Thor has managed to get hold of a 125 gr package of Green & Black's cocoa powder :(

It was probably between 1/2 and 3/4 full and he has been licking it to just below 1/2 full.  :(

I'll be phoning the vets at 9 (only just discovered it in his bed) and haven't given him his steriod this morning .....any emergency treatment I can use in the next 30 mins?

Margot

Look here

First thing I could find Margot *hugs*

Sorry margot don't know - will do a search to see - hope he is ok

How is he?

Oh good someone has found something already for you.

He seems absolutely fine at the moment - bouncing around with the girls and wanting breakfast :rolleyes:- thanks for the link Mel - I've spoken to the vet's surgery and I'm taking him down i 10 minutes.  They will possibily put him on a drip, to try and flush it out - but I'll keep you posted.

Margot

Let us know how he gets on margot though he sounds like he is fine ...

Good luck!
They have no idea how much worry they cause us as they proudly and delightedly lick their chops do they!!!

pleased to see so far he is fine - hope he stays that way too - fingers crossed all ok!  There's you all worried and he's wondering where is breakfast is!

Do keep us posted.

Been down to the vets.....they have been on to Green & Blacks and they have advised that had he eaten the whole pot of cocoa, the amount of theobromine that he would have ingested wouldn't be fatal - although it might make him ill.   He's had possibly 1/3rd of the pot, so he should be fine - but he's had pro-kolin and I'm also giving him rehydration fluids too.   Obviously, if becomes hyper, or starts collapsing, it's straight back down & he'll be put on a drip - but fingers crossed that won't be necessary:)

The vet's lab, Badger, had been a bad girl last night too - apparently she went for a wrapped Christmas present - which was a box of M & S liquor chocs - and ate the lot .......but she brought them back up again (obviously a girl who cant take her liquor!) .   Lizzie hadn't known what was in the present - so there is some justification in taking a peek at the chrissie pressies ......just in case!

Margot

I hope Thor will be ok :)

What a morning for you !

I always peek at my presents for that excat reason even when I didn't have dogs :D

Lucy
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Great news Margot, will keep my fingers crossed that he stays well :)

Poor you, what a horrible fright.  Hope Thor manages to escape any unpleasant consequences.

Norty Thor! You can just see his ickle whiskers covered in cocoa powder. "what, what??" I'm glad he's OK, what a fright!

Phew - sounds like he is going to be okay - pleased to hear that!

He likes keeping you on your toes alright :D  What a tinker. Glad he seems ok.

Fab Margot - everything crossed that Thor will be none the worse for his norty munching ;)

Teri x

Blimey! SO glad to hear he's going to be okay!

Why is it that, just when you think they can't worry you any more, they go and prove that they can? :rolleyes:

Glad to hear that Thor is none the worse for his 'snack' but I have to say I can sympathise...I've often been tempted to go face first into a tub of Green & Blacks :D :D :D

I've been watching him like a hawk today.......threatened him that if were to "peg it", we would either stuff sticks into his legs and use him as a "kiddy seat" over Christmas - or skin him and use him as a fireside rug :D

Well.......after all the dosh that he has cost us in the last couple of months, I'd better get my money's worth :D :D :D

Seriously though, we're just so relieved.   But it could be a timely warning for first time dog-owners to (1) check pressies under the tree for chocolates and put them out of harm's way and (2) make sure that there aren't any choccie decs on said tree.

Margot

Our dog used to pinch chocolate quite regularly, never did him one bit of harm, he used to sniff it out at 200 yards :D  My mother was always amazed it didn't make him ill, but he was never even sick with it. Most of it was milk, not plain though so thats not quite so harmful. Our two younger dogs also have the taste for it  and the setter will open drawers to get into it !
Glad he is Ok.

My girlie gave me a fright a couple of weeks back, ate a silica gel pack It was a Sunday night (of course)

Got straight onto the internet to check, to discover it would do no harm - thank god!! Almost managed to get it out of her mouth before that final defiant swallow

K
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Margot - so glad That Thor seems OK :) Naughty boy :D :D

I know what you've been through as we had a worrying time with Bramble many years ago. I totally agree with your warnings about presents. Without going into all the details, Bramble got at a large parcel which contained presents - we didn't know what was in it and left it on the work surface in the kitchen. He ate several large boxes of chocolates He was only 18kg and I was very worried when I came home at lunchtime and found the mess :D He was perfectly well, but the vet pumped his stomach just in case :)

Take care, Margot :)

Daisy

The 'after effects' from dogs who have eaten chocolate isn't pretty!  When my springer scoffed vast quantities of chocolate he made it as far as the patio before causing serious staining which stayed for ages

I called the vet, we did some complicated mathematical equations and decided he'd be ok under close supervision!  He was certainly hyper for a while.

Hope Thor is OK.

it like have miss behave kid before christmas,.

i came home last night after work to one chew rug,one chew bed,and chewed box,which my dogs never chew thing up like that,i thing that their rounte the last week gone to pot beacuse of going to sweden and yesterday they didnt go out for a walk due to been busy this time of year doing custorms hair.but at lease they didnt eat the chocolates,
back to a nomal routing next friday god nones what they get up to bye then

Bramble had no 'after effects' :D :D :D apart from the mess of brown paper, bubble wrap, Xmas paper and lots of chocolate wrappers, carefully removed :D :D :D The previous year, he had eaten a large box of liquer chocolates and was totally hyper - he devoured an entire tub of charcoal biscuits as tho' they were chocolates and then continued to be hyper for 24 hours, despite being given valium by the vet :D :D :D

The moral of this story was that we never leave any chocolates lying around - they all go into shut cupboards. Also, any suspicious parcels are either opened or shut into high cupboards :D :D :D

Daisy