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Milk chocolate isn't that bad. My dog ate 9oz of dark chocolate one day and I just made him vomit it up, like Shiari said. He's just fine. The yard smelled like chocolate for days after that. -_-

He also once ate a good third of a mild chocolate flavored cake. I didn't even make him throw that up, since milk chocolate isn't as bad as people make it out to be.
 
Well, it's excellent news the dog vomited. That means there is a lot less chocolate inside of her to be absorbed. Susan, the reason inducing vomiting is bad in humans is because they manage to aspirate the vomit on a regular basis, partly because ingestions in humans are often of sedating medications and partly because we are upright rather then four-legged. Consequently, I ~think~ it is safer to induce vomiting in animals, except for those animals who can't vomit -- some farm animals but I don't know which ones. I should add I'm a human health care worker, so I know why inducing vomiting is bad in humans but I am extrapolating from the anatomy as to why it's not so bad in animals.

Edit: One additional thing I can contribute. The toxic part of chocolate is a naturally occurring chemical called theobromine, which is related to caffeine. High quality dark chocolate contains the most of it. Milk chocolate has less, and cheap milk chocolate less than that. So to some extent it depends on what kind of chocolate your dog got into.
 
wstphal said:
Well, it's excellent news the dog vomited. That means there is a lot less chocolate inside of her to be absorbed. Susan, the reason inducing vomiting is bad in humans is because they manage to aspirate the vomit on a regular basis, partly because ingestions in humans are often of sedating medications and partly because we are upright rather then four-legged. Consequently, I ~think~ it is safer to induce vomiting in animals, except for those animals who can't vomit -- some farm animals but I don't know which ones. I should add I'm a human health care worker, so I know why inducing vomiting is bad in humans but I am extrapolating from the anatomy as to why it's not so bad in animals.
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Certain things you don't want to make animals vomit...Shiari can fill in the details, but I know when I was a tech we never induced vomiting in animals that had eaten kerosene or other caustic things.

Generally when inducing vomiting in animals, we would lift up the back end of the animal to help prevent them from aspirating. Certainly it was always in the back of our minds, but the only aspiration problems I ever saw at the emergency clinic I worked in were animals who had vomited under anesthesia.
 
wstphal said:
Well, it's excellent news the dog vomited. That means there is a lot less chocolate inside of her to be absorbed. Susan, the reason inducing vomiting is bad in humans is because they manage to aspirate the vomit on a regular basis, partly because ingestions in humans are often of sedating medications and partly because we are upright rather then four-legged. Consequently, I ~think~ it is safer to induce vomiting in animals, except for those animals who can't vomit -- some farm animals but I don't know which ones. I should add I'm a human health care worker, so I know why inducing vomiting is bad in humans but I am extrapolating from the anatomy as to why it's not so bad in animals.

Edit: One additional thing I can contribute. The toxic part of chocolate is a naturally occurring chemical called theobromine, which is related to caffeine. High quality dark chocolate contains the most of it. Milk chocolate has less, and cheap milk chocolate less than that. So to some extent it depends on what kind of chocolate your dog got into.
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I was trying to say know what to follow vomiting with in anything and in this case charcoal is suggested as Shiari stated. I just wasn't sure if it should be first, the charcoal.
As for humans I fully understand aspiration, but vomiting is frequently used i.e. epicac, charcoal... I saw to many parents cause vomiting only to find out they shouldn't have not because of aspirating but swallowing a caustic and then bringing it up again not a good idea.
My thinking was before you jump make sure you have on a parachute. I am one of those the sky is falling people so take a moment to check what you need to do before you do it.
 
Sure they do Nanci, but I can't get approved because I have no verifiable job. She's at the vet. Had a slight fever, but is doing well. I can pick her up before eight. However, they want her to be on fluids for 24 hours, but won't give me fluids to take home. They want me to transfer her to an emergency clinic. If it was my own money, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but my friend isn't made of money. It's 7:32 now. I'm waiting for a quote from the vet concerning the emergency care overnight. I probably can't do it.

She should be home in an hour or so. I'll be up all night either way.
 
Honestly milk chocolate isn't a huge biggie especially because she vomited most of it up on her own. My lab ate an easter basket last year with over 5lbs. of assorted chocolate in it and is still here today,lol We used a few teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide and made him drink on his own. He puked, pooped, puked, pooped, and so on for a few hours and was fine other than being a little tired. Hope she's home soon and happy:)
 
I was going to say the same thing Cathy did.. I heard also that dark chocolate is way worse for dogs than milk chocolate.. I think your little baby will be ok... But I am glad you are taking her to the vet to make sure.. Things always happen after you spend lots of money.. Sucks I know.. Keep us updated.. :)
 
The problem is that it was semi-sweet chocolate that you use to make cookies. She had twice the amount that's considered lethal. Not sure if I mentioned this. Just took her to an emergency clinic overnight. $200 down and possibly up to another $150 if she doesn't crash. If she does, I'm in trouble financially.

I have to pick her up in the morning between 7 and 7:30. Yuck because the bus doesn't go that far.
 
wstphal said:
Well, it's excellent news the dog vomited. That means there is a lot less chocolate inside of her to be absorbed. Susan, the reason inducing vomiting is bad in humans is because they manage to aspirate the vomit on a regular basis, partly because ingestions in humans are often of sedating medications and partly because we are upright rather then four-legged. Consequently, I ~think~ it is safer to induce vomiting in animals, except for those animals who can't vomit -- some farm animals but I don't know which ones. I should add I'm a human health care worker, so I know why inducing vomiting is bad in humans but I am extrapolating from the anatomy as to why it's not so bad in animals.

Edit: One additional thing I can contribute. The toxic part of chocolate is a naturally occurring chemical called theobromine, which is related to caffeine. High quality dark chocolate contains the most of it. Milk chocolate has less, and cheap milk chocolate less than that. So to some extent it depends on what kind of chocolate your dog got into.
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I believe the farm animal you're thinking of is the horse. :) Colic is the leading natural killer of horses, the muscle ring at the base of the esophagus is so strong that the intestines will burst before a horse will burp or vomit, though it is not unheard of for a horse to burp or vomit.
 
Halley, please update us when you get here today. I hope everything is well with your dog. (((Hallie)))
 
ZoologyGirl said:
My grandfathers pug ate an enourmous amount of chocolate once. It was pretty weak milk chocolate. Lots of puking and pooping were in order.
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Yeah...my parents poodle/chihuahua mix (9lb) ate almost a full pound of dark chocolate truffels from under the xmas tree. She puked such massive amounts shortly after that I dont think she digested much. I dont remember taking her to the vet, but she was a little less energetic than usual for a day or two. I hope your little one pulls through! I'm sure a healthy dog will be fine.
 
Did get her home. She's on a bland diet of 1/3 boiled chicken or burger, 1/3 white rice, 1/3 cottage cheese or yogurt (1-2 tsp every 2 hours). This will keep up for a few days. Slowly introduce regular food so as to not shock the system.

I got her home and then I slept two hours. The kitten Cassie decided that she needed to be pet at 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, and 5 o'clock this morning. Could have killed her.

Scrap seems to be doing okay. Sleeping like a rock though. Her front paw twitches every so often, so I know she's still alive. Every time I move though, she gets up to follow me. Now I have a Velcro Cat and a Velcro Dog.

And I owe my friend $700.
 
Well, at least she made it! Weird how chocolate can be more dangerous to a dog than rattlesnake venom.
 
The way I feel right now, I think I'm having Scrappi-kabobs for dinner. Anyone want some?

If she puts me through anything like this again, I'll have to kill her. I got her right after one of my miscarriages and she means the world to me. She's a spoiled pain-in-the-ass kinda-wanna-kill-her love of my life dog. But I swear, I'll kill her if she tries dying on me before she's 11 years old.
 
She's being Velcro-dog still. Eating fine, but urinating like a horse. Not pooping as much, but she's not constipated nor does she have diarrhea. So I think she'll live long enough for me to kill her. Lol.

She's been trying to get into the cat food and the trash, which she generally doesn't do. She thinks she's starving, but I still can't put her on her regular food. She really does like the yogurt though. I'll never be able to eat a Yoplait again without her nose on my spoon.
 
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