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Two not-so-good things
Yesterday, I was at my accountant's house and she brought home a chocolate
ice cream cone from McDonald's for her dog. As she was putting it in the dish, I said, "Do you know that chocolate is bad for dogs?" to which she replied, "Yes, I know, but it's my dog and he likes it." Aaargh. To her credit, she adopted this old dog from her neighbor when the neighbor moved, and she built him steps so he could get into the car without needing to jump. It's not the type of dog that would have easily found a home elsewhere, so it's good that he at least has a home. The dog is old, slow, overweight. Even if it wasn't eating chocolate (and I have no idea how often that happens) it wouldn't have too many years left. Maybe she thinks of it like someone who's eighty years old with cancer and still smokes cigarettes -- like it's not going to make much difference either way. And then last night, I noticed that Dax was scratching her ear, shaking her head. I told my husband that she'd probably need to go to the vet (he hadn't noticed, it was pretty subtle at that point). Then she went into a frenzy of head shaking, tilting her head, scratching at the ear. I called the vet, got the answering service, and he called me back. Told me to swab out the ear with vinegar and water. If it wasn't better by morning, he'd take a look. So I swabbed, and today she's fine. At least that's good. -- |
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"D.Currie" wrote in
: Yesterday, I was at my accountant's house and she brought home a chocolate ice cream cone from McDonald's for her dog. As she was putting it in the dish, I said, "Do you know that chocolate is bad for dogs?" to which she replied, "Yes, I know, but it's my dog and he likes it." Aaargh. To her credit, she adopted this old dog from her neighbor when the neighbor moved, and she built him steps so he could get into the car without needing to jump. It's not the type of dog that would have easily found a home elsewhere, so it's good that he at least has a home. The dog is old, slow, overweight. Even if it wasn't eating chocolate (and I have no idea how often that happens) it wouldn't have too many years left. I hate to say this but the amount of chocolate in a mcdonalds ice cream cone is pretty small. Its probably ok. I wouldnt' do it, but it probably will not hurt the dog. I called the vet, got the answering service, and he called me back. Told me to swab out the ear with vinegar and water. If it wasn't better by morning, he'd take a look. So I swabbed, and today she's fine. At least that's good. That is good. Thank yo for helping the poor old doggie. -- BethF, Anchorage, AK |
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"D.Currie" wrote in message ... The dog is old, slow, overweight. Even if it wasn't eating chocolate (and I have no idea how often that happens) it wouldn't have too many years left. The tiny amount of chocolate in ice cream is going to have NO effect on this dog. The fat in the ice cream is actually what is bad! The dosage is dependant on the dog, but dogs have to eat quite a bit for their to be any effects- and chocolate flavored items contain very little actually chocolate. There are a few dogs that are super sensitive, but they are very rare. And chocolate has no lasting or cumulative effects. I feed hunter Oreos all the time. He loves them, I don't give him much. Mostly I use chocolate is bad for dogs as an excuse not to share . -- Melissa S. Frye Skyrocket cockers www.mfrye.com/skyrocket/ |
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"Holier Than Thou" wrote in message . 3.44... "D.Currie" wrote in : Yesterday, I was at my accountant's house and she brought home a chocolate ice cream cone from McDonald's for her dog. As she was putting it in the dish, I said, "Do you know that chocolate is bad for dogs?" to which she replied, "Yes, I know, but it's my dog and he likes it." Aaargh. To her credit, she adopted this old dog from her neighbor when the neighbor moved, and she built him steps so he could get into the car without needing to jump. It's not the type of dog that would have easily found a home elsewhere, so it's good that he at least has a home. The dog is old, slow, overweight. Even if it wasn't eating chocolate (and I have no idea how often that happens) it wouldn't have too many years left. I hate to say this but the amount of chocolate in a mcdonalds ice cream cone is pretty small. Its probably ok. I wouldnt' do it, but it probably will not hurt the dog. That's good to know. My dogs have gotten chocolate accidentally, but considering there are so many other things they like, I'd opt for the ones that are less likely to cause problems if I'm choosing to give them a special treat. Besides, the chocolate is MINE. :-) -- Donna "It's even worse than that. Sometimes I think I'm living in a perpendicular universe." |
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:48:19 -0600, "D.Currie"
wrote: Hi, The culprit in chocolate is thiobromine. (I believe - it is close anyway). The only form that it is found in sufficient amounts to cause reactions is in baking chocolate. (Baker's Chocolate, Nestle baking chocolate, etc.) Milk chocolate, chocolate chips, etc do not contain enough to cause a dog problems. And ice cream certainly would not. I am trying to figure out if "eating" chocolate, that is to say candy intended for making candy containing at least 70% chocolate liquor contains the thio. I go low=carb and can have many treats with this type of chocolate, since it has a high choc/sugar ratio. But I'd hate to pay the consequences if my dogs got into them. I have befriended the local chocolatier and the family has no answer for me except to say that the two substances are vastly different and that baking choc is practically useless in making candy. If anyone has any info, I'd be grateful. SD BTW, I'd argue that the fat is not so bad as the sugar is for your dog. Not that either are good. |
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"Nomdeplume" wrote in message ... On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 13:48:19 -0600, "D.Currie" wrote: Hi, The culprit in chocolate is thiobromine. (I believe - it is close anyway). The only form that it is found in sufficient amounts to cause reactions is in baking chocolate. (Baker's Chocolate, Nestle baking chocolate, etc.) Milk chocolate, chocolate chips, etc do not contain enough to cause a dog problems. And ice cream certainly would not. Milk chocolate can hurt a dog if they eat enough. A friends toy poodle ate an entire bag of chocolate chips and got very sick, and almost died but the vet found a chocolate chip stuck in his fur and figured out what was wrong with him and saved him.; I am trying to figure out if "eating" chocolate, that is to say candy intended for making candy containing at least 70% chocolate liquor contains the thio. I go low=carb and can have many treats with this type of chocolate, since it has a high choc/sugar ratio. But I'd hate to pay the consequences if my dogs got into them. Low carb chocolate still has chocolate in it. Its only sugar thats lacking. I gather that a dog can eat 1 milk chocolate bar per 10 pounds of dog without ill effects. Dark chocolate much less. |
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Nomdeplume said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
If anyone has any info, I'd be grateful. I posted the following a few weeks ago to rpd.health - I was a little incensed as to how lightly people treated their dogs' ingestion of milk chocolate. In this case, it was 4 pounds! Whichever link works better for you: Message-ID: Xns93B1D9C4C6CE8australianshepherdca@IP http://snurl.com/1utw Good sites to bookmark: http://vin.com/mainpub/xmas/chocolate_tox.asp http://hersheys.com/nutrition_consum...obromine.shtml http://mirabos.bham.ac.uk/ukclub/toxicchoc.htm http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/...oisoning.shtml -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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"Nomdeplume" wrote ...
contains the thio. I go low=carb and can have many treats with this type of chocolate, since it has a high choc/sugar ratio. But I'd hate to pay the consequences if my dogs got into them. Knowing the effect that the sugar alcohols have on me when I eat more than 1 or two small sugar-free candies, I'd sure hate for the dog to get into them! (maltitol is not my friend) ) Rachel (New Zealand) |
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