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Lonigan asked in PetsDogs · 9 years ago

My dog ate a square of dark chocolate. Will she be alright?

This chocolate is 70% cocoa. She is a small dog, and she only ate the square that I dropped.

Update:

She is a lahsa apso. Think shitzu, but a tad bigger.

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  • 9 years ago
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    By small, do you mean like a Chihuahua? Or something bigger.anyways, she would be fine because for a dog to get seriously ill, she would have to eat like half a chocolate bar. Since she is small, she can't take as much chocolate as say a golden retriever or a lab. Therefore, she may have a little diarrhea or vomit. It all depends on her. My dog ate chocolate once and he was fine, no symptoms. She'll be fine, just make sure she has lots o water and keep an eye on her.

  • 9 years ago

    She will be fine... Maybe some diahreah.. Or vomiting but probably not. Don't

    Worry it will be fine. My friends dog which is 70 pounds ate 32 Reese's peanut butter cups and didn't have a single thing wrong

    With it so

    I believe a single square of chocalate probably won't do a single thing

  • Autumn
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    NO, get help right away. Chocolate contains a chemical called theobromine which is closely related to caffeine and causes your dog's heart to race. In small dosages, it will cause hyperactivity and possibly diarrhea. If your dog has ingested too much chocolate...vomiting, excessive thirst, diarrhea, restlessness, and agitation typically develop in six to eight hours. Kidney damage, seizures, heart rhythm irregularities, and death may result in severe cases. There is no real antidote for a theobromine overdose. Supportive care can be given, and vomiting can be induced if the case is caught early enough.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    3-4 squares of Bakers chocolate would be a potentially fatal dose for a dog her size. If any pet or family member of mine ingested one third of a supposedly fatal dose of any poison, I would expect them to be very sick and would be in the car on the way to the vet now.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I'd get her to the Vet, just to be safe.

    The toxicity of dark chocolate, the amount of Cocoa in it and the dogs small size should be nothing to gamble w/.

    If you choose to, monitor her, if she shows sounds of illness, get her to the Vet ASAP.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    She'll be fine. Candy isn't really good for dogs, but they love it when they can sneak it. I had a dog one time who loved to raid unattended Halloween bags. For some reason, he especially liked chewing gum. He also liked ice cream, watermelon, oranges and peanuts. He lived to be 18 years old.

    The biggest danger you have to face in this situation is that she now knows what chocolate tastes like, and she will beg for more. Don't give it to her.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    She will more than likely be ok.. even thought she ate some chocolate. But what I will say is that she will be a little sick. But fine

  • 9 years ago

    If she ate more than ten grams of chocolate per each kg of her weight, take her to the vet, just in case.

  • 9 years ago

    Keep an eye on her, but she should most likely be fine. Lethal dose for this chocolate is about one ounce for every one pound of body weight.

  • 9 years ago

    give her a cap full of peroxide to make her vomit it up because chocolate of that concentration can kill her. if she starts to stager or starts doing ANYTHING that isn't normal take her to the vet before anything serious happens

    Source(s): Animal Shelter Care Giver
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