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My dog book
it reads....you should give to to your dog at least once a day and its...WHAT?!
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Posted: 4:11:19 PM 10/21/2004
Chocolate! My so called "EXTREMELY" usefull top of the notch dog book says chocolate is delious, and EXTREMELY good for dogs! Give it to them AT LEAST once a day to once a week for best results!! Thats the last time I trust that book..
Posted: 4:22:10 PM 10/21/2004
well thats the biggest typo i have ever heard of !! what is the name of this wonderful book ? truth be known, scout LOVES m&m's. i don't feed her a whole bag of them but when i have them she gets a few. milk chocolate is not as toxic as baker's chocolate. bakers chocolate is more concentrated. the rule of thumb for milk chocolate is a dog would need to eat 1 oz. per pound of body weight to become ill. so a 50 lb. dog would need to eat 50 oz. of milk chocolate to be sick. but it is all relative, some dogs may be more sensitive then others. and chocolate cake, cookies, etc. don't count for chocolate toxicity.
Posted: 4:25:46 PM 10/21/2004
It is not actually the chocolate that is bad for them, it is the caffeine in the chocolate. That is why it is advised NOT to give it to them.
Posted: 4:30:39 PM 10/21/2004
it's actually the theobromine in chocolate that's bad for them, although caffeine isn't good either.
Posted: 2:45:01 PM 10/22/2004
My friend's huge dog (mutt) ate 3 1/2 pounds pure chocolate cake, and didn't even throw up. My dog LOVES a little bit of chocolate cupcake now and then, but I only give it to her once in a while. ANd only a little bit of it. My neighbor's bichon frise almost died from eating a drop of chocolate--guess they are all different.
Posted: 2:48:14 PM 10/22/2004
What's the name of the book??!?!?!?! ---Allie the Chihuahua http://www.dogster.com/?41063 ---Mönica the Kitty http://www.catster.com/?57596
Posted: 2:50:35 PM 10/22/2004
Yep, Pearl is right. I read up on it, and caffeine was not listed as being bad for them. I doubt I will give mine a cup of coffee to see what they do.
Posted: 2:57:18 PM 10/22/2004
I know a boxer that ate about 18 cupcakes, aluminum cupcake holders and all! (that's why I have my doubts about the intelligence of boxers!)
Posted: 3:08:19 PM 10/22/2004
Yup...my Boxers are eating machines. Although, I doubt there are very many dogs that will pass up a tray of cupcakes if given the opportunity...and hey, if the tins are attached....well they must just be part of the food ! lol BUT...they are far from unintelligent. ;-)
Posted: 3:11:32 PM 10/22/2004
How OLD is that book? lol. That's craziness
Posted: 3:17:56 PM 10/22/2004
My mothers first Boxer ate about 3 tampons. I was afraid he would get TSS. Our vet just told us to watch him carefully and when he actually passed them it was quite a sight. We even had a boston terrier that ate two boxes of Valentines candy and a three layer german chocolate cake, and she didn't get sick.
Posted: 3:33:05 PM 10/22/2004
my lab ate almost a whole roll of toilet paper once. that was a sight to see come out, too. i did dose her with some oil to slick her up in there.
Posted: 3:51:49 PM 10/22/2004
A boxer eating cupcakes is not quite as strange as a lab eating toilet paper! Is this part of his regular diet, Pearl?!!! Did he just want some roughage?
Posted: 3:54:34 PM 10/22/2004
Sadie ate a family pack of cadbury choc. easter eggs. didn`t evern throw up. just clogged for a couple uv dayz. My dog book recoments choc. too. I thought it was crezy. But hey. the name of the book is. : the encyclopedia of dog breeds.
Posted: 3:56:55 PM 10/22/2004
my book was made in 1998.
Posted: 4:12:33 PM 10/22/2004
I think you need to throw that book away!
Posted: 4:38:02 PM 10/22/2004
My book was called "dogs, dog breeds, and dog care"
Posted: 8:44:35 PM 10/22/2004
Carob chocolate is ok for dogs to eat but regular human chocolate is not (as already pointed out) If you are still unsure chat to your vet about it or research online, please dont take the advice given in just one book as gospel
Posted: 12:10:02 AM 10/23/2004
never give your dog caffine on purpose. if he/she accidentally gets some chocolate every once in a while, then that's fine, but you should try to avoid it. once we had a party at our lake house... everyone was down at the dock, swimming and skiing and all and my mother had taken all of the food that our guests brought and she set it out on tables up on the patio up by the house. while we weren't looking, my boxer knocked a plate of brownies of of the table (shattering the china!) and ate every single crumb. however, unlike that boxer who ate the chocolate cake, mine didn't keep her's in! the next morning, (they sleep in crates at night) we went to let them out, and there was diarhiea(sp) all over the walls, floor, and not to mention, my once white bichon that had been victimized in the cage next to her. We had to laugh! I looked like she had been turning around in circles while this was happening! Poor thing! Then we stopped laughing when we realized we would have to clean it all up...
Posted: 5:32:25 AM 10/23/2004
oh the sounds like a great idea lets all go crazy and kill our dogs yay (that was a joke if you didnt all ready know)
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