[railroad dave]

dogs lack the enzyme to digest it . 4 oz can kill a small dog .

[Candi]

i don't know..i mean..i've always given my dogs chocolate, and it's never hurt them any..

[pinktoni]

It is not anything to do withthe milk it is all to do with the chemical in chocolate called theobromine.Theobromine is similar to caffeine. Theobromine is toxic to a dog when it ingests between 100 and 150 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. That is why some people do not find a problem in small amounts.Different types of chocolate contain different amounts of theobromine: It would take 20 ounces of milk chocolate to kill a 20-pound dog, but only 2 ounces of baker's chocolate or 6 ounces of semisweet chocolate. It is not that hard for a dog to get into something like an Easter basket full of chocolate eggs and bunnies and gobble up a pound or two of chocolate. If the dog is small, that could be deadly. It turns out that chocolate poisoning is actually not as unusual as it sounds. For a human being, caffeine is toxic at levels of 150 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. That's the same as for dogs! Humans generally weigh a lot more than dogs, but small children can get into trouble with caffeine or chocolate if they consume too much of it. Infants are especially vulnerable because they don't eliminate caffeine from the bloodstream nearly as quickly as adults.

[ericams85]

i watched a special on animal planet once that said every ten lb of dog it will take 5 lb of chocalot to kill it. so if your dog is 20 lb no more than 10 lb of choclate. so if i applyed that rule to myself 55 lb of cholalot would kill me. thats alot of chocalotyeah makes sence. as for them acuring a taste for it, i don't know about you but my dog has a taste for just about anything weithr he knows it or not.

[amy009]

oh yeah it can kill your dog, bakers choc. is the worst

[25 or 6 to 4]

It is true that real chocolate will kill a dog, but my lab/German Shepard has eaten a little bit of chocolate and been fine and my mom's friend's dog, a lab, has eaten chocolate before and did get an upset stomach from it one time. I think it depends on the breed. Chocolate is bad, but I think a little bit accidentally will not kill a large breed, but would kill a small breed. If you want to give your dog chocolate try carob, which can be found at your local pet store.

[debbiedunn316]

true and false.chocolate in very small portions will not hurt your dog.in large doses it will make him very sick,possibly death.it.

[charitydowling]

False my dogs have ate everything from chocolate cake to candy bars thanks to my three kids and they have never had any problems.

[PinkFluffyDino]

I've heard they make diabetes if you feed them chocolate