Chocolate Incident

When I came home in the afternoon, Snoop welcomed me as usual, standing up on his two feet, jumping and smiling. I went to the kitchen and put some groceries in the fridge, turned around and saw something on the carpet by the fireplace. ...? What is it??

"SNOOOOOPPP!!!!!!"

It was a plastic container with the lid chewed open. I remember seeing that container on the dining table earlier, there were several pieces of dark chocolate in it and of course I didn't see any chocolate in it now.

Chocolate is toxic for dogs, and dark is even worse as it contains higher % of theobromine. This is called Theobromine poisoning. The first signs of theobromine poisoning are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and increased urination. These can progress to cardiac arrhythmias, epileptic seizures, internal bleeding, heart attacks and eventually death! (above info from Wikipedia)

He ate quite bit for a small dog, we thought, about 1 oz or so, and it was a dark chocolate, we were worried about him. My husband called the vet and was able to get some good advice from them. Not sure how long ago Snoop ate the chocolate, but best thing is to make him vomit by giving him some Hydrogen Peroxide. We looked at each other and wondered if we should give him this as it sounded like poison, but we did as the vet recommended. It took him a while but he vomited a bit! It worked!

He seems better now, but we were told to keep eyes on him tonight...

Snoop, you are so in trouble!

 I am feeling sick.. :(   but it was so tasty!