Years ago I had a toy poodle named Pumpkin. I also had a box of chocolate-covered salt water taffy on the coffee table in a box. One day I came home and the box was open and the salt water taffys clearly had been very much enjoyed by Pumpkin....at least for a time. There were various piles of "throw up" all over the house which wasn't pleasant but when I found out later how deadly chocolate could be I was happy to clean it up. Being sick probably saved his life. He only weighed about 8 lbs.