Domestic pets and Chocolate - Will Your dog Really Get Sick If it Eats Chocolate?

Dogs moreover chocolate. I've been told since I was becoming an adult that if my pet ate chocolate, it might kill him. Is it's true? Or is it part and parcel as, "If you eat a watermelon seed, you'll has got the watermelon in your abdomen. " I've done some investigation on dog's eating hot chocolate, and here's what I've found out in layman's word or phrase.

Apparently, chocolate has something in it called theobromine. Theobromine which is toxic to dogs. So yes, ingredients in chocolate are bad to dogs. But before you go rushing off to over a veterinarian because Fido went on a Hershey's Kiss, here's what you should know...

It takes a fairly large amount of theobromine to be toxic for a dog. Of course, the amount will vary based on the type of chocolate, the size of your dog, and it's sensitivity to theobromine.

On average,

Milk chocolate contains 44 mg of theobromine diminish oz.

Semisweet chocolate comprises 150 mg/oz.

Baker's chocolate contains 390 mg/oz.

Generally speaking, it takes approximately 100mg to make 150mg of theobromine for kg of dog weight to impact your pet negatively.

Using a little bit of 100 mg/kg as the toxic dose it comes out roughly as:

Milk Chocolate behave as toxic if your dog eats 1 ounce associated with 1 pound of excess fat.

Semisweet chocolate can be toxic if a dog 1 ounce available as one 3 pounds of body weight.

Bakers chocolate can be toxic if a dog eats 1 whiff per 9 pounds of body weight.

Based on that, 3 oz. of Bakers chocolate are bad to a 25 lbs. dog, while 3 oz of milk chocolate could just give him diarrhea.

So here's the bottom line... if you suspect the dog has eaten chocolate for your high enough level to try toxic, take him to the vet immediately.

If he is showing any signs concerned hyper excitability, hyper discomfort, increased heart rate, restlessness, increased urination, muscle heart palpitations, vomiting, or diarrhea, take him to the vet immediately.

If you don't know how much chocolate your pet ate, take him to the vet immediately.

If your dog has eaten an M& M or a Hershey's Kiss, you probably have nothing to worry about (unless you've got a REALLY small dog).

And from now on, keep your chocolate out of your dog's reach!

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