Dogs and chocolate?

[newhopeinHim]

How much chocolate is dangerous for dogs? Has anyone else faced this problem with a pet and how much chocolate did they eat? Did they get sick? Our dog ate easter candy from yesterday that was left out by my 4 year old. Am now worried. Any advice would help a lot! Thank you guys so much.

 

[civilwarbuff]

From my own experience (also dependending on how much he ate), if he is facing north, expect a violent reaction on the southside......

 

[Runswithdogs]

Depends on the individual dogs sensitivity & size. Plus what kind of chocolate & how much.
The main dangerous ingredient is theobromine & the darker the chocolate, the higher the dosage. If it was your standard "cheap" Easter candy then most likely there wouldn't have been very much theobromine ingested & if you haven't seen any symptoms yet then hes probably OK but keep an eye on him (her?)
Signs to watch for are vomiting and diarrhea, increased thirst, panting or restlessness, excessive urination, a racing heart rate, muscle spasms (tremors), and occasionally seizures.

Usually a vet will give them something to make them throw it up but if its been a day then unlikely that would help as it would already have gone through their system.
If he ate it today (not sure if you mean he got it yesterday or today) and its dark chocolate then you might want to call the vets and ask for there advice. They might want you to bring him in if its been recently so the can get him to throw it up & get it out of his system.

 

[Runswithdogs]

Dog Toxicity calculator for chocolate http://www.petmd.com/dog/chocolate-toxicity Should at least give you a baseline to know if you should worry or not

 

[Dave-W]

Best advice from our vet: no chocolate at all for any dog or cat.