Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate?

So what's the deal with dogs and chocolate? My lab ate three quarters of a chocolate cake with chocolate icing the other day, and nothing bad happened to her.

    Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate?

    So what's the deal with dogs and chocolate? My lab ate three quarters of a chocolate cake with chocolate icing the other day, and nothing bad happened to her....
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    • Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate?

      Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate? General Dog Discussions
      So what's the deal with dogs and chocolate? My lab ate three quarters of a chocolate cake with chocolate icing the other day, and nothing bad happened to her.

      Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate?

      Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate? General Dog Discussions
    • The theobromine that in chocolate is harmful for dogs. It causes vomiting and diarrhea and is potentially fatal in large amounts. Regardless of whether your lab is fine or not, you need to remain on the lookout for symptoms such as increased urination, muscle twitching, and excessive panting that can put your dog into a coma or force it into seizures that can stop your dog's heart. Baker's chocolate is much more poisonous to dogs, but some chocolate does not contain theobromine, so you may be in the clear. Be much more careful in the future and make sure to keep a close eye on your lab for the next while.

    • It is a FACT that chocolate is toxic to dogs, however, not all dogs seem to be affected. You have been lucky. Here is a vets reply on chocolate and I'm sure you will find many others if you google it.Dogs and chocolateChocolate is toxic to dogs and is dose dependant.The toxic dose is 1 ounce chocolate / 1 pound of dog for milk chocolate and 1 ounce of chocolate / 3 pounds of dog for plain chocolate. Cooking chocolate is 3 times more toxic again. If you discover this as soon as it happens then the best course of action is to give the dog some of it normal food and then make the dog sick by pushing your fingers covered in salt down it's throat.Watch for diarrhoea and signs of excitement or rapid heart beat and if in doubt get the dog to the vet.

    • The fact that your dog is a lab (larger size) and the cake is not like a piece of chocolate, you got off lucky. Chocolate can be toxic to dogs. It can attack the nervous system if a large enough quantity is ingested.

    • The amount of cocoa in chocolate cake and chocolate icing is minimal, probably less than 10% of it was ACTUALLY pure cocoa, which is what kills dogs. In order for your dog to be killed by a chocolate "overdose", it takes 1oz. (by weight) per pound of dog. So, if you had a 70-pound dog, it would take 70oz. of PURE cocoa. That's roughly 4.375 pounds of straight cocoa. And 10x that of milk chocolate. We're talking 40lbs. of milk chocolate to kill a 70-pound dog.

    • *sigh* here we go again. Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine. Both chemicals are poisonous to dogs. The level of toxicity to a dog depends on the amount of theobromine in the chocolate and the size of the dog. A great dane could probably handel a small bar of bakers chocolate with only a hint of diarrhea. A chihuahua, on the other hand, could die of toxicity after eating half a bar of milk chocolate. White chocolate is the "safest" chocolate for a dog and bakers chocolate is the most dangerous chocolate for a dog. Of course, a dog, regardless of size, should never be fed chocolate.The fact that your lab survived means that the amount of throbromine in the chocolate that it ate was not enough to hurt him.

    • Whats the scoop on dogs and chocolate?EASY 101 --------- the more a dog scoops up the more likely it is to die. There is virtually no REAL chocolate in a chocolate cake. The dog could have eaten three chocolate cakes and all it would have gotten was a sugar rush.