Is chocolate really bad for your dog or just a myth?

Question

my dog loves chocolate, but we never give him any he just eats what may have dropped on the floor.

Answer 1

You terrible man! Just kidding. Anyway according to this Trainer on It's me or the Dog, there's an ingredient in chocolate that is toxic to dogs. It can kill them, give them diarrhea or put him in shock. Chocolate should NOT be given to dogs at any time at any circumstance.

Answer 2

Chocolate is really bad for the dog. If you want to know just how bad? Go out and invest in ten Mars bars. Eat them all at once, that is in one sitting. When you are finished, sit back and feel the pain, because that is exactly what the dog will be feeling with just one Mars bar!!!
A dog is a natural born scavenger ...they will eat anything they deem food. It is in their nature so deep that the best analogy I can think of is this. A woman is born with about 450 eggs in her body, to insure the ability to have babies at the proper age. A dog is born with the mindset of a scavenger to insure it's survival.
Potato's, & onions are also toxic to dogs. Don't feed those to a dog, even if they want it.
If you want to give a dog the taste of chocolate, then give treats of CAROB. This is a sweet treat for the dog and it does not hurt them at all.
I'm glad you asked, it means you care for the welfare of your dog. That is good for you.
God bless and take care.

Answer 3

Chocolate can poison a dog, yes. It's a chemical IN the chocolate that's bad, and the darker the chocolate is, the worse it is. At the very least it's going to upset his stomach and you don't really want him to get the runs while in the house.

Answer 4

A chemical in chocolate is what's actually poisonous to dogs. It is dangerous, but it takes quite a bit to actually kill a dog. It depends alot on the size of the dog and such. They do make special chocolate that's safe for dogs, though.

Answer 5

Yes, chocolate is toxic to dogs. The chocolate contains "theobromine" which is toxic to dogs when ingested in sufficient quantities. So, if your dog is eating small amounts of chocolate, he should be okay. It generally takes 100-150 mg/kg of theobromine to cause a reaction, and as an example, milk chocolate contains 44 mg of theobromine per ounce.

Answer 6

IT IS NOT A MYTH!! It is toxic. It does not digest. If it doesn't kill it, it can build up in their system causing problems later. A few Chrismases ago, my daughter came home from college, and had chocolate hidden in her room. You guessed it. The dogs got into it. I ended up having to force them to throw up with hydrogen peroxide. But, if it has been too long, even that does not work.

Answer 7

It's not a myth.

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

Answer 8

Theobromine poisoning or chocolate poisoning is an unfavorable reaction to the alkaloid theobromine, present day in chocolate, tea, cola beverages, and another ingredients. Cacao beans comprise some million.2% theobromine by using weight, at an analogous time as processed chocolate many times has smaller quantities. the quantity present day in fairly sophisticated chocolate goodies (frequently 40-60 milligrams in line with ounce or a million.4 to 2.a million grams in line with kilogram) is plenty below that of dark chocolate or unsweetened baker's chocolate (over 4 hundred mg/oz..or 14 g/kg). the quantity of theobromine present day in chocolate is sufficiently small that chocolate may be properly ate up by using people in great parts, yet animals that metabolize theobromine extra slowly can truthfully consume adequate chocolate to reason chocolate poisoning. the main hassle-unfastened sufferers of theobromine poisoning are canines (for which this is deadly). Cats and rather kittens are yet extra well-off, and a number of different animals are additionally vulnerable. the 1st indications of theobromine poisoning are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and greater urination. those can progression to cardiac arrhythmias, epileptic seizures, inner bleeding, heart assaults, and finally demise. Theobromine is rather poisonous to horses, canines, parrots, voles, and cats via fact they're no longer able to metabolize the chemical effectively. in the event that they're fed chocolate, the theobromine will stay of their bloodstream for as much as twenty hours. scientific therapy contains inducing vomiting interior of two hours of ingestion, or contacting a veterinarian. a typical 20 kg dogs will frequently adventure intestinal misery after eating decrease than 240 g of dark chocolate, yet won't inevitably adventure bradycardia or tachyarrhythmia except it eats a minimum of a 0.5 a kilogram of milk chocolate. in accordance to the Merck Veterinary instruction manual, approximately a million.3 g of baker's chocolate in line with kilogram of a dogs's bodyweight (0.02 oz..lb) is sufficient to reason indications of toxicity. for example, a typical 25 gram baker's chocolate bar may be adequate to hold out indications in a 20 kg dogs.

Answer 9

Chocolate is poisonous to dogs.

Cocoa podwer and cooking Chocolate are the most toxic(ten times more toxic)
Semi-sweet Chocolate and Dark Chocolate and Milk Chocolate is the least toxic

1 ounce per pound of body weight(2 ounces per kg of body weight)for milk chocolate

1 ounce per 3 pounds of body weight(1 ounce per 1.5 kg body weight)for semi sweet chocolate

1ounce per 9 pounds of body weight(1 ounce per 4 kg) bakers chocolate

http://missouriscenicrivers.com/baddogfoods.html

Answer 10

dogs can be allergic to chocolate so small amounts probably wont kill him depending on the size of your dog... small amounts by accadent id say is ok. but i wouldent go give my dog a nice big old chocolate bar because it can give them heart attacks