I gave my 2 year old dog a "chocolate" nestle drumstick ?

Question

I know chocolate is very bad for dogs what should i do NOW?

Answer 1

If you knew it was bad??? Why did you do that?

Answer 2

OMG! take him to the vet NOW! chocolate kills dog. DUH!!!

Answer 3

I'm not sure but I guess just drink lots of water to dilute the bad chemicals.

Answer 4

Chocolate is so toxic for your dog.Give it milk to coat its tummy and call a vet!

Answer 5

it shouldn't effect him/her that much just watch him/her when she uses the bathroom just in case anything gets worse. But just try to avoid giving him/her any more chocolate.  

Answer 6

Symptoms of Chocolate Dog Ingestion and Poisoning

You can recognize that your dog has eaten a toxic dose of chocolate from the symptoms. Within the first few hours, the evidence includes vomiting, diarrhea or hyperactivity. As time passes and there's increased absorption of the toxic substance, you'll see an increase in the dog's heart rate, which can cause arrhythmia, restlessness, hyperactivity, muscle twitching, increased urination or excessive panting.

This can lead to hyperthermia, muscle tremors, seizures, coma and even death.

How Much Chocolate Is Deadly?

If a 50-pound dog eats a teaspoonful of milk chocolate, it's not going to cause serious problems. However, if that same dog gorges himself on a two-layer chocolate cake, his stomach will feel more than upset and soon it's likely he'll be vomiting or experiencing diarrhea.

To answer the question "How much is too much" is not simple. The health and age of your dog must be considered. Obviously if your dog is aged and not in top shape, his reaction to a plate of chocolate is going to be different from a young healthy dog of the same weight.

Another fact that must be considered is this: Not all chocolate is the same. Some has a small amount of theobromine; another type has a large amount and still another contains an amount that is somewhere in between. The quantity has a relationship with the weight of your dog. Small dogs can be poisoned, it is easy to understand, from smaller amounts of theobromine than large dogs.

Which chocolate is the safest, relatively speaking? White chocolate. It has the least amount of theobromine: 1 mg per ounce. Far on the other side of the spectrum is baking chocolate, which has a huge 450 mg of theobromine per ounce!

Here are a few other chocolates for you to ponder: hot chocolate, 12 mg of theobromine per ounce; milk chocolate, 60 mg/oz; and up there near baking chocolate: semi-sweet chocolate with 260 mg/oz.

You might try using this to remember these chocolates from least to most toxic: What Happy Moose Says BAA? Or: White-Hot-Milk-Semi-Baked. If you have a better way to remember, contact us!

Knowing which chocolate is the most toxic is important, but leaves one wondering how much must be eaten to poison a dog. The list in this box should be helpful. Maybe you can clip it and post it on your refrigerator?

White chocolate: 200 ounces per pound of body weight. It takes 250 pounds of white chocolate to cause signs of poisoning in a 20-pound dog, 125 pounds for a 10-pound dog.

Milk chocolate: 1 ounce per pound of body weight. Approximately one pound of milk chocolate is poisonous to a 20-pound dog; one-half pound for a 10-pound dog. The average chocolate bar contains 2 to 3 ounces of milk chocolate. It would take 2-3 candy bars to poison a 10 pound dog. Semi-sweet chocolate has a similar toxic level.

Sweet cocoa: 0.3 ounces per pound of body weight. One-third of a pound of sweet cocoa is toxic to a 20-pound dog; 1/6 pound for a 10-pound dog.

Baking chocolate: 0.1 ounce per pound body weight. Two one-ounce squares of bakers' chocolate is toxic to a 20-pound dog; one ounce for a 10-pound dog.

CJMF

Answer 7

I would take him to the vet IMMEDIATELY!

Answer 8

he is going to GAIN WEIGHT!

IGNORE the panicy posts!  Milk chocolate is not going to hurt the dog, the dangerous chocolate is unrefined, bakers chocolate, the bitter chocolate, not milk chocolate, not nestles chocolate chips, and not chocolate that is mixed with carnuba wax.

Answer 9

i think it will be fine if you have a large dog like around a lab size, my 1 year old visla ate and intire bag of chocalte chips and a tub of chocolate frosting and he was fine lol. just keep them away from sweats, a way to prevent them from raiding you food is this(brace yourself this is long lol)

when you feed your dog kibble let him eat for about 5 minutes.. if he hasn't finished take the bowl away from him. if it seems like he is eating his little brains out as fast as he can:) then let him eat a little longer...if he isn't then take the food away and don't let him eat, eventually he will try to eat as much as he can during feeding time which will regualte his eating aptters and he will not want to snack on your food

Answer 10

Nothing.  The dog will be fine.  He may have diarrhea  :)

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