help can my dog eat chocolate??????????

[cool girl 2002]

help me :cool:

[turner]

Cool Girl 2002,

NO! NO! Do not ever ever give your dog chocolate! Chocolate can be poison to dogs and cats (I think).

My dog ate chocolate once (stole it) but thank god he didn't eat enough to get him sick.....he did have the runs for days though!:eek:

Did your dog eat chocolate?:eek:

[primabella]

this is sort of on subject, but can dogs eat tuna? my mom's dog wasn't alowed to be in the room when we ate some. :) :confused:

[turner]

I'm not to sure about tuna, don't think it will hurt them but I do know the juice from the tuna can is very very good for their coats and bones. My dogs get tuna juice all the time!!

[Karen]

No on chocolate, yes for tuna!

[*LabLoverKEB*]

NO NO NO!!! Don't EVER feed your dog chocoalte! Chocolate is like poison for dogs. It can kill a dog.

[RockyRoad]

NEVER give a dog chocolate. You don't know how many dogs and cats (and other pets) have come in with problems because of chocolate. I've even had to put them to sleep half the time. A dog eating chocolate is like a human drinking a snake's venom. As for the tuna, too much is bad, but you can still give a dog some once in a while. Too much table food for dogs is really bad for them. It can make them really fat, and then they can get diseases such as arthritis from it. But just giving them a little bit every so often is fine.

[primabella]

thanks guys!:)
what about peanut butter? i wouldn't do that, but wouldn't that be a funny site? hehehe...:D

[manda99]

I give my dogs Peanut butter fairly often.
In a Kong, to hide a pill, to distract while I put on their flea meds...

Or just because they love it!
(I'm so mean cuz I will sometimes put a little on their nose and watch them try to get it off. Usually they just lick it off the others nose instead! :D )

Also, they get yogurt and eggs and tuna juice mixed w/ their kibble on occasion, too.
Mostly just plain yogurt and eggs, though.

[turner]

I use to put peanut butter in Deisel's kong and freeze it. It was to keep him entertained when we went out and couldn't take him. He loved it!!!:) Although I would give him some when we were home too and boy was it funny, Deisel trying to get the peanut butter out of the kong. Don't have a pic of that but wish I did now!!:) :D

[primabella]

stupid to ask, but what's a kong? :)

[manda99]

a KONG is a type of toy.
http://www.kongcompany.com/

for example

http://www.kongcompany.com/KK1.jpg


smokey loves his water one!

[C.C.'s Mom]

We got Cookie used to brushing by giving her peanut butter on a spoon and lick it off. It worked within two days. I also give her pills in peanut butter.

The worst for dogs is baking or pure chocolate. If you want to give your dog some kind of chocolate, than buy the special dog treats. But, even there many dogs get stomach problems.

[manda99]

i dont give the dogs anything chocolate related because i just dont want them to get a hankering for it. even if small bits [of some kinds?] are ok.

[Dogz]

I know somebody that has a dog and it is twice as big as it is suppose to be... because all "Taco" eats is table scraps! Oh no!

[cool girl 2002]

my dog never ate chocolate and i will never give him any

[wolf_Q]

Actually several years ago Smokey (who is 9 pounds I think) ate an entire bag of Hershey's kisses. My stupid sister left them on the floor in her room with the door open. He ate every last one, and didn't even throw up. He also pulled a bunch of valentines for my friends off a shelf once, and they had Hershey's nuggets (I think it was white chocolate) taped on them. Didn't even get sick that time either. Of course this is Smokey the wonder dog for ya, don't take this as advice to give your dogs chocolate! We would never give our dogs that on purpose, Smokey just has a talent for getting into everything. I know they make chocolate/vanilla flavored yogurt drops for dogs. They look like chocolate chips. My dogs love them!

[ChrisAK]

Baking chocolate is dangerous to pets even in small doses.

Candy chocolates in large quantities are dangerous to pets. Some dogs can eat a whole bag of kisses with no ill effect. Some dogs will get poisoning in a matter of minutes.

The key here is never risk it. No chocolates no worries.

[lovemymaltese]

oh no, never chocolate. (be aware also of raisins, grapes, mushrooms, and tylenol). My neighbors lab/boxer mix pulled down an Easter basket last year and ate an entire chocolate bunny (8 oz.). She rushed her to the vet and the vet said not to worry because of her size. He said just to be careful that she doesn't have access to anymore.

[Desert Arabian]

GIVE HIM CHOCOLATE ALL YOU WANT!!!! If you want to rush him to the emergency room and have his stomach pumped... or have him die. Go right ahead and give em chocolate. Never even never give yer pooch chocolate!

[Uabassoon]

WolfQ I had a simmilar experience my dog ate an entire bag of chocolate coins once. I was so scared that whole night, luckily she was fine. But that was her only chocolate experience.

[monkeycrazy18]

well, i've heard a lot of different things about dogs and chocolate. It's probably not a good idea to give your dog chocolate, just in case. Someone told me that dogs could have regular milk choclate, but not baker's chocolate, but I don't know if I should believe it or not.:confused: