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MamaB, did you know that dogs are to be kept away from chocolate, and raisins, and onions? There are other things too. Poisonous to them.

(Don't mean to imply that you don't know this, but just in case....)

I knew about the chocolate and raisins but not the onions. We had another cockapoo and I had made a meat loaf for lunch. I had to go pick up Jan and when I got home, our other daughter said we would not be having any meat loaf. It seems that the dog jumped on a chair and got the meat loaf--ate most of it before anyone noticed. I think our daughter has told me about some other food items that we should keep the dog away from. Oh! Mentioning chocolate. For Easter one year our granddaughter got one of those orange chocolate things. Their dog got that or what was left of it and ate the rest of it. They called the vet and he just said to keep an eye on her. Believe me, if a dog knows they are not to have something, then they will do anything to get to it. Just like the 3 pairs of prescription glasses this same dog of mine got hold of. I have started keeping my purse on top of a black cabinet. She has not figured out a way to get to it there. I am just waiting til she does. Our daughter says the dog is too smart for her own good.

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.