On Sunday our CKCS accidentally ate 4 squares of whole nut chocolate,  the nuts have passed through and  the poo was a bit on the dark side.  Everything seemed ok, untill today when is poo has become very loose and he is obviously off colour.  I know that choco is said to be poisonious to dogs so am unsure how this might affect Sam.

Dark chocolate is more dangerous than milk - see here :- http://www.vetrica.com/care/dog/chocolate.shtml

Personally, I would make an early appointment with the vet - far better to be safe than sorry - although of course by now, the chocolate will be well in his system and its how you deal with it now that is very important.

Its the theobromine in chocolate that is poisious to the dogs,As said the darker the chocolate and higher the cocoa solids the more potent it can be.Each dog has different tolerences,obviously the smaller the dog usually the lower the tolerence,but not always the case.
We are normally very vigillant with chocolate.However our elderly rehomed Alaskan Malamute sleeps in the lounge at night(he has elderly privalige rights) and completely forgot about my eldest daughters smartie egg.all wrapped up ready to take around - was a pressie from my SIL.In the morning egg gone,but he left the Smarties.Then last night he managed to eat my emergency ration of half a bar of honeycomb tolberone that was in my handbag,which was fastened and hidden beside my armchair.Guess you can never be too careful.

Thanks Lokis mum - Thanks for the info. I think he had about 23 gmms of milk chocy  Sam seems to be OK now, we gave him some of that chocy flavoured stuff we got from the vet the last time he had a runny bum and his poo is almost back as normal. 

Not to be flippant about this, but most of the 'milk' chocolate manufactured in this country has such a minimal cocoa solids content that at one time the EU considered forcing it to be marketed as vegolate. Yuk

Are CKCSs notorious for eating things that are meant to be poisonous?  My friend's Mum has a CKCS ... he steals anything and everything.  He's eaten vast quantities of chocolate (he can open handbags, cupboards) the only ill effect - he was a bit squitty.  He eats Wurther's originals, complete with gold foil wrapper (don't think the sweets should do any harm, but you would have thought a normal dog would have had problems with the wrapper) ... do no harm at all, it's just a bit odd picking up poo containing gold foil!  He also eats grapes (all stolen, never ever given to him), he loves grapes.  Again, no harm at all ... just pops out grape pips every now and then.  Most dogs would be dead by now!!! :-D

> Are CKCSs notorious for eating things that are meant to be poisonous?

I would say 'no' :) :)

My eldest dog was a stray and stole numerous things for the first year or so. When he stole chocolate for the second time and needed to have his stomach pumped out we realised we had to make a big effort to stop him stealing. ALL food was kept out of his reach and he was taught that all food came from us and was not to be touched without our permission.  The same applied when we got our second puppy/dog (different breed). She has never stolen any food. Now - because we are currently living/cooking in our bedroom due to renovating the house - the dogs are often left for hours in this room, while we shop etc. A lot of our food (apart from my chocolate supply) is within easy reach plus an open sack of JWB (backup food supply) on the floor and a bag of dog biscuits on a shelf less than two feet off the floor - they have never stolen a thing.

A CKCS is a small dog so keeping food out of reach should be simple :) :)

Daisy

A CKCS is a small dog so keeping food out of reach should be simple

When you're 90 years old things are never simple :-) :-)

Plus we're talking an ex agility CKCS here, he should have done working trials, don't think the 6ft scale would have been a problem!

> When you're 90 years old things are never simple 

> Plus we're talking an ex agility CKCS here, he should have done working trials, don't think the 6ft scale would have been a problem!

LOL :) :) :)

Both mine have done agility - so that's not an excuse :) :) :) Being 90 does have it's problems tho' - particularly if you are a dog ;) :) :) :)

Daisy

It's the dog's owner that's 90!!!!  She's an amazing lady (no, she didn't do agility!), but memory isn't quite what it was, although the rest seems to be :-)  So forgetting that the fruit bowl with the grapes in needs to be shut in a cupboard in quite a regular thing.  Fortunately her CKCS seems to have an amazing constitution.  Actually, in doggy years he probably isn't that far behind her :-D

Eating tennis balls is whistlers trick he nicks them on walks and eats them, sometimes you do not notice until he regurgitates them. Visiting kids have to be frisked to make sure they dont have a ball, he is a right pain.

I have seen him climb on our board room table to retrive a "lost" biscuit on a plate!! if they want something height is not always a problem.

Chewing gum.... my friend always has it in her bag and is most often chomping too, ( ex smoker), my pointer goes mad for it. He got his head stuck in the handle of her bag the other day trying to trough out a packet. She is aware of his desire to get to it too,so is very careful... He has not eaten any !

>Chewing gum

Xylitol in sugar free gum can be very dangerous to dogs, and it wouldn't take much to prove fatal to a small dog.  A vet told me once about a dog they had to treat that fell ill within hours of eating chewing gum off the street.  It's obviously dangerous even if pre chewed!

I don't take risks but I'm so pleased I don't have dogs that are inclined to steal food.  Our only trouble is sheep poo snaffling...  delightful

> Xylitol in sugar free gum can be very dangerous to dogs

Thank you....We know hence the extra vigilance... good measures are taken that he wont get it. Although he tries to get in her bag ,  he can not undo zippers. YET :-)

We called them sh--teasers and both of ours have the taste for sheep and rabbit pooh.

My American cocker has an amazingly long reach for a relatively small dog, and often gets stuff from the work surface that we would have sworn he couldn't reach, so I know what you mean by having a small dog that can still get hold of stuff. Luckily like your friend's Cav he has a cast iron digestion and nothing upsets him. The Cavs aren't quite as greedy, though of course they help tidy up once he's pulled the stuff down!