Comments on: Why can't my dog eat chocolate? http://www.talkingscience.org/2009/01/why-can%e2%80%99t-my-dog-eat-chocolate/ TalkingScience is a non-profit organization focus on educating the general public on science through new media. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Molly Nickerson http://www.talkingscience.org/2009/01/why-can%e2%80%99t-my-dog-eat-chocolate/comment-page-1/#comment-30347 Molly Nickerson Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:47:52 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=958#comment-30347 Hi Rachel, Peanut M&Ms have a lot more candy coating and peanut than chocolate. The chocolate is therefore probably not having too much of an effect on your dog. However, your dog might like another bedtime snack just as well. Perhaps a little natural bacon treat (or something less human-contrived) would taste even better to him...and be better for him in the long run. Hi Rachel,

Peanut M&Ms have a lot more candy coating and peanut than chocolate. The chocolate is therefore probably not having too much of an effect on your dog. However, your dog might like another bedtime snack just as well. Perhaps a little natural bacon treat (or something less human-contrived) would taste even better to him...and be better for him in the long run.

]]> By: Rachel J. Eubanks http://www.talkingscience.org/2009/01/why-can%e2%80%99t-my-dog-eat-chocolate/comment-page-1/#comment-14478 Rachel J. Eubanks Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:01:26 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=958#comment-14478 My question is , my dog is a 1 year old minature dashund and at night before bed he loves to eat about 4 to 5 peanut m&ms he weighs about 9lbs. Is this still in the safe range or not and does eating the chocolate also have a long term effect on them . You advice would be gladley appreciated. My question is , my dog is a 1 year old minature dashund and at night before bed he loves to eat about 4 to 5 peanut m&ms he weighs about 9lbs. Is this still in the safe range or not and does eating the chocolate also have a long term effect on them . You advice would be gladley appreciated.

]]> By: Kathi http://www.talkingscience.org/2009/01/why-can%e2%80%99t-my-dog-eat-chocolate/comment-page-1/#comment-12671 Kathi Thu, 21 May 2009 19:25:14 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=958#comment-12671 My dog, a border collie-beagle-lab mix, recently devoured a small bag of malted milk balls...I was frantic..and that is before I read this article!! I called the emergency vet and the vet told me that since the milk balls were covered in milk chocolate and there was a light coating on the milk balls my dog would not be in danger. The vet would have been more concerned, as your article indicated, if the dog had eaten a full bar of dark chocolate. The vet suggested that I watch for signs of hyper-activity and there were none so all is well with my mixed breed. The sad fact is that he loves chocolate!! I can't have it in the house as he devours it if he can get it!! Thanks for your article! We now buy vanilla Oreos so he is not deprived of his favorite treat..a cookie!! Kathi Brookline, PA My dog, a border collie-beagle-lab mix, recently devoured a small bag of malted milk balls...I was frantic..and that is before I read this article!! I called the emergency vet and the vet told me that since the milk balls were covered in milk chocolate and there was a light coating on the milk balls my dog would not be in danger. The vet would have been more concerned, as your article indicated, if the dog had eaten a full bar of dark chocolate. The vet suggested that I watch for signs of hyper-activity and there were none so all is well with my mixed breed.

The sad fact is that he loves chocolate!! I can't have it in the house as he devours it if he can get it!!

Thanks for your article! We now buy vanilla Oreos so he is not deprived of his favorite treat..a cookie!!

Kathi
Brookline, PA

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]]> By: Nicholas http://www.talkingscience.org/2009/01/why-can%e2%80%99t-my-dog-eat-chocolate/comment-page-1/#comment-6299 Nicholas Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:33:37 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=958#comment-6299 Thanks for sharing. That was EXACTLY what I had in mind. Thanks for sharing. That was EXACTLY what I had in mind.

]]> By: Phoebe http://www.talkingscience.org/2009/01/why-can%e2%80%99t-my-dog-eat-chocolate/comment-page-1/#comment-6023 Phoebe Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:03:55 +0000 http://talkingscience.org/blogs/?p=958#comment-6023 Thanks !! very helpful post! Thanks !! very helpful post!

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