if you ever wondered white chocolate is bad for dogs ?

well wonder no more chocolate contains an alkaloid called theobromine theobromine is in the same family as caffeine and a type of stimulant specifically it stimulates the central nervous system cardiovascular system and causes a slight increase in blood pressure dogs and certain other animals such as horses and cats cannot metabolize theobromine as quickly as humans can this causes these effects to be much more severe than is the case.

with humans the specific notable side effects of toxic levels of theobromine in dogs includes diarrhea vomiting increased urination muscle twitching excessive panting hyperactive behavior whining dehydration digestive problems seizures and rapid heart rate some of these symptoms like the rapid heart rate can ultimately be fatal to the dog so how much chocolate is too much for a dog now that depends on the size and the age of the dog as well as the type of chocolate that was consumed the larger the dog is the more for your brain may can handle without ill effect and all the dogs tend to have more problems than younger as far as the chocolate itself cocoa powder contains about 16 times as much theobromine per ounce vs milk chocolate.

most popular forms of chocolate falling somewhere between these two for a slightly more concrete answer the general rules for the amount of chocolate that will be toxic for a dog are something in the ballpark of the following the milk chocolate approximately 1 ounce per pound of body weight so without intervention a 32 pound dog 14.5 kilos would likely died from eating two pounds or about one kilogram of milk chocolate or dark chocolate approximately one third of an ounce per pound of body weight around 10 ounces or 300 grams of dark chocolate for that same 32-pound dog the baker's chocolate approximately one month of announced pounds of body weight around 3.6 ounces or 100 grams of baker's chocolate for a 32 pounds dark and for cocoa powder approximately 116 of an ounce per pounds of dog around two ounces or 50 grams of coke powder to kill a 32 pound dog now on the other extreme it would take about 400 pounds or about 181 kilograms of white chocolate consumed within a 17-hour to reach toxic levels of theobromine 48 32-pound dog the low quantity of theobromine here is because white chocolate is made from cocoa butter sugar and milk but no cocoa solids if you're at this point wondering how to treat a dog that has recently consumed chocolate there is little that can be done for the dog particularly at home to treat the theobromine poisoning once it's in the dogs bloodstream last the general methods of treatment tend to be ways to try to stop the consumed theobromine from reaching the bloodstream these include inducing vomiting in the dog immediately which helps remove much of the chocolate the easiest way to accomplish this aside from sticking your finger down their throat or the like which isn't all recommended is to get the dog to eat something like 12 teaspoons of hydrogen peroxide which had shortly induce vomiting and can be repeated a few times every 15 minutes if

it does not alternatively to 2-3 teaspoons of syrup of ipecac should do the trick though this one should not be repeated even if it doesn't work the first time after that try to get the dog to eat a small amount of activated charcoal which binds to the theobromine and keeps it from entering the bloodstream the general recommendation here is 12 teaspoons of activated charcoal mixed thoroughly with water this also works well for certain other poisons that dogs and cats can sometimes consume that such as carbonate insecticides herbicides and rodenticides next to try to get the dog to consume as much water as possible to keep them hydrated and at the vet certain drugs can be used to help the dog survived such as anticonvulsants which can help if the dog is having seizures.

once the Pheo grow mean is in the dogs bloodstream at the half-life is around 17.5 hours so 24 hours also after the dog has consumed the chocolate if it is still alive it's probably going to be buying it should also be noted here that cats are also particularly susceptible to poisoning from chocolate for the same reasons dogs are however unlike dogs cats generally aren't particularly
inclined to eat chocolate have no sweet taste receptors also humans metabolized theobromine much faster than dogs are sufficient quantities of this compound over a short enough time span can also induce similar toxic effects and can be found in dogs though this is rare as the quantities required a much higher however theobromine poisoning can sometimes be observed in elderly people.

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