My Pets

Fireworks and lots of food. This is for many people the holiday season. Christmas and New Years are celebrated. Especially with lots of food and fireworks. But pets can have the holiday season a little more attention. Especially since they can not stand chocolate and fireworks can be damaging to pets.

Chocolate is very dangerous for dogs: it can even be fatal
The combination of dog and chocolate is a very dangerous combination. While dogs just so love the delicacy. Because it is often thought that animals know exactly what is good for them, but that’s wrong. Because chocolate can kill a dog. A big dog who accidentally gets a piece of chocolate will not immediately die. But a little dog that gets 50 grams of dark chocolate can be very ill or even die.

Why is chocolate dangerous for dogs?
Chocolate contains theobromine in traces. This gives the typical taste treat. Milk chocolate has less theobromine than plain chocolate. The bitter taste comes from here. White chocolate contains Theobromine, but very few.
Theobromine has a number of effects, but it also irritates the body. And in dogs is much larger than the effect in humans. If theobromine in the dogs stomach stays, much more gastric juice is produced. Therefore, gastric ulcers, but also acute vomiting and diarrhea occurs. But does more theobromine. It is quickly absorbed into the blood and it attacks the heart muscle too. As a result the animal has rapid breathing. The breath passes through the material much faster. If an animal had lots of chocolate, it can die from cardiac arrest.

What should you do if your dog has eaten chocolate?
If a dog has eaten chocolate, the owner must as soon as possible contact the vet. Who will advise what to do. Often the vet will inject a substance to make the dog vomit. In this way the theobromine leaves the body again.

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