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[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 43 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Good joke but unrealistic. Chocolate bar is maybe new invented but cocoa isn't. And I bet they knew how it works on humans best friend.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 27 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

The dog would probably be fine. It takes a lot of chocolate to hurt a dog - I was freaking out once when my dog ate some chocolate but I learned that a 30-pound dog would have to eat an entire full-size Hershey's Bar in order to experience any symptoms at all (and they would be mild and temporary). The same thing is true with onions BTW - fried onions can be dangerous because a dog could conceivably eat a lot, but raw onion isn't unless the dog eats multiple whole onions for some reason.

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 26 points 8 hours ago

an entire full-size Hershey’s Bar

This says nothing. Hershey's bars have so little cocoa that that they're not even allowed to be called chocolate in the EU.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 26 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Milk chocolate has very low toxicity for dogs, it's the higher cacao content dark chocolate that is a real problem. Regarding onions, while the issue is common to all alliums, garlic is the most dangerous, with toxicity starting at just 5mg per kg

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

During a visit, my mother’s and my dog ate some chocolate cake that the wind blew off a table. We notice it in 10-15 mins, vet said just bring them in to induce vomiting. We did that, they got an injection each, and vomited out everything soon.

In practice, vets want to take no risks by calculaing/guessing exact cocoa content, the best is just to have them vomit as soon as you can.

[–] w24@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And then pat their heads afterwards 🐶

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Then give them a treat.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

My wife's dog once ate (and passed) an underwire bra in full with no issues

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Could she still wear the bra?

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 4 points 2 hours ago

The bra did not fair well on its journey ..