My little dog gave us a fright!
@sprite1950 (30453)
Corsham, England
June 9, 2018 3:45am CST
As most of us know chocolate is very toxic to dogs and can make them extremely ill. Last night I heard a wail from my granddaughter as my little Jack Russell had got into her school bag and eaten 5 squares of Cadbury's Dairy Milk. She was in floods of tears and so afraid she had poisoned our little dog from leaving it lying around.
I rang the emergency vet and gave the weight of my dog and how much she had consumed and to my relief they didn't think she had eaten a dangerous amount as it is the dark chocolate that it is most dangerous to them. I kept an eye on her and this morning she seems fine even though it has been more than 12 hours so I'm hoping the danger time is past.
I think it has been a lesson to my granddaughter never to leave chocolate lying around as next time we may not be as lucky.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
9 Jun 18
I am not aware that chocolates are not good for dogs.. but my aunt's dogs eat fried chicken and dog food only..
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
The trouble is they like the taste of it so if someone leaves it lying around they will eat it.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
9 Jun 18
@sprite1950 yes that's right, so we should be careful.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
Yes we were worried and I kept checking on her in the night but she was fine.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
9 Jun 18
I have never heard that dogs can't eat dark chocolate. Thank you for sharing this information.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
They shouldn't eat any chocolate but dark is the worst. They can have their own chocolate which you can buy in the shops especially for dogs.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
@caopaopao I think lots of people don't know it but it is well known in the UK.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
We don't eat the dark and I'm so glad there was none lying around. My granddaughter will be more careful now as it has taught her a lesson not to leave it where the dogs can get it.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
@LadyDuck I don't mind white chocolate although I find it a bit sickly.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
10 Jun 18
@sprite1950 I only eat dark, I do not care for the other kinds, my husband likes milk chocolate and even white, that technically is not even chocolate as it does not contain cocoa powder.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
9 Jun 18
Hi Snowdrop. My brother has Jack Russell too named Max. We just have to be extra careful sometimes. 
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
Yes, they love the taste of chocolate. I think my granddaughter will be careful in future.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
9 Jun 18
@sprite1950 For sure she will be as we may not be lucky next time. Prevention is better than cure.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 Yes I am still keeping an eye on her but the vet rang to see how she was this morning and said the danger time has passed.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
All chocolate is bad for them but the dark stuff is the worst as it contains more theobromine which is dangerous to dogs.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
9 Jun 18
@Peach10 No problem. Do you have a dog?
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
18 Jun 18
wow, very lucky you are...
I have had my dogs get into and eat things. like my chocolate chocolate chip muffins (quite a few times actually)
good thing is they are Large dogs.. and it never harmed them.. i have never had a dog eat a chocolate candy bar though.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
18 Jun 18
@sprite1950 ew.. then she has to stop eating that stuff!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
19 Jun 18
@minx267 The night before last she was ill again but as far as I know she hadn't eaten anything bad. She was restless and needed to go out at 3 am, then she was sick. She seemed fine in the morning so I gave her her normal food but she threw it up. I starved her for a while and then gave her some chicken and boiled rice and she seems ok now. I was shattered yesterday through lack of sleep.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
18 Jun 18
I thought it would make her sick but she was fine with that. It's just the guinea pig poo that makes her ill!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
Yes you are right. My two got into the bin once and ate all the chicken bones but luckily they were ok. They can splinter inside them.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
13 Jun 18
@Shavkat How terrible. She must have been mad at them. I would have been heartbroken.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
22 Jun 18
It seems only in recent years that people have been told this. I can never remember being told this when we were younger. Our dogs always ate chocolate and no harm ever came to them.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
24 Jun 18
@garymarsh6 Maybe, I like milk chocolate and have a very sweet tooth. I should east more of the dark stuff as it is supposed to have health benefits and as I don't really like it I would eat less!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
23 Jun 18
You know I was talking to an old man the other day and he said exactly the same. It would seem that milk chocolate is fairly harmless but the dark chocolate can be dangerous. Looking at the ingredients they hardly put any cocoa in milk chocolate these days. No wonder it has become so tasteless.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
23 Jun 18
@sprite1950 I am a dark chocolate man myself. The stronger the better and the bonus is you do not eat so much as you are sated with just a couple of squares albeit half a pound bar.........No joking!! Just a couple of squares and you don't need or want any more. I guess it is like a fix.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
20 Jun 18
My little dog is 12 and has been blind for 10 of those but it hasn't spoilt her quality of life. She ate a slug which had been contaminated with slug bait and it poisoned her (before I had her). She is lucky to be alive. Some dogs will eat anything and mine is one of them!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Jun 18
@cintol Yes now she is older she sleeps a lot. She loves to lie in the sunshine. I must make sure she doesn't eat anything else that is bad for her,.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
20 Jun 18
@sprite1950 Wow that is good, our poor pup was also suffering from damage to her liver and kidneys. Glad yours is such a hearty little thing
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
I was talking to a man when I walked my dog this morning and he said he thought the chocolate thing has been exaggerated too much by vets as many dogs eat chocolate without any ill effects but I would rather be safe than sorry.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
@JudyEv I'm sure one square wouldn't do any harm although the dark chocolate is not good for them.
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@JudyEv (325761)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jun 18
@sprite1950 My neighbour gave her little dog a square of chocolate each day. The dog would bring the paper in but wouldn't let her have it until he got his chocolate! But that was just a small piece and I guess it didn't have an accumulative effect.
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
29 Jun 18
@sprite1950
I am glad your dog is ok and now your granddaughter can put a smile on her face and so can you. Animals do not realize they cannot each our food and that it is not good for them.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
29 Jun 18
They eat all sorts of horrible things sometimes. I'm always pulling mine away from something they find when we are out.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
29 Jun 18
@Hannihar Naughty little girl! They love garbage
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@Hannihar (129470)
• Israel
29 Jun 18
@sprite1950
When I used to take my dog out on walks she wanted to eat stuff she found and had to pull her away. One day we were walking and we finished our walk and were going up the stairs to our home and I tool off her leash and she turned around and went back down the stairs and out the door. She was home two hours later and she threw up a lot of garbage.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
Yes it contains more of the chemical theobromine which is dangerous to them.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
11 Jun 18
@nela13 Don't forget to tell her it is the dark chocolate that is most dangerous.
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@nela13 (55698)
• Portugal
10 Jun 18
@sprite1950 I had no idea, I need to tell that to my sister.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
10 Jun 18
Thank you. We will be more careful now not to leave chocolate lying around.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
13 Jun 18
Lots of people don't realise that it is dangerous for them.
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@redurnet (1799)
• United Kingdom
13 Jun 18
It's scary when that happens. A few years ago I had a dog who was very greedy and we didn't know she could jump up on tables and benches. She got hold of an entire box of dark chocolate and ate it all. She went into severe shock, shaking and peed herself. She recovered but we made sure to put all chocolates into high, closed cupboards after that. After that she was putting on weight and we left a camera when we were out to see what she was doing. We had put her dry dog food into a large plastic box with a lid and the footage showed her jumping onto a table and opening the box with her snout. We then had to clamp the box shut but after a few days she even learned how to remove the clamps!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
13 Jun 18
I have one that is a real foodie and another who just eats what she needs. I have to make sure I put any left over food out of the way as the big one would eat any leftovers, I don't want her to be fat. Your dog sounded like a right little minx!
@brokekid0212 (1187)
• Philippines
24 Jun 18
Yes!!! So try your best to hide your chocolates away from dogs because they are meant for us humans, not for them lol :)
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
25 Jun 18
Yes it was an accident. My 11 year old granddaughter had it in her school bag which she had thrown down when she came home from school. She was in pieces when she realised but at least she is careful now.
