Do you think Golden Retrievers might be invulnerable to chocolate?

Question

Both mine and my teacher's golden retriever have accidently got into chocolate bars and such, but nothing has happened to them at all. Do you think golden retrievers might be invulnerable to chocolate poisoning?

No I do not feed my dog chocolate. Don't you know that they get into things? Dur!

Answer 1

my friend's golden got into a box of chocolate and she was fine. maybe because of their size they can tolerate it better than other dogs.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It's my understanding that the higher the amount of cocoa in the chocolate the more dangerous it is. Like baking chocolate, there's no sugar in it, nothing to really dilute it, so it can be very dangerous.. or just an extremely large amount, like a full box of chocolates, not just a candy bar.
A golden retreiver that I used to have, actually opened up the pantry, got out the choco milk mix (pwdrd.) and ate most of a can. I came home to a very funny picture.. "Rosie's" nose and forehead were totally dark brown she looked like she had a mask on! any way.. I couldn't figure out for a while what she had gotten into.. then she came from behind the couch with the container stuck on her head! Way too funny! Any way.. she was just fine. I called my vet and they told me because she was larger, and the mix is diluted I had nothing to worry about.

Answer 4

No. For a dog to get poisoned by chocolate, it takes A Lot per pound of dog. And golden retrievers are large dogs, so they can eat a relatively large amount of chocolate before they get sick. I'm not sure exactly how much it is, but it's a lot. But i would still try to keep them out of it just to be safe.

Answer 5

No, but it takes a large amount of chocolate (especially eating chocolate) to harm a dog the size of a golden.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Chocolate toxicity in dogs depends on the type of chocolate eaten and the weight of the dog.
Chocolate is toxic to dogs because it contains theobromine, a compound in the same family as caffeine.Dogs metabolize theobromine differently than humans.The half life of theobromine in a dogs system is approximately 17.5 hours.This means that after 17 hours they have only filtered half of it out of the body,after another 17 hours they filter half of whats left and so on.It's easy to see that the theobromine stays in the dogs system for a long long time.
The amount of theobromine in chocolate varies by type.
Milk chocolate contains 44 mg per ounce.
Semisweet chocolate contains 150 mg per ounce.
Unsweetened baking chocolate contains 390 mg per ounce.
The toxic effect is calculated by the amount of theobromine,and the weight of the dog.
1 oz per pound of body wt. for milk chocolate
1 oz per 3 lbs. of body wt. for semisweet chocolate
1 oz per 9 lbs. of body wt. for unsweetened baking chocolate
So as you can see a 50 pound dog would have to eat 50 ounces of milk chocolate for it to be considered toxic.The same dog would have to eat only 5oz of the baking chocolate .Don't forget that it stays in the system a very long time though.So a non toxic dose one day could cause death if eaten again the next day.
So to directly answer your question it has nothing to do with breed.

Answer 8

from what I hear chocolate is poisonous to all dogs. but if they have eaten it and not gotten sick they probably didn't ingest enough of it. Larger dogs can probably handle a larger portion than smaller dogs before it would make them too sick. If this ever happens and you notice a reaction make them drink (with a syringe) hydrogen peroxide and it will make them vomit up the chocolate to get it out of their system.

Answer 9

No, I don't think any dog is invulnerable to chocolate. Perhaps they got small enough amounts of chocolate that it didn't make them too sick.

Answer 10

It is 'real' chocolate,aka baking chocolate, that isn't good for them. you have big dogs, it would probably take a sizable amount to do any harm.

Just found out today that raisins and grapes are poisonous to them as well.

A lab ate 1/2 lb of raisins, vomited to the point of dehydration, and went into renal failure because of this.

ask your vet for a complete list of things your dogs can't have.
I have found out about, grapes,raisins, onions, baking chocolate, and potatoes.
there might be more,dunno

Answer 11

My vet sold me that my poodle would have to eat like a whole easter basket full of chocolate before it had a serious effect. Keep in mind that all this 'chocolate' here in the U.S isn't really PURE CHOCOLATE...its diluted with a whole bunch of garbage...now if your dog is eating goumet chocolate...that's another story : )