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The amount they can consume without any problems is directly related to the weight of the dog.

My greyhound got 1 Kg of milk chocolate and ate it in one go and was not even sick. However a smaller dog it could have killed.

Plain or dark or bittersweet chocolate with high cocoa content is the worse thing for dogs. I have always kept that in the fridge. The kilo of milk was a present in a gift box with a jigsaw for a friend for Christmas. I had to buy another bar and apologise for the chewed corners of the box. :0).

Thanks for the info on raisins I knew grapes were but forgot of course that dried eg raisins would be. Blond moment I suppose.

[GretchenM]

I have never known any of those foods were forbidden for dogs. I'm glad to know it now.

[SnarlinCubBear]

That is very true. A dog will not die from a tiny amount of chocolate relative to it's weight. But it's better to be safe. Besides, if the doggie has a weak stomach and plumbing, diahhrea can result.

I hate when that happens.

My very funny story is of a Christmas time when I flew home from work, to change into finer clothes and go the company Holiday party. Someone that day had given me a box of liquor chocolates. I tossed the box on my dining table, still wrapped in cellophane. When we returned home from the party, my little EmmaRose (a 20 lb spaniel) had somehow wrestled the chocolates from the table on to the floor, opened them and consumed them all. I watched her closely because of the chocolate warning, and she was ok. Had some diahhrea, but mostly, she just bounced off walls for about 24 hours while the sugar made it's way thru her system. She was really fun to watch those 24 hrs. I don't think she slept.

:)