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Valentine’s day is just around the corner, and with it, come (if you’re lucky!) an abundance of delicious chocolates. Just like us, our four-legged friends will be drawn to the smell of chocolate left lying around and so, vigilance is particularly important to ensure that your dog isn’t able to ingest it and potentially fall ill.
Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine, which will stimulate your dog’s nervous system, raise their heart rate and can in extreme cases be fatal. Whilst us humans are able to metabolise theobromine, dogs process it a lot more slowly, which allows it to build to toxic levels and cause harm.
Firstly, we recommend that if you are even slightly suspicious that your dog may have ingested chocolate, to contact your vet and ask for their advice. Symptoms can take a few hours to take effect, sometimes appearing up to 12 hours later, and can then last around 72 hours.
Symptoms your dogs may show after eating chocolate include:
As a rule of thumb, the darker the chocolate, the higher the level of theobromine content. However, lower quality chocolate is also likely to be full of sweeteners, which are also toxic to dogs. The very best advice we can offer is to keep chocolate of all types out of reach of your dog in order to keep them safe – you’ll be pleased to know that roses are non-toxic, so they can be placed around the house as you please!
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