VIDEO: Guilty Dog Pretends He Didn’t Eat the Granola Bar and It’s Hilarious

Those that have a dog know what guilty faces they can have sometimes when they do something bad and you call them out on it.

It’s almost like they understand what they did and that it was bad and don’t know how to convince you to forgive them and continue to love them.

Well this adorable dog ate a granola bar and his owner asked him about it. His reaction is just adorable. But are dogs allowed to eat granola bars?

According to dogster.com, combinations of whole grains, nuts, and dried fruits have become integral and common parts of our daily healthy food plans.

High in calories and carbohydrates for energy, granola bars were the next phase in the development of breakfast.

Bringing the best of these nutritional elements into a portable and delicious format, granola bars are now ubiquitous and can be found everywhere from gas stations to health food boutiques.

With the rising epidemic of obesity in our pets, including our dogs, it’s perfectly natural to wonder whether our canine companions might derive benefits from whole grain treats.

Can dogs eat granola safely? Can they eat cereals safelty? With “human” foods, the answer is always context-dependent.

The individual ingredients make a difference, as do additives such as salt and sugar. Let’s take a closer look!

If your dogs are anything like mine, they love to chew and gnaw.

Typically a simple and crunchy treat, granola bars may interest dogs for the chewing challenge they present, along with satisfying basic canine curiosity.

Because granola itself, and granola bars, contain a mixture of foodstuffs, we’ll need to ask whether they are safe for dogs on their own, as well as in combination.

Two of the most common ingredients in granola are rolled oats and puffed brown rice.

These whole grains are safe for dogs in limited amounts.

Indeed, whole grains like ground yellow corn meal are found in many brands of dog food, not only as filler and to provide cohesion for kibble, but also as a source of what limited carbohydrates and dietary fiber dogs require for energy and digestive health.

The greatest risk that a chunk of a plain granola bar presents to your dog is that its fiber content may be a cause of temporary diarrhea.

Digestive irregularity in dogs is a reason that some people turn to whole grain foods such as oatmeal and brown rice.

Cooked plainly — without salts, sugars, or other additives — a few meals of brown rice and boiled chicken breast is often recommended as a way to help dogs overcome constipation. The same tact can be taken with warm oatmeal.

Of course, all granola bars are not extremely simple. Many contain a variety of nuts, which can not only be high in fats that dogs have difficulty processing, but are also potential allergens, both for people and dogs.

Avoid giving your dog a piece of granola bar that includes almonds, cashews, pecans, or walnuts, which are among the fattiest nuts.

Depending on your dog’s tolerance of peanuts and peanut butter, some may enjoy peanut butter sprinkled with plain granola grains.