Dogs emergancy

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Yes, golden retrievers can get away with eating far more than say a dachshund.
I think it has something to do with their liver processing?

She's not any specific breed - she's a Bitzer! So probably tough 😁

Yes, golden retrievers can get away with eating far more than say a dachshund.
I think it has something to do with their liver processing?

ExDancer

For the record - just exactly HOW poisonous is chocolate to dogs?
Is it really a poison, or just 'bad' for them?
Are any of our members vets and able to tell us?

ps - please be kind to OP, we all make mistakes.

DD's dog ate a lot of chocolate once, she was fine and the vet said it was because she was a large dog. The amount she ate could have been lethal for a small dog, apparently.
She's still very greedy.

My daughters golden doodle munched her way through 13 freshly baked chocolate chip muffins that were left to cool pushed way back on the kitchen counter.Who knew she had such a long stretch!No ill effects.

As others have said, we are all much more aware of dangers I all areas of life, especially where dogs are concerned.
Ex-dancer the dark chocolate is more dangerous to dogs than milk chocolate.
One of my foster doodles ate a huge apple pie I’d put to cool, I thought out of her reach. Another time is was a basket of eggs I’d just brought in from the hens. She, like other rescues I’ve cared for who have starved are enthusiastic opportunistic thieves.
My spaniel has never gone short of anything but she takes any opportunist to Nick food.

Sharing life with dogs demands patience and a sense of humour

NotAGran55

Am I the only one who thinks that it was irresponsible to leave a poisonous food out where the dogs could get hold of it?

Would you leave something in the reach of a child?

Luckily they are OK.

Oh yes, my spaniel who ate the sandwiches and cakes from the bottom tier of a tea trolley many years ago when I turned round to make the tea.

Not to mention tasty cow pats when out on a walk.

Casdon

Yes, you probably are NotAGran55, the rest of us are fallible, and hold our hands up to not being one step ahead of our devious dogs 100% of the time.

Yes, I thoughtlessly left a bowl of salted peanuts within reach when we had a doggy visitor yesterday. He was straight there, luckily younger people could move faster than me.
Dogs can open fridges too - who knew?
Then he licked inside the dishwasher when my back was turned.

I often wonder how the many dogs of my childhood survived. We gave them all kinds of treats now deemed not just unsuitable but toxic! We even used to give them wrapped presents of their very own chocolate buttons. They didn’t make dog friendly ones in those days.

I once thought we had a rat hiding in a cupboard because I found what looked just like rat droppings behind the sofa. 🤔😩😮

The culprit turned out to be our thirteen year old Jack Russell, Benjie, who had stolen a whole bag of liquorice comfits to munch in secret. After licking off all the sugar coating, he realised he hated liquorice so spat out all the middles behind the sofa! 😂

Do you have dogs, Notagran55?

ExDancer

For the record - just exactly HOW poisonous is chocolate to dogs?
Is it really a poison, or just 'bad' for them?
Are any of our members vets and able to tell us?

ps - please be kind to OP, we all make mistakes.

I used to work in a vet surgery. It's the theobromine in chocolate which is toxic to dogs, and the darker the chocolate, the more it contains. How much chocolate is dangerous depends on what type of chocolate and the size of the dog, so to be on the safe side, it's always wise to contact your vet if your dog has eaten chocolate. People will always have stories of how their dog scoffed chocolate and was fine - but it's better to be safe than sorry.

Many years ago we went off to a carol service leaving our Dandie Dinmont terrier home alone. We came back to find she had found, unwrapped and eaten not only an entire box of Milk Tray, but also the box and wrappers as well! Perhaps the cardboard diluted the effects of the chocolate, but she wasn't even sick and lived to a ripe old age.

For the record - just exactly HOW poisonous is chocolate to dogs?
Is it really a poison, or just 'bad' for them?
Are any of our members vets and able to tell us?

ps - please be kind to OP, we all make mistakes.

Faierynan

My daughter's labrador ate 3 mincepies and his heart rate went up to 200 and he was clearly unwell. Quick visit to the vets and £280 later he slept it off

My daughter just told me her dog once ate a whole tin of mince pies 🥧

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A 3 year old golden retriever here. His worst one for 2024 was tray of 30 raw eggs while we were out. The smell of sulphur (farts) went on for days.
His half brother ate a plateful of party sandwiches once.

Omg 24 eggs !

NotAGran55

Am I the only one who thinks that it was irresponsible to leave a poisonous food out where the dogs could get hold of it?

Would you leave something in the reach of a child?

Luckily they are OK.

Well , thanks for that Notagran55 , really appreciate that little snippet!

Did I not on my op say just that thing ?
Also , as also mentioned the chocolate that they devoured had all been sitting in the same place over the Christmas period wrapped & boxed under the 🎄 .
The first oversight was
1 Not taking them with us
2 Not shutting the lounge door
Thank you though 🤨

Babs03

My aunt once went to the trouble of making chocolate liqueurs and left them to cool. Unfortunately our Westie gobbled the lot because she had left them on a low coffee table. Back then we didn’t think if the vet but just gave the dog lots of water to drink and waited for her to vomit, she never did, and lived to be a ripe old age.

Tbh , last Christmas they found a chocolate orange that I had actually put away in the spare bedroom!
We didn’t take them to the vets as decided the chocolate content was small & yes they were fine .
Yesterday’s stash was far more & I would never have forgiven myself . 😘

My aunt once went to the trouble of making chocolate liqueurs and left them to cool. Unfortunately our Westie gobbled the lot because she had left them on a low coffee table. Back then we didn’t think if the vet but just gave the dog lots of water to drink and waited for her to vomit, she never did, and lived to be a ripe old age.

My Belgian shepherd ate a packet of club biscuits Long time ago and she seemed really fit on it
Think in past people were less conscious about such things
With same dog at dog club I forgot training treats and found some chocolate raisins in my car which she worked really well with and the trainer never commented when I was letting her lick the melted chocolate of my hands
She loved chocolate and lived to be seventeen

We were looking after a neighbour’s elderly lab, when he realised that there was chocolate in some wrapped Christmas presents I had (unthinkingly) neglected to put out of reach.

He managed to scoff an entire (very small) pack of dark chocolate ginger, but was apparently none the worse - he wasn’t even sick. He had managed to get all the outer wrappings off one of those giant Lindor ‘footballs’, so just as well the metal ‘ball’ defeated him.

NotAGran55

Am I the only one who thinks that it was irresponsible to leave a poisonous food out where the dogs could get hold of it?

Would you leave something in the reach of a child?

Luckily they are OK.

Thanks for this. Would you leave bleach and other hazardous stuff around for children to drink?

Natural instincts are paramount in animals, and they don't learn lessons and grow up like children do.

This is why I don't own a pet- they are a big responsibility and have no protection from irresponsible owners.

Congratulating someone for being irresponsible speaks volumes to me.

Thank goodness they're OK NanaTuesday .

I admit to being careless like this sometimes around the dogs. It's usually when I'm busy or multi-tasking, and they just seize the opportunity.
I'm not perfect, and they're so wily.

Glad to hear they're both ok and will hopefully soon be back to their usual selves.

Yes, you probably are NotAGran55, the rest of us are fallible, and hold our hands up to not being one step ahead of our devious dogs 100% of the time.

Am I the only one who thinks that it was irresponsible to leave a poisonous food out where the dogs could get hold of it?

Would you leave something in the reach of a child?

Luckily they are OK.

A 3 year old golden retriever here. His worst one for 2024 was tray of 30 raw eggs while we were out. The smell of sulphur (farts) went on for days.
His half brother ate a plateful of party sandwiches once.