Building up a chocolate tolerance?

[Sophist]

A new coworker mentioned that her vet told her to start feeding her dogs a small amount of chocolate every day, on a plan to gradually increase it, until her dogs could eat a full chocolate bar with no problems, in case they ever went on a chocolate binge. She said the vet told her she would have to give them some every day from now on, and then they'd be safe and not react to chocolate at all.

I hadn't heard of this before.

The really scary part? She told her mom, and her mom has started as well. Her dogs are at least big enough to handle some chocolate without worry (she said she has a 'big pit' and a rot mix), but she said her moms dogs were 'little poodle-like things'!!!


Anyone else heard of a vet advising this? I tried to talk to her about at least having her mom talk to a vet first, if NOTHING else, but she blew me off. I hope all the dogs will be ok.

[Karen]

Tell her to find a new vet.

[CathyBogart]

I agree 150%, that is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.

[Sophist]

Tell her to find a new vet.

I did tell her I knew my vet in the city I just moved from would gladly talk to her over the phone for free for a second opinion, but she again blew me off.

She seems to accept this vet she goes to (forgot to ask which vet, will do tomorrow) as an absolute authority, and really didn't seem interested in my concerns at all. Since it came from a vet, I was hoping there was maybe SOMETHING I hadn't heard of, but...


I will harass her more tomorrow. The poor little dogs...

[buttercup132]

Wow that is rediculous. Even more for the mother to follow through and actually belive it.

[Flatcoatluver]

What kind of licensed vet would say that? It makes no sense! It's like asking us to drink antifreeze or taking meds, and gradually having a larger intake everyday.

[applesmom]

What kind of licensed vet would say that? It makes no sense! It's like asking us to drink antifreeze or taking meds, and gradually having a larger intake everyday.

Sorry, we were typing at the same time!

[applesmom]

That vet is insane or high on something! Would he also suggest that she feed her dog small amounts of anti freeze every day to build up a tolerance for it?

You need to do more than hassle her a little tomorrow. Tell her she's risking her dog's life!!!!!!!!!!

We spent hours one day trying to save a toy poodle that had eaten 2 or 3 pieces of valentine chocolates. If the dog had been fed small amounts of chocolate daily prior to that incident, the toxins would have been built up in her system and she wouldn't have survived.

My 85 pound dog ate a large special dark chocolate bar and a small pack of oreo cookies and it didn't faze him. It could have killed him if he'd already had the toxins from prior chocolate in his system.

It's time for a new vet!!!!!!!!!!