my stupid step brother left about a half a chocolate bar in his room, and my 50 pound beagle/shiba inu mix ate it yesterday. The bar said it was confectionate chocolate if that helps. and i believe it was dark chocolate. she seems fine now, not sick, but im still a little worried.
It depends on the dog. Some dogs are naturally more tolerant than others. You never know until the first time they get in to the chocolate. I must admit that my 60 lb dog gets into chocolate every so often, and he has only gotten sick once out of all his chocolate escapades. You’d know if he’s gonna react badly within an hour or so. The time he got sick, we had a birthday party and had chocolate cake and it had chocolate icing. We had it on the counter, and thought it was back far enough that he couldn’t reach it. We left for church the next morning and before we came home ( our service is only an hour long) he knocked down the cake and ate it all, about 2/3 of a home made round double layer cake. Needless to say he was really wobbly on his legs and looked awful. We called the vet who told us to give him peroxide to make him throw up to get it out of his stomach. He felt better after the vomiting, and was completely better the next day. We just gave him plenty of water and lots of lovin that night.
Keep an eye on him tonite. If he’s ok after a few hours, I think he will be ok. If not than call the vet asap.
March 9th, 2010 at 4:07 am
they have to eat their weight in chocolate for it to really have any affect on them.
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March 9th, 2010 at 4:29 am
depends on the dog. some dogs eat just a bit and bloat and barf. watch for throwing up, bloating and lethargic behaviors. if it does happen, take him to a vet.
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March 9th, 2010 at 4:39 am
providing you dont give your dog anymore he should be fine its if the dog is fed this chocolate every day
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March 9th, 2010 at 5:16 am
well, no animal is supposed to have it.. but it sounds like everything is ok with your dog.. just watch for diarrhea and vomiting withing the next 24 hours.. if this occurs then take the dog to the vet immediately.. good luck..
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March 9th, 2010 at 5:58 am
I have heard don’t give the dog any chocolate. Lately, I did her it was something to do wit their tolerance. But I kinda doubt half a bar is going to hurt the dog.
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March 9th, 2010 at 6:22 am
Just wait and see what happens,but he might barf!
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March 9th, 2010 at 6:55 am
It depends on the dog. Some dogs are naturally more tolerant than others. You never know until the first time they get in to the chocolate. I must admit that my 60 lb dog gets into chocolate every so often, and he has only gotten sick once out of all his chocolate escapades. You’d know if he’s gonna react badly within an hour or so. The time he got sick, we had a birthday party and had chocolate cake and it had chocolate icing. We had it on the counter, and thought it was back far enough that he couldn’t reach it. We left for church the next morning and before we came home ( our service is only an hour long) he knocked down the cake and ate it all, about 2/3 of a home made round double layer cake. Needless to say he was really wobbly on his legs and looked awful. We called the vet who told us to give him peroxide to make him throw up to get it out of his stomach. He felt better after the vomiting, and was completely better the next day. We just gave him plenty of water and lots of lovin that night.
Keep an eye on him tonite. If he’s ok after a few hours, I think he will be ok. If not than call the vet asap.
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March 9th, 2010 at 7:30 am
Usually dogs just get really sick from eating the kind of rich, pure, unsweetened chocolate that bakers use. My dog is a 70 pound, nine year old, black lab mix. She has eaten full bags of Dove Dark Chocolate and only threw up the foil from the wrappers and had mild flatulence. She has also eaten expensive chocolate like you buy from magazines. Don’t be too worried unless she starts throwing up really bad and wanting to go to the bathroom every ten minutes.
Hope this helps!
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March 9th, 2010 at 7:39 am
i don’t know, but my 2yr old nephew drop a very little small piece on the floor, and i saw my dog running towards it, and i started screaming NO, its wasn’t enough to get her even sick even a little sick, but i like take really good care of not letting the dogs near chocolate or candy or chicken bones, i have to keep getting after my mom not to feed the dogs chicken bones, cause its bad for them, but she insist on breaking the soft bones up and feeding them to my dogs, and i have to keep on her to tell her no, no chicken bones
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