Dog ate chocolate- Page 3

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:16pm

Corine: "I love all doggies."


Is this a matter of "It takes one to love one"?

Woof, woof!

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:18pm

Dollypop, you're just jealous...can't you be nice?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:42pm

I was nice this summer. When I was in Nice. I'm always nicer in Nice.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:43pm

I was there too this summer, but I'm always nice...well with a few exceptions.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:49pm

Fabrizio, I'm confused about something. You say that the chocolate was on your chest while you were lying on your bed.

Were you trying to injest the chocolate or let it melt from your body heat?

I just want to know.

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:50pm

Chest= Furniture

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 8:52pm

I laughed out loud.

Creepos.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 9:16pm

Is thata piece of furniture...or a COFFIN?

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 11:20pm

My dog has eaten pillowcases of Halloween candy, a box of girl scout cookies, a huge bowl of tootsie rolls, and many paper products and he's fine.

[Mamie]

Posted: 9/4/06 at 11:40pm

Pancreatitis in a dog is no joke. The fats in chocolate can cause a serious, life threatening inflammation of the pancreas. This organ, which produces insulin, CAN become permanently damaged when this happens, resulting in a shut down of insulin. Ever seen a dog that had to have daily insulin shots? It's not pretty. When the vet talks about 'scarring of the pancreas', he's saying that the pancreas may be permanently damaged.

It seems like all dogs (and many cats) just love chocolate and will do anything they can to get to it. It's up to their owners to keep the stuff as far away from them as possible. Like it's been said here - the bigger the dog, the better able they are to tolerate some quantities of chocolate. The quality of the chocolate is also very important. The most dangerous is Baker's chocolate (pure, unsweetened chocolate or cocoa powder) Chocolate in which milk or other ingredients have been added is less toxic. The amounts that are toxic are basically 1 oz of milk chocolate per pound of body weight. For Baker's chocolate, only 1/10th of an ounce per pound of body weight is toxic.