Guest pete evans Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 my lurcher ate a fairly large amount of assorted milk chocolate tonight while i was out. my wife took the dog to the vets where they tried to make it vomit with no success. the dog has been given charcoal powder and is due to have more later. has anyone else had a similar expieriance? how did it go? dog seems ok and its 4 hours since she ate it. pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nov Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 I hope the dog is OK Pete, I for sure didn't know about the dangers of muts and chocolate when I first got my dog. It was forums like these that taught me quite alot about the do's n don'ts. Choccy, onion, potatoe, salt, too much liver and running the dog on concrete, are all DONT's that I learnt about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mac Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 my lurcher ate a fairly large amount of assorted milk chocolate tonight while i was out. my wife took the dog to the vets where they tried to make it vomit with no success. the dog has been given charcoal powder and is due to have more later.has anyone else had a similar expieriance? how did it go? dog seems ok and its 4 hours since she ate it. pete <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mates stafford ate one and a half easter eggs, same as the above, vet tried everything. No avail, just kept an eye and it had the serious shites. That was it, although i know chocolate is very dangerous, he got away lightly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kane 2 Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 My dog ate a load of choclate,I gave it a peanut it came out a treat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dave Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Personaly I would not let my dogs eat any chocolate but milk chocolate is not so bad for them it is plain chocolate that has more toxins in it. Some shooting men give their dogs a mars bar mid day to give them an enerjy boost!! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CharlieC Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 choclate contains a chemical called theobromine, very toxic to dogs indeed. Although dogs may recover from a chocolate poisoning, some have lasting damage and require serious aftercare Its also worth bearing in mind that cocoa shell garden mulches are very toxic to dogs, so if your planning on doing a bit of garden DIY this summer, steer well clear and stick with wood chips - far safer Heres some further info if anyones interested : Types of Chocolate and their theobromine content Below are listed the sources of theobromine commonly implicated in poisoning incidents as reported to the Veterinary Poisons information Service. Source Theobromine content per g of product White chocolate..................0.009 mg Drinking chocolate (dry)........0.5 mg Milk chocolate.....................1.5-2.2 mg Plain chocolate....................4.5-16 mg Cocoa powder.....................5.3-26 mg Cocoa beans.......................11-43 mg Cocoa shell/bean mulches......14-30 mg Toxicity Fatal doses of theobromine for dogs are suggested as ranging from 90-250 mg/kg though some sources report 100-500mg/kg, this suggests that there is considerable individual variation in what represents a fatal dose. But deaths have certainly been reported at the lower end of the range. Also while a dog may survive a higher dose it will probably have been seriously ill and required significant supportive care and treatment. The LD50 is quoted as 100-300 mg/kg body weight. This is the dose that will kill 50% of the dogs eating it. 12 mg/kg causes no visible ill effects. Fatal cases usually result from the dogs eating cocoa powder or cocoa shell/bean mulches. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pete evans Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 dog ok with no obvious effects apart from lots of black poo from the charcoal pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest baldie Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 whats the drawbacks to feeding liver then? i get trimmings from my butcher which has liver in it, as well as beef, heart, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stabs 2 Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Nowt wrong with it Baldie, just don't go daft with it. I get loads from the butchers and give the mutts a piece with every meal. Nowt wrong with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chilli Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 rather them than me f****n horrible stuff :sick: :sick: :sick: i still remember being forced to eat liver an onions an not being able to leave the table till id finished :sick: :sick: reckon it damaged be pyschologicaly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stabs 2 Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 So that's why you're a nutcase? Liver Madras.....f*cking lovely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest reload Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Theres a old timer round myway who eats rabbit liver fresh when out for a day sports :sick: :sick: I rekon its top stuff in small quantitys for the dogs. But cat's can get addicted to it...seriously Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pikey Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 baldie, the danger in liver is its got a lot of vitamin A, in it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest chilli Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 :sick: liver madras :sick: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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