"Kathleen" > wrote in message
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> James Silverton wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> When I was growing up I was not told that chocolate was bad for dogs. Not
>> that my Border collie got much but I swear he could hear someone
>> unwrapping a chocolate bar from a quarter mile. We horrible kids would
>> tease him by crumpling a piece of aluminum foil. Anyway, look at this:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8232569.stm
>>
>> That perverted dog was the world's oldest it seems!
>>
>>
>
> The trouble with chocolate and dogs is the theobromine content. The
> darker the chocolate, the greater the danger. The crap that coats Reeses
> Peanut Butter Cups is barely chocolate at all.
>
> I wouldn't rush a dog to the vet if he got hold of a chocolate chip
> cookie. On the other hand, there are better ways to say "I love you" than
> feeding a canine chocolate.


I had a black lab that ate almost all of a Lindt's 2 pound sampler including
the box. I thought for sure she was going to croak but she never showed any
effects at all.

Go figure. Of course, when I saw what she had done, I could have almost
killed her myself.

George L