[wishbone]

This chart basically tells how much chocolate your dog would have to eat to get sick, based on how much they weigh.

The Chocolate Chart Interactive - National Geographic Magazine

so it only means that dogs love milk chocolate?

No, it means that milk chocolate is not as toxic as a more pure form of chocolate, such as unsweetened baking chocolate or cocoa powder.

An ounce of milk chocolate doesn't contain as much chocolate as an ounce of baking chocolate because of the addition of sugar and milk, among other ingredients. So an ounce of milk chocolate might be enough to make your dog sick, while an ounce of baking chocolate could be enough to kill him. See the difference?

The best way to avoid problems is to not give your dog any chocolate.

Cool chart!Thanks for spreading it.Very informative.

[wishbone]

Very well said Vetgroomer...

A dog can eat chocolate and the chart shows on where the dog might get sick with the amount. We can give a little but beware, chocolates are irresistible!

Cocoa powder is harmful I mean very harmful unlike milk chocolate...right...So chocolate cake is harmful to dogs too...OMG Yesterday is my cousin b-day, and she has her beautiful chocolate cake...hope my dad did not gave brian a cake...Sometimes my dad forgot those important things...

[lil mutt]

I dont give chocolates to my dogs... Period! I also warned my family to think twice before giving anything to my dog...

Lyka, while chocolate cake does contain cocoa powder or baking chocolate, it also contains a lot of other things, like flour, sugar, butter and eggs. An ounce of chocolate cake isn't even close to being as toxic as an ounce of cocoa powder. Or an ounce of milk chocolate, for that matter.

The whole issue is how much pure chocolate is contained in the product, be it cake, cookie, candy bar, or whatever. The more other stuff there is, the less toxic it is. The flour, sugar, milk, eggs, etc all dilute the amount of chocolate.

It's still best to avoid chocolate, though. Besides the toxicity, a lot of chocolate containing products also contain a lot of fat and sugar, neither of which are all that beneficial.

[rayter]

Interesting...but I would still not let my dog eat chocolates. Never!