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by AnjaBlue on 04 March 2009 - 13:03

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

The dangers of chocolate are well known, but I'd never heard of this product until today.


Rezkat5

by Rezkat5 on 04 March 2009 - 17:03

Good reminded for everyone Anja!

The cocoa mulch was quite popular a couple of years back....

Kathy

by HighDesertGSD on 04 March 2009 - 18:03

A larger dog like the GSD can tolerate a very small amount of chocolate. I once saw a table of the amount a dog can tolerate. One lick on a spill is not going to affect it, I tend to think.

Rezkat5

by Rezkat5 on 04 March 2009 - 18:03

You are right HighDessert, a GSD can handle a small amount of chocolate.  And it's usually the dark baker's chocolate kind of thing that's the most dangerous.  When I was a kid, my sheltie used to steal Hershey's kisses and never got sick.



We did have a Labrador that ingested too much really dark chocolate and ended up dying from complications from it.  It was not pretty, he was a mess and they brought him in rather early, plus we were able to get to him vomit up some.  

However, it's also a labrador that I could see going to town on cocoa mulch.  

Kathy

 





 

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