Posted: 12/19/2009 7:21:50 PM EDT
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Ok here's the situation.
My dog is about 25 pounds. A schnauzer mixed breed. Not really sure since she was adopted. Anyways, we came home tonight, and I immediately felt like a dumbass when I saw candy wrappers all over the floor. We counted about 6 bags of M&Ms and 6 Hershey bar wrappers. A coupe twizzlers were thrown in there too, maybe 2-3. I didn't know the weight of the items so I got some unopened ones and weighed them on the reloading scale.. .they measure about 0.5 ounces each. Will my dog be OK? I'm going to monitor her all night. Is there anything I can give her to help her be OK? |
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That sounds like a bit much for a 25-ish pound dog.. I don't have my book or would look up if peroxide is the right thing to give to induce vomiting in that situation.. Do a search for the pet poison hotline - there is one. They may be able to give you more information. |
I am not a vet and this is from a random google on the subject.
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If it's not dark chocolate, you probably don't have much to worry about except for a possible horrible mess on the living room rug by morning. The issue is theobromine, which is found in dark chocolate. Less of it is in milk chocolate, not enough to really worry about. If your dog had eaten a lot of 95 percent dark chocolate, you'd have reason to worry. But milk chocolate's danger is vastly overrated. CJ |
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I'd watch her as that seems like a lot but milk chocolate isn't quite as potent as dark chocolate. Doesn't have the same concentrations of whatever chemical dogs can't process properly. Hope she does alright.
ETA Damn you guys are fast, there was only two posts when I got here |
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A vet once told me to give my dog several tablespoons of table salt to induce vomiting. You will need to hold your dogs mouth open and force them to swallow it, but it works. I've got a JRT, and he used to get into everything.  I'd give a couple tablespoons of peroxide, it's what the vets always told me to do when Steve ate stuff he wasn't supposed to.
ETA: Do this outside, cause' the dog will puke some nasty foamy stuff.
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A vet once told me to give my dog several tablespoons of table salt to induce vomiting. You will need to hold your dogs mouth open and force them to swallow it, but it works. I've got a JRT, and he used to get into everything. I'd give a couple tablespoons of peroxide, it's what the vets always told me to do when Steve ate stuff he wasn't supposed to.
ETA: Do this outside, cause' the dog will puke some nasty foamy stuff. +1 on the peroxide. My 15lb dog ate a halloween pack of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. I called the vet and explained the situation, they said bring him in. Shot some peroxide down his throat, walked him around, and within 5 minutes he was throwing up chocolate, foam and orange wrappers. |
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I'm not a vet but my dad is. That means you are pretty much taking advice from the Holiday Inn Express guy. Your dog will probably be fine. Find the nearest 24 hour vet clinic to you and give them a call. They will probably tell you to give the dog a little peroxide or kaopectate. They might tell you something different. Do whatever they tell you and keep a close eye on your dog. Have a route ready to get to said clinic and have your car prepped to bug out to said place, if needed, which you probably won't. After a day or two, once you know your dog is OK, make a donation or send a nice card to whatever place you called that helped you. |
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I am not a vet and this is from a random google on the subject.
I've done a little research online and this is basically what I've found too. Since she is 25 pounds and she only ate about 6 ounces, she should be ok, right? Everything else I've read says it's all absorbed after the first 2 hours of eating, and since we got home to find it already eaten, vomiting it up would be useless, right? ETA: We're going to monitor her all night, just to be safe. |
| I know this goes against all wisdom, but an old roommate of mine had a little 20 lb pug/boston terrier mix who ate about a quarter of a 10" diameter by 6" tall chocolate cake one night. We were pretty sure she was going to die, but nothing happened. At all. No diarrhea, no puking, nothing. Of course, this dog would also eat my roommates pastels on a regular basis and leave green and purple turds all over the back yard. |