Very OT: Has anyones dog ate an Oreo?

tink07

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We have a 9 lb shih-chon that just snuck an Oreo cookie
away from my daughter. I know dogs shouldn't have
chocolate but is this enough to be concerned ? It was only 1
cookie.
 


should be okay my 100lb dog ate 3lbs choc. and she was fine. Of course, that was after endless trips outside in the middle of the night and us up all night in a tissy. :rotfl:
 
should be totally fine - they arent pure chocolate - they have to eat quite a bit for it to be harmful -
 
I agree that she should be fine. We had a dog that ate a WHOLE bag of Hershey's Kisses...needless to say the yard was shiny for a week after that. :lmao:
 


I agree that she should be fine. We had a dog that ate a WHOLE bag of Hershey's Kisses...needless to say the yard was shiny for a week after that. :lmao:


That is HILARIOUS :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Thanks for posting so quickly, I was starting to freak
out a little. All I have ever heard is "don't let your dogs
eat chocolate"

You guys are GREAT :banana: :banana: :banana:
 
Our Alaskan Malamute, around 80 pounds, once licked ALL the very rich, homemade chocolate frosting (off of my very rich homemade chocolate birthday cake). Other than being in trouble with my mom for having done that (he didn't even bite any cake, just licked it off), he was fine.

Just don't tell the guests that were at my party, because my mom made more frosting, put it on the cake, and served it. :eek: :rotfl: :upsidedow

Loved my mom....:sad1:
 
We had a mini dachsund that eat two boxes of Russell Stover and made it without too much problem. One Oreo should not hurt.
 
Our Alaskan Malamute, around 80 pounds, once licked ALL the very rich, homemade chocolate frosting (off of my very rich homemade chocolate birthday cake). Other than being in trouble with my mom for having done that (he didn't even bite any cake, just licked it off), he was fine.

Just don't tell the guests that were at my party, because my mom made more frosting, put it on the cake, and served it. :eek: :rotfl: :upsidedow

Loved my mom....:sad1:

I will never eat chocolate cake @ anybodys house again :lmao:
 
Our Alaskan Malamute, around 80 pounds, once licked ALL the very rich, homemade chocolate frosting (off of my very rich homemade chocolate birthday cake). Other than being in trouble with my mom for having done that (he didn't even bite any cake, just licked it off), he was fine.

Just don't tell the guests that were at my party, because my mom made more frosting, put it on the cake, and served it. :eek: :rotfl: :upsidedow

Loved my mom....:sad1:

Bumbershoot! I knew you had to be in WA. somehwere! Your user name and Malamute gave you away:goodvibes I lived outside of Seattle for 10 yrs but now live in NY.

:goodvibes Sorry OT the user name brought back memories!
 
years ago around the holidays, I had a big basket filled with hershey kisses, peanut butter cups, & peppermint patties, that sat on the coffee table. My black lab never in all her 7 years had offered to go near that basket. Came home from work, found the empty basket on the floor, no candy, no wrappers, not even a little piece of wrapper. I thought maybe my husband had taken them & put them up. When he got home of course, he had no idea. He looked in the dogs mouth, and there was a tiny piece of foil:scared I used to work for a vet so I knew this was bad. called the vet, he said watch her for the next 12 hours, if she is going to have any trouble, will happen in that time period. She was fine, but the foil came out the other end for a week.
 
Glad your dog is ok & didn't eat a lot.

My DD had taped Hershey nuggets to the top of valentines for everyone in her class. She put the bag on her bed & when we came home a few hours later, the entire bag was chewed & all the chocolates were gone. We have 2 dogs & I swear they are just like kids. When I questioned *yelled* at them, our retriever looked completely innocent & the beagle slunk away.

We joke that the retriever probably had some but he's a dumb smart & knew to play dumb. Guilt got to the beagle. :rotfl:

I called the vet & they said even that amount couldn't seriously hurt her most likely. She was fine.
 
Our cockapoo jumped up on the table while we were at work and ate about 10 Hershey's Kisses. Of course when we got home, we panicked! The vet said we shouldn't be worried-- it's actually pure chocolate, as in baker's chocolate, that can be harmful to dogs. Milk chocolate and chocolate in most commerical candies and cookies has so many additives that it's not really pure chocolate at all. Dogs would have to eat a LOT of it in order to be seriously ill--- probably more than any one person has in their house at a given time.

The whole dogs and chocolate problem is because of a certain chemical in chocolate that is indigestible to canines. It's only small percentage of the components of chocolate, made even smaller by the additives in commerical products. So yeah, no need to worry. The vet said a dog MAY experience some runny bowel movements at the worst, but even that wasn't extremely common.
 
Bumbershoot! I knew you had to be in WA. somehwere! Your user name and Malamute gave you away:goodvibes I lived outside of Seattle for 10 yrs but now live in NY.

:goodvibes Sorry OT the user name brought back memories!

:) Oddly enough, I was a California Girl back when we had the malamooses, er, malamutes.
 
My lab ate 96 Hershey Kisses one night, she actually unwrapped favors my Girl Scout troop made for a nursing home. She only ate about half of the wrappers then I guess she got tried of unwrapping the foil and ate it too. We called the emergency vet and they said it wasn't enough chocolate to hurt her, but to expect diarrhea and not to give her a lot of water??? She was jazzed up all night from the sugar and caffiene though.
 
The chemical in chocolate is called theobromine. To us, it's no problem. To dogs, it is toxic. Lethal amounts are about 150mg/lb. Though some dogs will get toxicity at lesser levels and others will show only mild symptoms, not toxic levels.

Milk chocolate is very diluted. It contains only about 45mg/oz. So a candy bar would have less than 250mg. A dog would have to eat quite a bit of candy, depending on his size, to get a toxic dose. Baking chocolate is 10X that. The same 4oz of baking chocolate would have over 1800mg and could be toxic to a 10lb dog.

If you catch your dog eating chocolate, best thing to do is induce vomitting. If you suspect toxcitity, get them to the vet ASAP. But a few pieces of candy will not harm most pets at all.

I don't think there is enough in an oreo to even call it chocolate. :)
 
Some of these stories are just too funny!

I didn't realize that a minor amount of chocolate was ok, though. Good to know.

Just for the future, if your dog ingests something he shouldn't, you can give a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide. Do it outside though because the dog will throw up within minutes!
 
Thanks again for all of the wonderful advice :thumbsup2 Is the
peroxide amount good for all size dogs or should it be adjusted
by weight?

She seems to be fine, she's running laps through the living
room to the hearth room through the office chasing our golden
retriever :goodvibes This is usually a mid-morning routine so she may
be a little on the hyper side :rotfl:

Either that or it's her new puppy cut I just gave her &
she is feelin' really "prissy" ;)
 
Yes, you give 3% hydrogen peroxide at the rate of 1 teaspoon (5ml) per 10lbs of dog. You can use a children's medicine dropper or spoon for a small dog. For big dogs a turkey baster works well.

Give a dose and wait outside. It generally takes 10 minute or so to work. If you get no results after 15 minutes, repeat the full dose. Never had to go more than twice.

But for advise for everyone, while this is an excellent way to induce vomiting in a dog, you should always (just like we'd do for our kids) check the package of whatever was swallowed for ingestion information. In 15 years in the veterinary field I am never surprised at what pets will swallow. Many things are best vomitted out, such as people food that is toxic in dogs- also including grapes, raisins and onions. But a few things are as harmful on the way up as on the way down and are better treated by coating the stomach and calling your vet. If you are unsure what to do, call your vet or the pet poison control at (888) 426-4435 (FEES CHARGED).
 













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