dogs and chocolate

I know chocolate is poison to dogs and it can cause digestion problems or, worst case scenario, kill them. One of the puggles knocked chocolate chip cookies off the counter, and I'm not sure how many he ate. If the chocolate were to harm him, how long before I see symptoms? He seems perfectly okay as of my typing this, and the cookie incident was maybe fifteen minutes ago.

(12-17-2014 05:39 AM)CpXi7z1 Wrote:  I know chocolate is poison to dogs and it can cause digestion problems or, worst case scenario, kill them. One of the puggles knocked chocolate chip cookies off the counter, and I'm not sure how many he ate. If the chocolate were to harm him, how long before I see symptoms? He seems perfectly okay as of my typing this, and the cookie incident was maybe fifteen minutes ago.

Phone your vet immediately.
Depending on the type of chocolate it can take only a few grams to seriously harm a dog as small as a puggle and unfortunately it can be too late by the time symptoms show, the damage can be done. If you phone your vet they will be able to advise you what is best including if necessary going to the surgery for treatment to prevent the harm before it occurs.

I dont want to scare and hopefully everything will be OK but you do really need a vets advice on this.

Call the vet immediately without wasting any more time.Usually, symptoms occur from 2-12 hours after your dog has consumed chocolate and it will vary depending on the amount of chocolate your dog has consumed. Chocolate mainly affects the central nervous system, liver, kidneys and heart of your dog. Read this, may be this article might help you more http://www.petsworld.in/blog/important-h...olate.html

My vet says, depending upon their breed and health, dogs that consume dark chocolate and chocolates with nuts show symptoms quite late, whereby it becomes difficult to treat them successfully. All in all, chocolates are bad for dogs. Regardless of how much has been consumed, one needs to call a vet immediately. Most would ask you to come in for an examination and half the problems solved if diagnosis shows anything. Better still, take your dog to the vet's the moment you find your dog has consumed any.