meluchja Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) O.K. I have been googling and have found a link that shows how much chocolate (of all kind) a dog needs to eat for it to be toxic etc. My 8kg dog, just ate about 120gm of a milk chocolate bunny. Do I need to take him to the vet??? According to what I have read, is no. Might cause mild vomitting or diarrhea, but nothing toxic or fatal. But do I still need to take him to the vet??? Or should I just keep an eye on him over the next 24 hours. I'm really worried, as it's late, the closet Emergency vet is about an hour away, my son has a vomitting bug, and not sure how well he would brave the car ride. What do you all think. This is the website I was referring to. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/pets/chocolate-chart-interactive Edited May 10, 2011 by meluchja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bundyburger Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Call the emergency vet.. but from personal experience, albeit bigger dogs, i wouldn't be too concerned unless he started to act sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swizzlestick Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) To be honest, no I don't think he needs to go to the vet. As you've said above, he may have a bit of diarrhoea over the next 24hrs. Let him drink water, but I'd not feed him anything else tonight, and wait until this time tomorrow night to feed him a small meal. Then if all is fine, a normal dinner for him on Thursday night. Edited May 10, 2011 by Sir WJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cointreau Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Not sure how much a dog needs to eat to be toxic but if I were you I would contact the Emergency Vet and see what they suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogslife Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ring your vet straight away. My Rottie ate chocolate recently and the vet said that it depends on the brand of chocolate. With Haighs chocolate it is toxic at 100grams per 10 kilos of dog. My 45 kilo rottie ate 1 kilo. The vets made her vomit and gave her charcoal to eat. If you can get him/her to vomit straight away. Most chemists have stuff to make them vomit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormie Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) I have a chart here from my Emergency Medicine course which indicates the dose of milk chocolate for a 10kg dog to cause serious illness and/or death is roughly 560-1120g. So from that, I would assume your dog will be ok, but if it's only just happened and you can get to a vet within the next half an hour, I'd still probably go and have them induce vomiting, just to be on the safe side eta: sorry, I just realised you're over an hour away, in which case there's probably not much to be done other than to monitor him for symptoms. Edited May 10, 2011 by stormie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meluchja Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 Thank you so much everyone. I just rang the emergency vet and they said exactly what you said Stormie, he would have to consume approx. 500gm of milk chocolate for it to have major effects. He will probably just have the stomach upsets as I read. Thank you all so much again, it's great to be able to help so quickly. Now lets just hope he can dodge my newly cleaned carpets.... ;) And as for left over easter chocolate, think it might be going into the bin. Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCresties Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Glad to hear your dog should be ok Through my own stupidity I came very close to losing one of my dogs on Australia day this year. Daisy (10kg) managed to eat nearly a whole 100g bar of 85% dark chocolate My MIL had left it on the table and I had spotted it but not put it away and Daisy managed to get up onto the table and eat it all whilst we were out. We came home to an extremely hyperactive dog and then I spotted the wrapper and took her straight to the emergency vet. It was touch and go through the night, they managed to get some up through vomiting, but her heart rate went up to 300 and she had to have beta blockers and fluids for 24hrs. We were so lucky as at one point 2lts of fluid went into her, but only 200mls came out so they feared her kidneys had failed, luckily she started passing fluid through shortly after the 3am call from the vets. We got her back home after 24hrs and now she has no signs of the trauma she went through, but it took a couple of weeks before she was back to her usual self. I have kicked myself a thousand times for not putting that bar of chocolate away, but wanted to post this as a warning that dogs eating chocolate, especially high strength dark chocolate has to be taken seriously. Also the $2,500 vet bill was no laughing matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Wow CC thats a huge bill!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozzie Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ring your vet straight away. My Rottie ate chocolate recently and the vet said that it depends on the brand of chocolate. With Haighs chocolate it is toxic at 100grams per 10 kilos of dog. My 45 kilo rottie ate 1 kilo. The vets made her vomit and gave her charcoal to eat. If you can get him/her to vomit straight away. Most chemists have stuff to make them vomit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogslife Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Ring your vet straight away. My Rottie ate chocolate recently and the vet said that it depends on the brand of chocolate. With Haighs chocolate it is toxic at 100grams per 10 kilos of dog. My 45 kilo rottie ate 1 kilo. The vets made her vomit and gave her charcoal to eat. If you can get him/her to vomit straight away. Most chemists have stuff to make them vomit. It was even worse Rozzie as we didn't know which dog ate it. It was a 1 kilo choc frog that was a birthday present for my daughter. All three dogs had to be treated and it was at the emergency vet. The bill was an added joy on the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabel964 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Far out! Isn't it a shame dogs don't have a natural aversion to the things that they can't eat? It sure would be handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leelaa17 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Glad that your doggie seems ok! One of my childhood dogs (passed away last yr at age 15) ate chocolate all throughout his life - NOT because we gave it to him. He just seemed to find it. He once ate an ENTIRE box of favourites... and then pooed out the wrappers!!!!!! He never got sick from eating chocolate. Doesn't mean that I leave chocolate lying around though - scares the crap out of me that my dogs will eat some and get sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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