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Milk Tray Incident

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Isthisusernamefree · 19/08/2017 17:33

Hi everyone,

Just posting for some quick advice, I've tried calling my vet but her phone is going to voicemail!

We have a boxer and a pug x French bulldog who are generally impeccably behaved, in fact I have never ever known them to steal food and are usually perfectly trustworthy.

However, I have just left them asleep in their bed in the lounge to speak to my other half in the kitchen and there was an almost half eaten box of milk tray on the arm of the sofa - for transparency there is almost always a bag of something snacky on that arm of the sofa and they've never touched anything before.

But I came back from the kitchen and the box was on the floor and the chocolates were gone. So that's the whole bottom tray and a quarter of the top tray. Obviously totally my fault for leaving them there, but I didn't even think about it.

I can't say which of the dogs ate them, if one ate more than the other etc, but do you think they'll be ok? I'm more worried that the little one has eaten the majority, but again, I have no idea.

They're outside at the moment in case it makes them sick, but I guess I was just after some advice until I can get through to the vet 🙈

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GinIsIn · 19/08/2017 17:34

No, you need to call the vet right now, as quickly as possible. If you don't know which dog they will both need a dose of emetic asap.

GinIsIn · 19/08/2017 17:35

I cannot emphasise enough - you really can't wait and see if they are ok. Vet as soon as you can.

TroysMammy · 19/08/2017 17:36

Is there a recorded message for emergency out of hours vet.

ShaneBitchy · 19/08/2017 17:37

One of my dogs ate 3 bags of chocolate coins at Christmas. I think Milk Tray would have such a low cocoa content that they'll be fine. It's dark chocolate with a high cocoa content that's much more dangerous. Although my vet said that in all his years he's never seen chocolate poisoning in a dog.

ShaneBitchy · 19/08/2017 17:37

There should be a mobile number to call on the answerphone message. That's what my vet does anyway.

Isthisusernamefree · 19/08/2017 17:45

Yes there is an out of hours number, it's her mobile that's going straight to voicemail. I have left her a message to get back to me. I'll keep trying though.

I feel so stupid, it didn't occur to me at all that they'd even get up, let alone take a closed box of chocolates from the arm of the sofa, which because of the position of our furniture and a rather large lamp in front of the arm, wouldn't have been particularly visible to them! They weren't in plain sight exactly. Won't be making that mistake again.

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ShaneBitchy · 19/08/2017 17:54

There's an online calculator you can use and you put in your dog's weight and then how much it ate but hard when you don't know which one it was or how much they ate. Like I said, if it was a big bar of Lindt 90% cocoa I'd be worried but not Milk Tray.

WhiskyIrnBru · 19/08/2017 18:02

I think some posters get off on panicking posters. OP, this happened one year with a wrapped selection box. Called vet. Said it would be fine. Just to keep an eye on them. Milk chocolate they would need to eat almost double their body weight.

Mrscropley · 19/08/2017 18:06

My rottweiler ate 8 Easter eggs complete with the boxes years ago before the chocolate scare and she was fine.
Our husky ate loads as a puppy and vet just laughed. .

CornflakeHomunculus · 19/08/2017 18:14

Milk chocolate they would need to eat almost double their body weight.

That's a huge exaggeration, although milk chocolate is much less dangerous than dark they certainly don't need to eat anything like that much for it to cause problems.

The Veterinary Poisons Information Service recommend treatment if a dog has ingested more than 14g of milk chocolate per kg of body weight.

GinIsIn · 19/08/2017 18:43

Chocolate is the most common cause of dog poisoning. It can cause death. If you have no way of knowing how much chocolate a potentially small dog has had, it is not "getting off on panicking" to say you need to seek immediate veterinary advice, FFS!!

GinIsIn · 19/08/2017 18:44

And I notice you say when it happened to you, you did exactly what has been advised here and called the vet....

3boys3dogshelp · 19/08/2017 18:46

I'm a vet, you do need to get to a vet ASAP if you think the smaller dog is likely to have had most of the chocolate. I have seen chocolate poisoning several times and I have seen a dog die from chocolate poisoning...nobody is scaremongering.
The VPIS site is excellent for advice.

BLUEsNewSpringWatch · 19/08/2017 19:03

From cornflakes link treat for > 3.5 g/kg for dark chocolate
treat for > 14 g/kg for milk chocolate

That's actually rather small amounts of chocolate if you have a small dog!

Isthisusernamefree · 20/08/2017 00:10

Hi everyone,

Sorry for late reply, had the inlaws over! Our vet rang back and said that milk tray will have a very small cocoa content and that she wasn't worried. She said the worst they'll have is an upset tummy and lots of farts!

I've kept an eye on them all night and they've been fine so far, so touch wood no lasting damage done.

Thanks for all your help!

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ShaneBitchy · 20/08/2017 09:20

Ah that's good news. Glad your doggies are ok.
One of mine ate a tray of cooked chicken thighs last weekend. I only took my eyes off him for 2 minutes. He eats absolutely anything.

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