Human Chocolate Okay For Dogs?

[kirsty]

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My aunt bought Megan a Cadburys chocolate button advent calendar. I have given her a bit of a button each day but I am now thinking it is not a good idea after hearing the tail end of the vet on Paul O Grady show, never exactly heard what the vet said, though my aunt was kind buying her it.

We had Daschunds when I was growing up and they all got Cadbury buttons and chocolate digestives dipped in my dad's tea and the all lived to be really old. Do any of you give real chocolate to your dogs on occassions and does anyone know in what manner exactly is it bad for them, does it go for there liver or something. All advice would be greatfully appreciated.

Kirsty

 

[*Lesley*]

I'm no expert but from what I've read on here chocolate contains something which is poisonous to dogs, dark chocolate is the worst, but I wouldn't have thought a tiny bit would hurt, I know what you mean though we always gave chocolate to the dogs when we were kids and they were all fine :sweating: I dont give mine any though just to be safe :thumbsup:

 

[FeeFee]

Chocolate is very toxic to dogs and even a small amount can cause kidney failure.

Dark/cooking chocolate is the worst, a tiny piece of milk chocolate button probably wouldn't do any harm, but I wouldn't risk it personally.

'Fraid you'll just have to eat them yourself...... :- "

 

[kirsty]

Thanks both of you for your replys. Yip I think I will have to eat it myself :- "

 

[Trish]

ive given mine little pieces of chocolate biscuit in the past :- "

but now there on a diet :b

 

[05whippet]

Personally I would'nt risk it either,ours never get any human chocolate as it is, as mentioned above toxic to dogs but they do get the doggie chocolate. :thumbsup:

 

[sassy]

never given saffi chocolate , tried doggychocs once as a treat but he didnt like it anyway . I had heard it was toxic to dogs too

 

[~Helen~]

This recent thread made me certainly take notice and be vigilant about chocolate:

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index....topic=26925&hl=

Unfortunately we did have a near miss last night when my daughter had a friend round and Josie managed to get a good lick of a bar of Dairy Milk and had the equivalent of a square before we stopped her.

I remembered beaker's thread, and was really worried, although I thought Josie would be okay because it was such a small amount. She did seem a bit listless for a while, but then became quite normal and has been okay ever since.

Made me realise it's not just us who need to know this, but all our visitors too

 

[fallenangel]

Its theobromid ( not spelt right) that makes dogs ill in chocloat. its suprising in some dgs how little can harm them same goes for raisns grapes and such. i dont give mine even doggy chocolat dont want them getting a tast for it at all and no xmas cake eathere theres planty of nice afe thing dogs can have so not having choclat isnt a disaster

 

[kirsty]

I have just read that thread and I am amazed that raisins are bad for dogs as well. My aunt usually goes to the home bakers on a Saturday morning and brings us a scone each including Megan !! God, I bet she won't believe me when I tell her she can't bring her a fruit scone on a saturday now as well as no chocolate I suppose she can pick the raisins/sultanas out of the scone before she butters it for her. Yes she always insists we put a little butter on the scone so it is tasty for her.

 

[FeeFee]

There's quite a list of 'human' foods which can be toxic to dogs.

Some of the most common are listed here:

Foods you should not feed your dog

 

[Paula Roberts]

They where talking about plants to the little red flowery ones you can buy at this time of year, mistletoe, holly, and the pollen in lillys is bad for cats to, very informative i thought, it seems the darker the chocolate the worst it is, raisins and grapes to.

 

[jezza]

Like everyone else has said, chocolate can be toxic to dogs but I'm wondering perhaps it isn't toxic to all dogs??? (I wouldn't risk it though anyway). I don't know, but when I was younger I remember loads of friends with dogs giving their dogs chocolate will no ill effects but I also know of one friends dog (yorkie) which had an obsession for chocolate - given by her dad - and it died quite young (6-7 years) of kidney failure the vet told them that it could have been the chocolate but it could have been other causes :wacko:

As a rule I don't give chocolate at all, however I have to watch Lenny as he eats anything he finds in the street, the other day on his walkies he picked up a massive chunk of toblerone (one of those giant ones) out of the gutter :x it took a while for me to realise what it was and when I managed to get his gob open I just saw it dissapear 'down the hatch' :lol: no ill effects apart from being really giddy :clown:

 

[Janimal]

Like everyone else has said, chocolate can be toxic to dogs but I'm wondering perhaps it isn't toxic to all dogs??? (I wouldn't risk it though anyway).  I don't know, but when I was younger I remember loads of friends with dogs giving their dogs chocolate will no ill effects but I also know of one friends dog (yorkie) which had an obsession for chocolate - given by her dad - and it died quite young (6-7 years) of kidney failure    the vet told them that it could have been the chocolate but it could have been other causes  :wacko:
As a rule I don't give chocolate at all, however I have to watch Lenny as he eats anything he finds in the street, the other day on his walkies he picked up a massive chunk of toblerone (one of those giant ones) out of the gutter  :x   it took a while for me to realise what it was and when I managed to get his gob open I just saw it dissapear 'down the hatch'  :lol: no ill effects apart from being really giddy  :clown:

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Im so sorry for laughing...... Im imagining the toblerone slowly dissapearing down the hatch :lol: :clown: whippets are typical dustbins are they not?? mine love to hoover the streets...... :blink:

 

[jezza]

Like everyone else has said, chocolate can be toxic to dogs but I'm wondering perhaps it isn't toxic to all dogs??? (I wouldn't risk it though anyway).  I don't know, but when I was younger I remember loads of friends with dogs giving their dogs chocolate will no ill effects but I also know of one friends dog (yorkie) which had an obsession for chocolate - given by her dad - and it died quite young (6-7 years) of kidney failure    the vet told them that it could have been the chocolate but it could have been other causes  :wacko:
As a rule I don't give chocolate at all, however I have to watch Lenny as he eats anything he finds in the street, the other day on his walkies he picked up a massive chunk of toblerone (one of those giant ones) out of the gutter  :x   it took a while for me to realise what it was and when I managed to get his gob open I just saw it dissapear 'down the hatch'  :lol: no ill effects apart from being really giddy  :clown:

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Im so sorry for laughing...... Im imagining the toblerone slowly dissapearing down the hatch :lol: :clown: whippets are typical dustbins are they not?? mine love to hoover the streets...... :blink:

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Yes it was funny, I was annoyed but laughing at the same time :lol: Lenny was just happy he'd got one over on me

 

[Indee]

Now as I understand it very much depends on the dog, whats "fine" for one, will not be for another. I also have not had a very nice experince this weekend. On saturday I went to work down the road for two hours, and my fiance left not long after me - but long enough to buy a couple of bars of chocolate and leave them on the kitchen side. When I came back at 2pm, Riley (the scavenger), had eaten a Galaxy caramel and an areo caramel bar. He seemed fine over the rest of the day and ate his dinner, but wasn't "into" it as usual. The next morning he didn't want his breakfast and was acting very dopey. He then started vomiting at around midday.

I phoned the vet who told me to give him something to settle his stomach (like rennie, or gavascon etc) and to keep an eye on him. As long as he didn't become uncoordinated or fitting he'd be ok. Then on the monday is had the worst s**** ever (it was brown water!) all day, he was crying with it! (Riley hates pooing on the lead and on concrete, he much prefers being free and doing it on the grass - so fussy! - so his poor little face as he had to relieve himself in the centre of town! and mine when i couldn't even pick it up!!!!)

The Theobromine is relesed very slowly in a dog which is why symtoms might not appear till 24hours later, it also makes the dog very dopey. I admit that I have always given mine a little "crumb" of choclate but I wouldn't dare now. To have such a close call on such, as I veiwed, small amount of chocolate has made me very weary.

 

[Indee]

**edit to say** The vomit had a really strong smell, almost like burnt chocolate.

 

[Janimal]

Now as I understand it very much depends on the dog, whats "fine" for one, will not be for another. I also have not had a very nice experince this weekend. On saturday I went to work down the road for two hours, and my fiance left not long after me - but long enough to buy a couple of bars of chocolate and leave them on the kitchen side. When I came back at 2pm, Riley (the scavenger), had eaten a Galaxy caramel and an areo caramel bar. He seemed fine over the rest of the day and ate his dinner, but wasn't "into" it as usual. The next morning he didn't want his breakfast and was acting very dopey. He then started vomiting at around midday. I phoned the vet who told me to give him something to settle his stomach (like rennie, or gavascon etc) and to keep an eye on him. As long as he didn't become uncoordinated or fitting he'd be ok. Then on the monday is had the worst s**** ever (it was brown water!) all day, he was crying with it! (Riley hates pooing on the lead and on concrete, he much prefers being free and doing it on the grass - so fussy! - so his poor little face as he had to relieve himself in the centre of town! and mine when i couldn't even pick it up!!!!)

The Theobromine is relesed very slowly in a dog which is why symtoms might not appear till 24hours later, it also makes the dog very dopey. I admit that I have always given mine a little "crumb" of choclate but I wouldn't dare now. To have such a close call on such, as I veiwed, small amount of chocolate has made me very weary.

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sounds aweful :x :x Glad hes ok now.

so wont be leaving any choccie bars lying around this Christmas and must warn the kids - they always have chocolate in their bedrooms. (w00t)

 

[rls22]

I'm sure that huge quanitites of chocolate are not good for dogs and even small amounts can do damage to some dogs but I think this is very rare indeed.

I remember Tizer (my parents dog) being discovered devouring a massive block of Dairy Milk that I had just got that Christmas morning and needless to say he was fine :- "

Saying that though, I have never actually given any of the dogs chocolate myself, it has only been through thieving that they've got their paws on it!

 

[~elizabeth~]

Like everyone else has said, chocolate can be toxic to dogs but I'm wondering perhaps it isn't toxic to all dogs??? (I wouldn't risk it though anyway).  I don't know, but when I was younger I remember loads of friends with dogs giving their dogs chocolate will no ill effects

I think chocolate has changed a lot over the years; the stuff we had when we were young probably had less cocoa solids in than today. Today we are more fussy and better educated about chocolate, so even cheap stuff probably has a higher cocoa solid content.

Remember, cocoa shell mulch for the garden has even higher levels of theobromine in than chocolate, and is quite palatable to young dogs.

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