It is true that chocolate kisses can kill dogs?

Answer 1

Why is Chocolate Lethal?

Chocolate contains theobromine. A naturally occurring stimulant
found in the cocoa bean, theobromine increases urination and
affects the central nervous system as well as heart muscle.
While amounts vary by type of chocolate, it's the theobromine
that is poisonous to dogs.

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?

List of 4 items

. 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. list end

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Answer 2

Yes, very true. Chocolate contains caffeine and a chemical which I can't remember that can cause the heart beat to speed up and I also believe liver failure. A dog that has ingested chocolate may die within a few hours. However, if the dosage was small, the dog probably will survive.

Answer 3

A whole ton of them could...but actually it's dark chocolate that's bad for dogs...and from what I've read it still has to be a lot in order to kill them.

But a good rule would be not to give it to them, there are plenty of yummy "dog" treats that will do just fine.

Answer 4

Yes. Chocolate (kisses or other) will speed up the dog's heart rate, which can cause arrhythmia, restlessness, hyperactivity, muscle twitching, increased urination or excessive panting. It will also cause epileptic seizures.

This can lead to hyperthermia, muscle tremors, seizures, coma and even death. A 1 pound bar of milk chocolate will kill a 20 pound dog!

http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-dog-poisoning.shtml..

Answer 5

Chocolate is not as deadly as people think. It takes a lot for a dog to die from chocolate. My parents feeds their lab a Hersey kiss everyday and he is 10 now. and still strong as an ox. I still would not recommend it.

Answer 6

Yes, anything chocolate will get the dog sick and too much can kill the dog.

Answer 7

chocolate is like poison to a dog...they do have dog kisses at Petsmart that look like Hershey kisses but are made specifically for dogs

Answer 8

kinda, chocolate is like a poison to dogs and somtimes if a dog has way to much it will kill the dog

Answer 9

one ounce of chocolate per pound of dog is leathal. a small dog like a chihuahua that weighs 5lbs would need to eat 5oz of chocolate for it to be fatal.

Answer 10

No. Completely false.

Dogs LOVE chocolate. It is OK to give them a few chocolate bars every night.