Dooley Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 He's about 90 pounds and he ate probably a handful of chocolate eggs and a few Kit Kats yesterday morning. He did throw up his breakfast today, but other than that, he is acting completely normal. No nothing; appetite is there, running around, alert but not overly, heartrate seems to be normal....just all normal. Just read to give him a tablespoon of canola oil. I am not feeling there are any problems, Soph - I did read that it will be out of his system in about 72 hours. So I am thinking due to his size and the fact that it was milk chocolate and not too much, he will be ok. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Until Soph shows up...............he's fine. Chocolate is very bad for dogs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Dooley, you may want to post the question to Soph's Social Group "Ask the Vet". Soph has posted that she watches the group pretty closely, but might miss a thread in the General Forum. Best wishes with your Weimaraner, I had the pleasure of owning one a Weimaraner myself. Great dogs! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom4him Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I know this isn't a laughing matter but your post reminded me of a Schnauzer we had that at a bunch of choc.chip cookies. This was before I know that chocolate is bad for dogs. She ate around 2 doz. homemade cookies during the night while everyone was sleeping. The next morning she just laid and mouned. I found the empty sack and knew what she had done but just let her moun her way through it. Like I said I didn't know at the time it could be deadly. She survived and was back to trying to steal cookies in about 24hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 My 50lb lab/greyhound mix ate 2 lbs of individually wrapped Belgian chocolates and survived just fine. She threw up chocolatey puddles several times and had loose stools (the wrappers probably had more to do with all that than the choc :p) for a day. The timing was terrible, as she managed to get sick on the white carpeting of the house we were moving out of the next day. But, she was perfectly fine. I am sure your pooch will be too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristineinKS Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 We were very active in Weim rescue up until a few years ago & had two that got into chocolate and ate roughly a bag of candy each. They suffered no ill affects & the vet wasn't the least bit concerned (I guess in part because they are such big dogs!)...I think the wrappers passing through was probably the most distressing part for the dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 He consumed so much chocolate in his life . . . one time a whole pound of brandy beans my mom had brought over for Christmas. He never had any serious ill effects (a little sloshy after the brandy beans maybe). It sounds like your guy will be okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 He will be fine. He needs more than that to really be in danger. My friend has a 80 pound lab who ate entire Russell Stover box of assorted chocolates and she was fine...a bit of diarrhea for a day or two...but no lasting effects. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Milk chocolate: 1 ounce per pound of body weight. Approximately one pound of milk chocolate is poisonous to a 20-pound dog Think of the 1 pound chocolate bunnies they had at walmart this season! Wow...that is a LOT of chocolate and even that much would only be poison to a 20 pound dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I always feed my dog (68lbs) a banana or two when he eats wrappers or bad things. It always helps, especially when he eats paper towels. Carrie:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted April 14, 2009 Author Share Posted April 14, 2009 Thanks you guys, each post made me smile and feel better. I will check out Soph's social group (never been there!) and that link to doggie digest looks awesome. God bless. BTW, this dog eats rocks, balls of clay, poop, small toys....he is not very discriminating. But we love him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 HI! Just checked in this morning. He'll be fine. At 90# he probably didn't exceed his max in chocolate and it sounds like it was mostly milk chocolate anyway. In the future, just make him throw up right away to be on the safe side. 1 or 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide orally usually has them vomiting within a few minutes. Syrup of ipecac works too. Chocolate is a CNS stimulant so seizures and other neuro signs are what you would see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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