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  1. I just had to give my little Doxie hydrogen peroxide. He got a hold of a 90% Cocoa bar. He ate 50g while I was in the bathroom. He vomited within 5 minutes. Of course, I did this with the advice of my vet.

  2. Thank you so much for providing the calculations. This was by far the most helpful video on this subject. My daughter snuck into a bag of milk chocolate chips today. My doggo buddy also found them on the floor. Should be mild. Only 118 g were missing from the bag. Between my 55 Lb Golden Retriever and my daughter they had a maximum of 118 g. I'll monitor her closely for the next 24 hours just in case. Thank you so much.

  3. My dog is about 11 pounds and he is coughing a lot he has ate small chocolate chips over the course of a month so like 5 per week because we drop them sometimes is this enough to kill him or is he fine?

  4. Important to note, if your dog ate something poisonous that you know didn’t have any hard or sharp pieces give them hydrogen peroxide right away. You will need to research the appropriate amount for their weight. It will likely make them vomit. I don’t know if this is applicable safety wise for cats

  5. Yup. Nipper, my wire hair fox terrier (now deceased), ate a whole bag of Nestle chocolate while we were out. I called my vet at home at 10pm. He said it wasn’t real chocolate. If it was (dark chocolate), then hydrogen peroxide to make him throw up. You’ve got it right. I miss Nipper, and Asta and Bobbie, and Thumper, and Maggie
    and Hannah, and Joe. I’d have a hundred if I could.

  6. My chocolate lab, Cocoa, ate chocolate. She was OBSESSED with trying to get chocolate. She ate my daughter’s Halloween chocolates one year, but she ate them in the wrappers and pooped out a bunch of wrappers the next day. Cocoa died over six years ago, but I still remember all of the crazy things that she used to eat. I currently have two yellow labs. One is a picky eater and the other eats anything and doesn’t even care if the item isn’t actually food!

  7. I would like to know why my 7 month old pittador eats everything and acts like he's hungry all the time
    he eats beer cans pine cones plastic anything and now he's eating crap. he gets fed twice a day with homemade food and kibble with treats in between and has no worms.
    what is wrong with him

  8. It’s mind boggling that now that chocolate is toxic to dogs I can’t seem to be able to give them any, my brother gives the hotdog and Belgian malinois peanut m and m, when I had Dobermans they all ate chocolate and they all lived long lives. 🤷‍♀️

  9. I've always been afraid of chocolate and make sure my dogs are nowhere near it. My Conure (small parrot) grabbed a piece of chocolate out of my hand and immediate threw it up like a projectile coming out of her mouth.

  10. I wrapped up a box of chocolates and put it under the tree at christmas and my dog smelled it and ate it. There went my moms present. We used to wrap up rawhides and hide them under tree so she prob thought chocolate was for her.

  11. Pips tail makes me laugh at the end, it looks like it is spinning around! I expected her flying off the table from her tail propulsion 😂😂 Great information especially as Christmas is approaching and every has chocolate in the house. Thanks for yet another great informative video. Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a great 2020 from here in the uk xxx

  12. Slightly related… our 6 year old girl was fed raisins by a small boy. My husband didn't know she couldn't have raisins. When I found out we called the Pet Poison Control Center (I knew raisins were bad but didn't know how bad or why — raisins/grapes can cause kidney failure). They told us to use the peroxide (like Dr Jones said) but also said to jog her (or briskly walk her) for 10 minutes to help her vomit. They told us (like Dr Jones said) that we could administer the peroxide once more (and ONLY once more) if she didn't vomit the first time. Luckily I had a large syringe in a kit that I keep for her. The second time she did vomit but the raisins didn't come up (only her supper). We took her to the emergency vet where they induced vomiting again, gave her a liquid activated charcoal solution, antiemetics (to stop the vomiting/nausea) and subcutaneous fluids. We were allowed to take her home because we thought she had only been given 2-3 raisins (5 at the most). The next day we found 16 raisins in her stool (the emergency vet got one up while she was there). Our regular vet did blood work during a follow up from the emergency visit and found her kidney values were high. We ended up taking her to another emergency clinic (because they were open 24hrs and she wouldn't have to be moved). She got 24 hours of IV fluids, more antiemetics, more charcoal etc. By the grace of God her kidney lab values came down and she was able to come home after only 24 hours. It was very scary.
    Please make sure everyone who might care for your dog or cat (or other pet) knows which foods and plants are toxic to animals or simply have a rule that they can't be fed away from you. I've bought fabric, made a bandana and my mother is going to embroider "No Treats" on it for her to wear when we go out… people are always trying to give her treats.

  13. Thank you for simplifying this. Two years ago my lab ate 2 Ghiradeli chocolate bars, containing caramel and raspberry fillings (so not all chocolate). I called the number on the back of the package and talked with someone in the laboratory to determine the amount of toxic ingredients. It was a stressful time.
    Your explanation helps me feel prepared and capable of handling any such incidents. I will pick up a new syringe and hydrogen peroxide this weekend, since chocolate is about to enter my home again. Thank you.

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