Holiday hazard: Dogs and chocolate

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Dec 13th 2007 3:13PM

Recently, Bethany talked about protecting your pets during all the hubub of the holiday season. Visitors and general business can affect your pets profoundly, but there's another danger that you need to be wary of this holiday season: Chocolate. You've probably heard that Chocolate is deadly to pets, and it's true, so make sure you don't wrap any up for someone and put it under the tree -- fido could get ahold of it when you're not watching.

What to do if your dog or cat eats chocolate or another poisonous substance? Call your vet clinic or an emergency clinic as soon as possible.

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Daisy 12-13-2007 @ 4:01PM

When I asked my vet about this, she said that the most dangerous is baker's chocolate. And, it is lethal to dogs when they eat an ounce of chocolate per lb the dog weighs.

landy 12-18-2007 @ 1:23PM

omg...I had no idea! I am going to tell all my friends with dogs that chocolate is lethal!!!

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