Dog got into the chocolates

[farmchick897]

Growing up we had a dalmation that ate a whole pound of fondue chocolate, she was fine.

 

[bburn]

Glad your dog is okay.

Many years ago I adopted a Bichon that was already six years old. Best dog I ever had and she lived to be 17.

I made a double batch of chocolate lovers brownies. One piece was gone. Covered the pan and scooted it to the back of the countertop and went to work. Came home at the end of the day to the pan being on the floor and only barely the edges of the brownies left in the pan and the dog laying around breathing heavy and looking pitiful. Nothing I could do as the vet was closed. Had to listen to her breath heavy all night long thinking her next breath would be her last.

Was at the vet when it opened the next day......all I got out of that visit was a bill and a lecture on my housekeeping skills. UGH.
To the lecture by the MCP Vet I said......the brownies were covered and at the back of the countertop. The dog is short. Who would have ever thought she could jump high enough to reach the pan.....it had to be a repeated act until she could pull it off the counter. Then I told him that I doubted seriously that he washed a dish or ever cleaned up in his kitchen and that for what he charged I did not need a lecture on my housekeeping skills!! Paid the bill and never went back.

But I can say I am probably quite lucky that the dog lived! But she seemed quite happy as she was breathing heavy!!

 

[TLWR]

Info handy for all dog owners to have - or have at least read so they know how much chocolate is too much and how much of what type of chocolate will cause concern.
http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/nutritiondogs/a/chocolatetoxici.htm


My dog has eaten over a pound of dark chocolate with no ill effects (70 pound greyhound at the time). I didn't worry about it and just kept an eye on him to make sure I saw if he needed to go out more often. He didn't. He got into a lot of stuff. Counter surfer expert.

 

[Kansaseq]

Here's the page for the 'chocolate calculator' from the above link. Pretty nifty!
http://vetmedicine.about.com/gi/o.h...ww.askavetquestion.com/chocolate_toxicity.php

 

[oconnorfamily25]

That happened to my one dog a few times. One time he ate a box of panera chocolate croissants. My dad had to take him outside to barf.

 

[babyblue]

when my sisters and i were young it was tradition for our parents to hide the easter baskets and us to find them. the last year we came down stairs to find the cat and dog had found the baskets first. ate the candy, ate the grass, ate the foil, ate the baskets themselves. only tiny bits were left. i was young so i dont remember what my parents did, but they had drug them outside and did something to force vomit them and the darn cat is still alive and the lab lived till nearly 15.

 

[pbjmaker]

Quote:
I have a Bichon - great jumper. can almost make it to the top of my 4 foot fence. Her 5 month old son (cavalierX bichon) got over the fence somehow yesterday. No place is safe is my moto.

We have learned to dog proof our house like you would for a toddler but even more so. All dogs get locked up when we leave now also. I have had my big old dog get into chocolate but it was a small amount and she is large so it didn't even phase her. The bichon got a new bag of dog treats the other day and inhaled it while we were gone. She won't even look at the other bag now - I think she had an upset stomach that whole night. She also layed around panting all night.

 

[True Grit]

My DH has been bad for leaving chocolate lying around so two of my dogs got into it at different times. The little schnauzer vomited it all up right away - he had to have eaten close to a pound of it - but he was ok. My young collie ate some and we weren't sure how much so I made her vomit with hydrogen peroxide. It works really fast. She was none the worse for wear thankfully. The negative reinforcement of watching dogs vomit has cured my DH of leaving chocolate on the table.