What do i do with my dog?

Question

she just stole and ate four pieces of choacalate. she is a 35 pound dog nearly one year old. I know dogs can have chocalate so what should i do?

Answer 1

Is it milk chocolate? If it was than she will probably be okay. If it wasn't milk chocolate call the vet. In either situation, I would give her a few tablespoons of Hydrogen Peroxide to make her vomit up the chocolate that is still in her stomach.

Answer 2

If she just did it, you can try this: Put some hydrogen peroxide in a turkey baster and shoot it down her throat, as much as you can get into her. Do it on an easy-to-clean floor because the goal is to make her throw up.

If it was four small pieces though, you probably don't have too much to worry about (besides probably diarrhea.) Don't let her do it all the time though.
Four large pieces, like whole bars, I would take her to the vet if you can't get her to throw it up. They can pump her stomach or something.

The things to look for that mean your dog had a dangerous amount are: increased heart rate, tremors, and seizures. And it CAN kill her if she ate enough, so if she ate more than 3 ounces or so please take her to the emergency vet.

Answer 3

Depends on what kind of chocolate and how big a piece. Milk chocolate is lower in cocoa, so less likely to cause severe problems but might cause diarrhea. Baker's chocolate is very high in cocoa, and toxicity would be likely in a dog her size. Dark candy chocolate is in between. If she just did it, you can make her vomit with 1-2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide once every 10 minutes till she barfs, but not more than 3 doses. If 3 doses doesn't make her vomit, then you need to take her to the vet. It would be worth a call to the vet anyway, just to get a more accurate idea of how much cocoa she ate.

Answer 4

Relax, your dog will be ok. If it was Dark chocolate, you should give peroxide until she vomits. Start with a couple of Tablespoons, then put her outside. She will not only vomit the chocolate, but everything in her stomach. If she hasn't vomit ted in 15 min. repeat the peroxide. If it was milk chocolate, she will probably have diarrhea, give Imodium, dosage by weight for children on the bottle. What you really want to look for is a seizure. If you pup begins a seizure, take her to an emergency hospital asap, she could die if she doesn't come out of a seizure caused by dark chocolate. If 12 hours go by with no problem, she is ok.

Answer 5

Chocolate is a no no for dogs...

This incredible tastey treat for us is often loved by pets. I even have a cat that will steal my chocolate if I leave it around. The problem is that it contains a stimulant similar to caffeine called theobromine. In high enough doses this chemical can cause severe effects including death.

Toxic doses are listed as varying, but I figure better to be safe and go with the lowest listed toxic dose to base my decisions on. This is published at 100 mg theobromine per kilogram of body weight. (For those of us not raised with the metric system that is about 45 mg/lb of body weight.}

Now different types of chocolate have different doses of theobromine per ounce of chocolate. Here are the usual amounts:

milk chocolate=45mg/oz= toxicity at 1 oz eaten/pound body weight.

semi-sweet chocolate=150mg-260mg /oz=toxicity at 1 oz eaten/3-6 pounds body weight.

baker's chocolate=450mg/oz=toxicity at 1 oz eaten/10 pounds body weight

cocoa beans-450-1500mg/oz=toxicity at one ounce eaten/10-33 lbs body weight

Of course it is best to not let your dog get into the candy bin at all, but if it happens and the above doses are even closely approached, get help from your veterinarian immediately.

In lower doses chocolate will probably cause some digestive upset such as diarrhea and maybe even vomiting. This could even occur a day or so later. As toxic doses are approached more severe signs will occur. These can be excitement, restlessness, irritability, increased heart rate, inreased urination, tremors, leading to seizures, coma and even death.

Do NOT wait to see if your pet will be okay. After two hours of eating the chocolate all of it has passed out of the stomach into the intestines for complete absorption into the body. Call your veterinarian for recommendations. Most will recommend you bring the pet in so vomiting can be made to happen and supportive care can be given as well as monitoting of the pet for signs of toxicity and symptomatic treatment if needed.

Answer 6

How big was the chocolate and what kind? Keep a good eye on her and I'd call a vet just to be sure. Chocolate is poisonous to dogs but it's baker's chocolate that is the worst. Be safe and call the vet.

Answer 7

If it was a small amount she should be ok. If it was quite a bit you may want to call the vet and ask what amount of hydrogen peroxide you can give her to make her vomit. I f it was a small amount there is always the possibility of diarrhea and vomiting

Answer 8

It will have the runs in a day or so. It will be fine just keep checking on just in case. My 8 month old puppy ate a whole candy bar he is fine now.

Answer 9

Give her a tablespoon of peroxide, followed by some water. She should trow it up. It probably isn't enough to hurt her but no sense taking chances.

Answer 10

I would ask a vet. but i have had dogs all diff. breeds over the years and they eat what they want it affects each dog different. I had one that loved cheese and it never hurt him.