Is chocolate bad?

[schatzie]

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

While I wasn't home yesterday, Stewie had three Chewy Chips A'hoy Chocolate Chip cookies. Though it was an accident on my father's part, Stewie is still alive adn didn't act sick. I guess the moral is: don't freak out if your dog has a bit of chocolate; its not fatal in small quanities. Stewie has also eaten grapes; that part was not an accident -- I just didn't know any better.

Also, my mother's friend feed hers toy Poodle M&Ms on a daily basis as a treat. He's 16 years old now and still has his "puppy-like moments"

I'm not saying "feed your dog chocolate", but just wanted to share.

Stewie has a sweet tooth!! Glad he didn't get a belly ache. I wish Id get a belly ache when I ate chocolate so I knew not to ever eat it again, LOL. Maybe I could lose a few lbs.

So often I read that some dogs have known to eat chocolate forever and be just fine, then others it has done harm off just a morsel?!?. I guess with readings on such contraversy and our fur babies having such a wide variety of snackies, it seems safer just to stay clear of chocolate and stick with what is proven to be a healthy snack.

[garygray]

Originally Posted by schatzie

Stewie has a sweet tooth!! Glad he didn't get a belly ache. I wish Id get a belly ache when I ate chocolate so I knew not to ever eat it again, LOL. Maybe I could lose a few lbs.

So often I read that some dogs have known to eat chocolate forever and be just fine, then others it has done harm off just a morsel?!?. I guess with readings on such contraversy and our fur babies having such a wide variety of snackies, it seems safer just to stay clear of chocolate and stick with what is proven to be a healthy snack.

The reason I asked is because my little Amellie ate two little pieces of chocolate and my wife started freaking out. BUT Amellie is fine and happy. Thanks a lot again! I have learned a ton!

[yorkieusa]

Hee-hee! A long time ago I had a little fawn-colored chihuahua. One day I sat my handbag on the floor. I'd forgotten there was a ding-dong in there. Well, along came our little chihuahua and she snatched it from the handbag and ran under a piece of furniture and I had the darndest time getting her out of there, but I did and before she consumed the ding-dong!

[Fran42478]

Our first dog growing up was a chow chow...My dad used to give Ashley, oreo cookies and M&M's everyday!! She was with us for 13 years and never had a problem...

I know she is a bigger dog...I think if the dog eats a lil bit it wont harm them...But if they eat largeeee quantities all at once it might be trouble...

[ROXIE]

If they eat a little by accident, I wouldn't worry. I had to calm a friend down once whose dog licked the inside of an empty chocolate pudding cup container, he thought it was going to kill his dog. When my Weimaraner was a puppy, me and my husband had gone out, somehow the puppy was able to grab a whole tray of Costco's double chocolate giant muffins, I don't know if you're familiar with them, but they are huge and there was a dozen of them, when we got home, the puppy had managed to eat eleven out of the twelve, he was just laying there with the last one next to him, so full he couldn't move. Well, I went into a total panick, I thought with all I had heard about chocolate being so toxic, my puppy was a goner for sure. I called my vet and he said although it would probably make him really sick to his stomach, it wouldn't kill him and if I was really worried to just bring him in and they would pump his stomach, otherwise, just to keep an eye on him and if I notice him starting to get sick, rush him in right away. I didn't want to put him through the whole stomach pumping thing unless I had to. Anyway, the dog didn't even get an upset stomach, he was fine, really full, but fine. I'm sure he was just really really lucky, but this whole situation helps me not to panick if somehow they get into a tiny bit of chocolate