Chocolate! @#@£*& dogs

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So we went to the supermarket and then to the stable yard this afternoon, got home (out for approx 3 hours) to find one or possibly both dogs had managed to turn a table over and had eaten a whole terrys chocolate orange. the chocolate orange would have been well out of reach on the table when upright and I have no idea how they turned the table over.

I’m not too worried about Jezza, he has done far worse in the past and been fine, it is daisy i’m Worried about.

Daisy is just so much smaller than any dog I’ve ever had so I’m not sure at what point a vet would be appropriate perticularly given the covid situation.

She weighs around 10kg, a terrys chocolate orange is about 150g of milk chocolate, it is highly unlikely she ate the whole thing on her own as Jezza is a greedy dog and nearly 3 times her size so would have made sure he got a good share of it.
She is showing no symptoms at all.

So would you call the vet or would you monitor for symptoms? Advice on google varies from immediately rush them both to emergency vets to monitor for 24hrs but you should be ok.
 
I'd monitor, there isnt that much actual chocolate in a Terry's these days
Edit to add, shes only slightly smaller than either of mine and I wouldnt worry if it were them
 
I would ring the vet to discuss as she is a small dog but we have had Labs eat a whole box of Milk Tray between them with no ill effects, whatsoever. Can't remember how many Labs, tbh 4or 5? I do remember having to apologise to the Aunt whose Christmas present they were intended to be and replace after Christmas.
 
My old JRT who was about 5kg ate a whole chocolate orange years ago. I called the vet and they took her in gave an emetic and then I had to give charcoal in her food for 3 days to absorb toxins. They said as it was milk chocolate it was less dangerous but not safe to leave.
She was known after that as "the chocolate orange dog". No vet will mind a call.
 
Have phoned vet, they said as she is unlikely to have eaten all of it (particularly with the fatty beagle about) they would advise monitoring for now but take her straight in if she shows symptoms.

beagle is 27kg so they are not worried about him at all.
And before anyone has a go i will say that whilst we call him fatty he is only slightly overweight, he is not in anyway obese, he is very heavily built and got the broadest chest ive ever seen on a beagle, his regular vet is not worried about his weight at all.
 
Hope they’re both ok, Conniegirl.

How tall is your beagle?! My oversize turbo springers are 25kg at most and they’re huge. I always think of beagles as smallish dogs.
 
My collie years ago ate a pack of celebrations. I was obviously worried and I cant remember if he pooped or vom'd but either way when the came out they were all still wrapped :D
My minihound (fox x Russell x beagle I think) used to open my kitchen door when I was out and get in the freezer, shes a real thing for Ben and Jerry ice cream but would also scoff any meat and just discard frozen veg.
Last time she did it, she hid a full chicken in her bed and got it out hours later. Meanwhile my spaniel was delighted she'd got in the toy cupboard and was showing us all her treasure :p
 
I'm glad your vet agrees with me. She should be fine since it was milk chocolate and beagle helped eat it. She might have some vomiting or diarrhea but if she was going to show the other signs you would have noticed by now.
 
Cinnamontoast said:
Hope they’re both ok, Conniegirl.

How tall is your beagle?! My oversize turbo springers are 25kg at most and they’re huge. I always think of beagles as smallish dogs.
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he is much taller and broader than a normal beagle, certainly taller than any spaniel we have come accross on a walk. If we didnt have his papers we would question if he were actually purebred
Not the best photo but gives an impression of his size. His ribs can be easily felt with only slight pressure, same with his spine, he is just enormously deep4D6FF129-BC55-40CB-BA98-B2B661B8D866.jpeg

when we got him 7 years ago he was 32kg and was obese!
 
Cinnamontoast said:
That is a massive beagle! I've never seen such a deep chested one!
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Weve not seen one like him either, he is certainly not breed standard! I think he was meant to be a much taller dog but his legs didnt grow. He often gets mistaken for a crossbred.
we got him because he is such a lovely dog not because he is a purebred so we dont mind.
He is 10 now and happily follows Cobbus and I out on 10 to 15 mile hacks
 
Roxylola said:
He looks bassety almost with his depth
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Its not the first time someone has said that, normally asking if he is a basset cross. Though he isn’t as wrinkly, long eared as heavy boned as a basset.
ETA no symptoms, vomiting or diarrhoea from either dog.
None expected from Jezza, he has a cast iron constitution. Being eagled eyed about Daisy as she is so new to us but she is currently asleep on sofa
 
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It's all the same base isnt it, some are sportier some are chunkier. I see more beagle than anything else, so I'd not have said basset x but maybe a little throwback to a great great great ancestor or sonething
 
Roxylola said:
It's all the same base isnt it, some are sportier some are chunkier. I see more beagle than anything else, so I'd not have said basset x but maybe a little throwback to a great great great ancestor or sonething
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True!
he is definitely some sort of throwback. Absolutely lovely dog though.
Daisy is a Border terrier, so far also a super doggy
 
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Last week my 2 managed to eat a box of Thorntons between them. Both medium sized dogs neither showed any ill effects. I think the higher the cocoa solids the more likelihood of there being a problem.
 
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