my dog ate my girlfriends valentine chocolate. 6 pieces should i be worried hes 709 pounds?

Question

i mean 70 pounds

Answer 1

when people say chocolate is not good for dogs they are speaking of cocoa, pure chocolate.
the chocolate candy we all purchase is not going to harm him. he may get the 'runs', or throwup, but i would doubt that will even happen.
we have a 20 pound min.poodle, who one night found my husband's stash of chocolate, [we forgot to put it away at bedtime], and ate 8 of those little solid easter eggs in foil wrap, also a one-bite size marshmallow chocolate covered egg, and 3 little snack size chocolate bars. didn't harm him, he didn't throw it up, he didn't get the runs, he just was a tad hyper the next day!
so, lesson learned. don't leave chocolate out!
happy v. day!

Answer 2

Geez, I am glad you corrected that to only 70 lbs... Holy cow... I thought you had one of the extinct larger bear-dogs...

Yes, ANY amount of chocolate is a problem for a dog. Chocolate dissolves the stomach lining in a dog. Too much bursts open the stomach, and then the dog dies because well the stomach acid digests the body from the inside out...

So, to keep your dog healthy, force him to eat some of his normal food and a little bit of milk and water. That should hopefully help coat the stomach a bit and negate some of the effects of the chocolate.

Wait about an hour after he eats the normal food and then run him shortly and get him to poop. Hopefully he will poop up a blob of chocolate along with some dog food residue and all should be fine. If you see some blood in his poop, then take him to the vet ASAP for some emergency treatment.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Your dog is probably just fine if he/she is 70 pounds. A dog needs to have more than 1 ounce of milk chocolate per 1 pound of body weight to be harmed. This means that your dog would have had to have eaten 70 pounds of chocolate to have ill effects. I had a 25 pound dog eat 3 oz of dark chocolate which has more theobromine (poison in cacao) and he was just fine. If you are really worried, you can feed your dog a bunch of white rice to dilute the effects, which is what I did for the dog that got the dark chocolate (this was info from the vet). Good luck!

Answer 4

How much does he weigh?? Do you mean 79 pounds maybe? Was it milk or dark chocolate, it makes a difference. How big were the pieces? Also how big is the dog really? Now get yourself with the dog to the vet. All chocolate is toxic to dogs with dark and bakers being the worst.

Symptoms of Chocolate Dog Ingestion and Poisoning
You can recognize that your dog has eaten a toxic dose of chocolate from the symptoms. Within the first few hours, the evidence includes vomiting, diarrhea or hyperactivity. As time passes and there's increased absorption of the toxic substance, you'll see an increase in the dog's heart rate, which can cause arrhythmia, restlessness, hyperactivity, muscle twitching, increased urination or excessive panting.
This can lead to hyperthermia, muscle tremors, seizures, coma and even death

How Much Chocolate Is Deadly?
If a 50-pound dog eats a teaspoonful of milk chocolate, it's not going to cause serious problems. However, if that same dog gorges himself on a two-layer chocolate cake, his stomach will feel more than upset and soon it's likely he'll be vomiting or experiencing diarrhea.

To answer the question "How much is too much" is not simple. The health and age of your dog must be considered. Obviously if your dog is aged and not in top shape, his reaction to a plate of chocolate is going to be different from a young healthy dog of the same weight.

Another fact that must be considered is this: Not all chocolate is the same. Some has a small amount of theobromine; another type has a large amount and still another contains an amount that is somewhere in between. The quantity has a relationship with the weight of your dog. Small dogs can be poisoned, it is easy to understand, from smaller amounts of theobromine than large dogs.

Which chocolate is the safest, relatively speaking? White chocolate. It has the least amount of theobromine: 1 mg per ounce. Far on the other side of the spectrum is baking chocolate, which has a huge 450 mg of theobromine per ounce!
Here are a few other chocolates for you to ponder: hot chocolate, 12 mg of theobromine per ounce; milk chocolate, 60 mg/oz; and up there near baking chocolate: semi-sweet chocolate with 260 mg/oz.

You might try using this to remember these chocolates from least to most toxic: What Happy Moose Says BAA? Or: White-Hot-Milk-Semi-Baked. If you have a better way to remember, contact us!

Knowing which chocolate is the most toxic is important, but leaves one wondering how much must be eaten to poison a dog. The list in this box should be helpful. Maybe you can clip it and post it on your refrigerator?

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.

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Thank you for the correction in the weight.

I just wanted to let sierrablu... know that hyperactivity in a dog that ate chocolate is a sign of toxic poisoning. Your dog should have seen the vet for an antidote.

Answer 5

709 pounds, you mean a horse, not a dog, right?
Yes, SOMETIMES even just a little bit of chocolate can make a dog very sick. You can induce vomiting by giving your dog a little bit of Hydrogen Peroxcide (The kind you put on cuts).

Answer 6

at first i was really scared,i mean 709 pounds!glad you corrected that.what kind of dog is he?if hes a chiouah,you should be worried,but if hes a golden retriever,no.(actually maybe you should be worried then,isnt that really light for one of them?!)next time just put your chocolates higher up,where he cant reach!

Answer 7

709 lbs?

Is that a typo or are you one of those kids who has nothing better to do?

Most dogs can be pretty tolerant, although chocolate is poisonous to dogs, If he shows any awkward signs or something unusual you may want to bring him to the Animal Hospital ASAP.

He should be okay though.

Answer 8

Yeah I would. My dog, well I guess shes more like 25-30lbs but she ate some chocolate chips and she was so sick. She kept puking and puking, she could've probably died cuz she was puking so much, but she didn't. Prepare for a huge mess to clean up

Answer 9

Just make sure that he never eats chocolate again. But, you can give him a little bit of peanut butter every once in a while. Mine likes hers on carrots. Chocolate is not good for his stomach.

Answer 10

It should be fine if he's acting alright. If he starts acting even a little bit strange make sure you take him to the vet right away. They'll have to make him puke it up or else he could die. Since your dog is really big he should be fine.