[Sca-cooks] OOP - Fw: Jasper and The Uncooked Yeast Rolls

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Trust me, the incident was not intentional and we have become quite diligent
about keeping the chocolate away from the dog.  Our vet cited a much larger
proportion though, like half the weight of the dog.  Jasper the yeast roll
dog would have been in trouble!

Much more dangerous was her limited ability to reason.  Shortly after the
M&M's incident, she decided that bags of small round objects were worth
investigating and got into some inherited jewelry [the pearls were un-strung
but intact;  the wooden beads from Kenya got chewed] and after that a bottle
of Ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin] which caused ulcers.  The vet said that we were
lucky;  if it had been Acetominiphen [Tylenol] it would have spelt instant,
painful death.  

Selene C.

Magdalena wrote:

> Please, please, please don't let your dog eat chocolate!  I know it
> happens sometimes by accident, but I can't believe how many people
> refuse to believe the danger and feed it to them on purpose.  (And I do
> mean "refuse to believe", not "haven't heard of the danger".  One lady
> told me outright that she doesn't believe it because her dog has been
> ill from eating brownies, so she'll keep giving him brownies and cookies
> as treats and won't be careful about leaving candy around.)  Even
> snopes.com confirms it: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoa.htm.
> 
> The offending chemical is theobromine, and it causes cardiac arrhythmia
> and seizures.  The amount of theobromine in chocolate varies based on
> the percentage of cacao, so it's impossible to say exactly how much of
> any given chocolate will affect a dog unless you know that percentage
> exactly.  But, the rule of thumb is: for milk chocolate, one ounce per
> pound of body weight; for semi-sweet, one ounce per 4 pounds; for
> bittersweet, one ounce per 9 pounds.
> 
> For my 70-lb ex-dog, Cooper, (long story, not chocolate related), that
> worked out to danger levels of about 4-1/2 pounds of milk chocolate, 17
> ounces of semi-sweet chocolate, or 8 ounces of bittersweet chocolate.
> That means it's highly unlikely he could have eaten enough M&Ms or
> brownies to endanger himself.  But, a one pound bag of chocolate chips
> could have killed him, or an 8 ounce bar of Baker's chocolate.  And he
> definately could have eaten either of those if we'd ever been careless
> with them.  (He did down an entire pound of peanut M&Ms once.  Since it
> was far from the critical level, we were more peeved to lose our candy!)
> 
> More references, for those who still refuse to believe:
> http://www.dogbreederonline.com/chocolate.htm
> http://www.supervet.co.uk/dog/chocolate.html
> http://www.talktothevet.com/ARTICLES/DOGS/chocolatetoxic.HTM
>