I have just got back from night shift, and my o/h must not have put the cohcolates away like I told him to and the dog has ate them,  it was a box of milktray half of them was gone, but thats still a lot of chocolate for a staffy, he seems fine at the moment, but should I get him to the vets?  I know chocolate is toxic to dogs but is the amount he has ate toxic for him or will he be ok, please reply I am very worried. 

Sheli

Ring the vets to ask they will let you know if they want to see him or not.
If you explain as they will have your dogs approx weight and know the ratio
of how much chocolate etc is a dangerous level..

It is a one off and will not cause ireversable damage, so don't panic, it's ok. :-) If you can make him sick all the better, just make sure he gets nowhere near again, unfortunately dogs do love chocolate but their bodies don't.

It is a one off I never give him humane chocolate only doggy drops,  I have rang the vets but they had all left receptionist has said to keep an eye on him if he starts to be ill to ring out of hours.  He is trying always to get a chewy of our other dog so he cant be feeling to bad can he?  How could I make him sick? 

3 good ways to make a dog vomit are:

To place a small handful of washing soda crystals on the back of your dog's tongue and hold his mouth shut until he swallows or starts retching. This may need to be done two or three times before anything happens.

Or use very salty water

Or mustard.

If you think he digested over 2 hours ago then just let nature take it's course.

It is mainly dark chocolate that causes the problem as there is theobromine? in it. The milk variety is fairly inocuous. Just makes them and us FAT.
Please come and take all this lot away and eat it, FREE to a good home.
Jan
PS The cocoa chippings that are put on gardens are very poisonous to dogs, best not to use them.

I know how you feel, I never thought I would here myself say this as I LOVE chocolate, but I am sick of the sight of it, we still have 1 tin of Celebrations 1 tin of Quality Street and another box of Milktray to eat.  I fear the weight I lossed last year is creeping back on.

Anyway Bandit the chocolate thief is fine, he vomited a few hours later and is happly chewing on a healthier dog chew.  Thanks for the advice. 

>The milk variety is fairly inocuous. Just makes them and us FAT<

Not strictly true... Its very dependant on amounts/Dog mass/ smaller dogs being affected by smaller amounts..

White chocolate has the least amount of theobromine: 1 mg per ounce. Far on the other side of the spectrum is 'cooking' chocolate, which has a huge 390-450 mg of theobromine per ounce!
hot chocolate, 12 mg of theobromine per ounce; milk chocolate 45-60 mg/oz, and up there near baking chocolate semi-sweet chocolate with 260 mg/oz.
so as a guidle line,
White chocolate: 200 ounces per pound of body weight. It takes 250 pounds of white chocolate to cause signs of poisoning in a 20-pound dog, 125 pounds for a 10-pound dog.
Milk chocolate: 1 ounce per pound of body weight. Approximately one pound of milk chocolate is poisonous to a 20-pound dog; one-half pound for a 10-pound dog. The average chocolate bar contains 2 to 3 ounces of milk chocolate. It would take 2-3 candy bars to poison a 10 pound dog. Semi-sweet chocolate has a similar toxic level.
Sweet cocoa: 0.3 ounces per pound of body weight. One-third of a pound of sweet cocoa is toxic to a 20-pound dog; 1/6 pound for a 10-pound dog.
cooking chocolate: 0.1 ounce per pound body weight. Two one-ounce squares of cooking chocolate is toxic to a 20-pound dog; one ounce for a 10-pound dog.
Dogs health and extremes of age (pup-elderly) would also factor in toxicity risk.

HG, You certainly know your chocolate girl ;) :D

>It is mainly dark chocolate that causes the problem as there is theobromine? in it. The milk variety is fairly inocuous.

Nonononono! All human chocolate contains theobromine, which is a chemical toxic to canines. What you mean is that the darker the chocolate, the more toxic it is. Even white chocolate is hazardous.

N.B. 'Dog' chocolate still contains Theobromine
Found this statement ont' t'internet;-

>As a caring company producing feeding stuffs for all pet animals we are well aware of the implications of various 'safe' human foods in particular animals.

>Chocolate is one such human product which can be extremely dangerous to dogs and especially smaller dogs.

>The active ingredient in cocoa is Theobromine. Theobromine is used in the veterinary trade in the form of its Salicylate as a diuretic for dogs. A therapeutic dose range is 0.15 - 0.5g for small-large dogs. The drops are formulated to contain a very small amount of cocoa powder and it's effect is substituted by high quality flavourings.<

>Our choc drops contain Theobromine at the level of 0.03% w/w which means that small dog would need to eat 500g of drops immediately and a large dog 2.5k immediately to constitute a therapeutic dose of Theobromine.

>The feeding instruction on our packs recommends feeding amounts that can be given to a dog in absolute safety, providing a very acceptable treat and a calculated amount of vitamins necessary to keep a dog in good health.

>You may safely feed your pet on Good Boy Choc Drops and any of the many products we have in our range.
>Assuring you of our best interests at all times.<

>Carol Greaves<

>C Greaves (Mrs)<
>Customer Relations<

Our choc drops contain Theobromine at the level of 0.03% w/w which means that small dog would need to eat 500g of drops immediately and a large dog 2.5k immediately to constitute a therapeutic dose of Theobromine.

I never knew that!! And I don't like it! Accidents can and do happen! I will never ever forget one day in 1988. I was new to this country, my then husband worked in London (with me living in Yorkshire) and he only came home at weekends. I didn't speak an awful lot of English. This particular day I was sick, feeling really awful.

I had one puppy (Cocker) and two kittens (one Persian and a rescue mog). Got out of bed and found vomit in the guest bedroom. Came downstairs and found vomit everywhere, as well as diarrhoea all over the TV -turned out it was all over the Persian's trousers and tail and of course she was spreading it everywhere. Stepped in a few piles of poo and vomit, it really was everywhere. Both kittens and the puppy throwing up and having diarrhoea all over the place, and I was  so ill myself I couldn't even manage to clean it up. I had to phone a friend that I didn't even know very well and beg to PLEASE come over and help me.

So why the sickness in the three animals? I'd bought a pound of choc drops in a pet shop and stupidly left it on the kitchen counter. The puppy was way too small to reach (she was only about 10 weeks), but the kittens could jump up. They shared the choc drops between themselves and very helpfully threw lots down to the pup. So the entire bag was finished between them.

Even recently, not thinking there was any risk involved at ALL!, I've had a bag of choc drops sitting on my bookshelves in the living room. It's never fallen down but it would not have been impossible. My middle daughter uses them to train my Papillon, he only gets half a one at a time, but again the bag COULD have fallen down, and he's a tiny little dog! 500 g is not a lot really for a greedy dog and all mine are.

Good info Liv. I don't feed dog chocolate; treats like tuna cake and fish jerky spin his wheels so why even introduce him to the idea chocolate is good for dogs. Plus it has sugar in it. I'm no purist and the head trainer at the club invariably manages to pass a biscuit to my dog on Sunday's but overall he's happy eating liver scones, sausage, chicken and various other meaty treats. all the chocolate is mine anyway bwa ha ha