How much chocolate can a dog ingest before it gets sick?

Question

My dog weighs around 50 lbs. My roomate used to feed his dogs hershey kisses (1each) every once in a while and they lived to be 15 and 18.

Answer 1

Toxic Levels

The good news is that it takes, on average, a fairly large amount of theobromine 100-150 mg/kg to cause a toxic reaction. Although there are variables to consider like the individual sensitivity, animal size and chocolate concentration.

On average,
Milk chocolate contains 44 mg of theobromine per oz.
Semisweet chocolate contains 150mg/oz.
Baker's chocolate 390mg/oz.

Using a dose of 100 mg/kg as the toxic dose it comes out roughly as:
1 ounce per 1 pound of body weight for Milk chocolate
1 ounce per 3 pounds of body weight for Semisweet chocolate
1 ounce per 9 pounds of body weight for Baker's chocolate.

So, for example, 2 oz. of Baker's chocolate can cause great risk to an 15 lb. dog. Yet, 2 oz. of Milk chocolate usually will only cause digestive problems.

Clinical Signs

Xanthines affect the nervous system, cardiovascular system and peripheral nerves. It has a diuretic effect as well. Clinical signs:

Hyper excitability
Hyper irritability
Increased heart rate
Restlessness
Increased urination
Muscle tremors
Vomiting
Diarrhea"

Answer 2

Depends on the weight of the dog and the type of chocolate. Bakers chocolate will hurt any dog. It is never a good idea to give your dog chocolate. Some dogs are more sensitive to the toxins than others.

Answer 3

Chocolate is made from the fruit (beans) of the cacao tree. Theobromine, a component of chocolate, is the toxic compound in chocolate. (Caffeine is also present in chocolate, but in much smaller amounts than Theobromine.)

Unsweetened (baker's) chocolate contains 8-10 times the amount of Theobromine as milk chocolate. Semi-sweet chocolate falls roughly in between the two for Theobromine content. White chocolate contains Theobromine, but in such small amounts that Theobromine poisoning is unlikely.

Unsweetened (Baker's) chocolate = 390-450 mg Theobromine per oz chocolate
Milk chocolate = 44-60 mg Theobromine per oz chocolate

The toxic dose of Theobromine (and caffeine) for pets is 100-200mg/kg. (1 kiliogram = 2.2 pounds).

Signs:
Excitement / nervousness / trembling
Vomiting / diarrhea
Excessive thirst / sometimes excessive urination (at higher levels of Theobromine toxicity)
Muscle spasms
Seizures
Coma (rare
Death (rare) -- likely due to heart rhythm abnormalities.


The amount of chocolate (small hersey kiss) that your friend was giving his pets (large dogs), was a small enough dose that the pets were not effected.

If he gave a whole bag of kises to ONE pet, then there would be a bigger need of concern.

Answer 4

It would take at least a pound for toxicity to set in for a 50 lb dog. A few kisses won't hurt him, but there are better treats you can give.

My roommate's lab recenty stole 22 choc. chip cookies off the table...he left some nasty running piles out in the yard, that was not fun.

Answer 5

It relies upon, some would consume chocolate and have not have been given any issues yet others will consume some and die. it certainly relies upon on how enormous the canines is, how lots chocolate he ate and what form it became. dark chocolate and bakers (bakings) chocolate have the utmost quantity (450ml) of theobromine in them on a similar time as white chocolate has lots, much less (a million ml). the size of canines additionally relies upon via fact an superior canines would desire to consume greater then a smaller canines would desire to with no need sick.

Answer 6

Large quantities can kill them , but they have to ingest 3 times their weight in order for it to be toxic.

A few Haloweens ago, my lab ate an entire bowl of haloween candy wrappers and all (Dang it, I TOLD my ex-husband to put it up high!). He had nasty diarhhea for 3 days but was fine (He's eaten a lot worse over the years...). I took him to the vet about a week later to have him x-rayd to make sure all of the wrappers had made it through.

Answer 7

It depends on the dog. It is best not to feed dogs any chocolate. Cocoa is poisonous to them, so the more cocoa content, the more dangerous.

Answer 8

Too much chocolate and a dog can die. According to vets. don't give your dog chocolate at all.

Answer 9

-White chocolate: 200 ounces per pound of body weight. It takes 250 pounds of white chocolate to cause signs of poisoning in a 20-pound dog, 125 pounds for a 10-pound dog.
-Milk chocolate: 1 ounce per pound of body weight. Approximately one pound of milk chocolate is poisonous to a 20-pound dog; one-half pound for a 10-pound dog. The average chocolate bar contains 2 to 3 ounces of milk chocolate. It would take 2-3 candy bars to poison a 10 pound dog. Semi-sweet chocolate has a similar toxic level.
-Sweet cocoa: 0.3 ounces per pound of body weight. One-third of a pound of sweet cocoa is toxic to a 20-pound dog; 1/6 pound for a 10-pound dog.
-Baking chocolate: 0.1 ounce per pound body weight. Two one-ounce squares of bakers' chocolate is toxic to a 20-pound dog; one ounce for a 10-pound dog.

Answer 10

chocolate is suppose to be really bad for dogs