My 13 month old lab (weighing approx 50 lbs) has eaten 100 grammes of dark chocolate about 1.5 hours ago.

In anyone's experience is this a sufficient amount to cause seriuos illness. I have spoken to vet who recommends that I keep her under observation for oddd behaviour / heart palpitations etc for next 4/5 hours. Has anyone got any words of comfort or otherwise?

Mark Robinson

I wouldn't worry too much I had a Collie who regularly ate Dark chocolate before it was announced that it could be dangerous, keep an eye on him & if you have any worries ring the vet for advice

Although chocolate can cause serious harm mine and i know alot of others dogs has had the odd accident with eating it and they have been fine with no effect at all, so dont panic, just do as the vet says and keep an eye on your dog :) HTH

http://www.bva-awf.org.uk/default.asp?channel_id=672&editorial_id=4043
http://pets.robbiehaf.com/chocolate.htm < this one has a good table at the bottom for a guide
just a couple of sites i came across just make sure you keep a good eye on her tonight . mine once got all the chocs of the christmas tree when she was little but it was milk chocolate . id go by what your vet says if your worried about how shes acting call the vet out

My lab when a little younger - about 12 months, ate a huge easter egg - about 750g, and had no ill effects.

I know someone who has a cavalier who ate two small cadburys mini eggs.  New to dog owning they panicked and called the vet.  The dog was rushed in, given medication, kept in overnight and they ended up with a bill for £130!

I would just keep him under close observation.  Labs can eat most things!

I don't think that it is a question of 'labs can eat most things' - it is purely down to the amount of theobromine that they have consumed, relative to their body-weight and CAN have very serious consequences. Obviously, as a lab has a larger body weight than a lot of dogs it isn't usually as serious. I think that it is wrong to give the impression that he is unlikely to be affected as he is a lab :) My older dog ate a very large quantity of chocolate some years ago and I was happy to pay the vet for the necessary treatment. Usually dogs don't eat enough to be a problem - but sometimes it can be.

Daisy

...hence the suggestion to keep him under close observation!

my yorkie stole my daughters easter egg last year and he was violently sick for days when we took him to the vet we were told that we could have lost him and was advised not to give him chocolate ever again, the vet also told us that a newfouland had eaten one belgiun chocolate and died, so i am afraid to say that none of my dogs get chocolate, but i knoe of dogs who get it everyday excuse some of the spelling mistakes

violet-anne

I used to work in a newsagents and it was amazing the number of people who would come in and buy a whole chocolate bar for their dog. (well that was their excuse!!) I would never give any chocolate to a dog, its not neccessary. I would think most dogs would prefer a nice piece of meat anyway.
I should think your lab will be ok, if the vet was worried he would have kept the dog in for observations.

years ago a friend had a dog that got into the larder whilst she was out and ate 26!!!!!! yes 26 easter eggs, she rang the vet and he said the dog would be seriously ill and to keep an eye on him, the dog showed no ill effects at all

Glazby has munched his way through an entire box of quality streets (wrappers and all), a box of vodka chocolates (again wrappers and all) and several other chocolate bars.

He has also managed to completely lick empty two 500g cartons of Flora Marg (Lite)!!

We now have a child-proof catch on our cupboards to stop him opening them!!

He never showed any symptoms of being poorly though!!

The only thing thats really upset him was when he pinched a whole pack of 12 chicken drumsticks which were on the side defrosting and ate the entire lot bones and all.  He was quite sorry for himself that evening and even more so when it was all passing through him!!

When I was a teenager we had a lab who one day before christmas got into the room where the pressies were and munched his way through 6-7 boxes of thorntons continental choccies. (expensive taste)
He wasn't ill.
I can't remember if he was taken to the vets I just remember him being given no food for the next couple of days.

Hummm wonder how much chocolate there actually is in Quality Street etc :D

Hmmm not to sure but I know that he had very colourful poo's for the next few days - very pretty bits of pink and yellow!! :D

theres a huge difference between milk chocolate like alot of you are talking about and dark chocolate . i used to have a brill chart on dark and milk chocolate with the amounts against the body weight its amazing what the difference is you really have to be careful . I remeber 2 yrs ago a yorkshire terrier died from 2 squares of dark chocolate .

See http://www.provet.co.uk/Petfacts/healthtips/chocolate.htm

According to this, milk chocolate has only 1.5mg per gram - unsweetened baking chocolate up to 15mg. A 10kg dog could need only to eat 2.2oz of unsweetened cooking chocolate for it to prove fatal - obviously it's not always the case tho'.

Daisy