestive upsets in dogs.<\/p>\n “It doesn’t take long for Halloween pumpkins left outside people’s houses to start turning bad, and although the smell might be tempting for dogs, the resulting stomach upsets won’t be,” says Sadie Geoghegan-Dann<\/a>, Canine Welfare Expert & Dog Trainer at Nervous Rex<\/a>.<\/p>\n “If you don’t know how long pumpkins have been lying around, it’s best to avoid them entirely.”<\/p>\n