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Michael Romanos · 01-09-2007, 06:54 PM

Here are bits from a local news item in New Zealand about a dog that nearly died from eating a box of chocolates:
" Dogs go crazy over chocolate. They'll break into anything to get it and they don't know when to stop. The darker the chocolate, the more poisonous it is for dogs. A king size block of energy chocs is sufficient to be lethal for a 35kg Labrador. Chocolate contains a compound named theobromine which is highly poisonous for dogs. Apart from liver collapse, it could cause irritability, high heart rate, vomiting, increased urinating, muscular tremors and in extreme cases, death."

01-09-2007, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Michael Romanos Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ) Posts: 5,055	Chocolate Here are bits from a local news item in New Zealand about a dog that nearly died from eating a box of chocolates: " Dogs go crazy over chocolate. They'll break into anything to get it and they don't know when to stop. The darker the chocolate, the more poisonous it is for dogs. A king size block of energy chocs is sufficient to be lethal for a 35kg Labrador. Chocolate contains a compound named theobromine which is highly poisonous for dogs. Apart from liver collapse, it could cause irritability, high heart rate, vomiting, increased urinating, muscular tremors and in extreme cases, death." Last edited by Michael Romanos; 01-10-2007 at 09:56 PM.