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The Easter Bunny may be around the corner, so you need to hide those eggs and baskets well from the kiddies and the doggies.
If you have baskets with the plastic shredding filler, your dog may want a nibble, so again, keep them out of reach of your dog.
If you are planning an Easter Egg Hunt for your family, make sure the hiding spots are inaccessible to your dog, or keep your dog in another area of the house.
A good idea, too, is to keep track of where you hide the goodies, so you know that all have been found.
If you are painting Easter Eggs, be sure to clean up thoroughly so your dog does not do it for you.
If you are having company over or are going to someone’s house and bringing the dog, ask everyone to not feed your dog any human food. You will have to deal with the consequences of your dog possibly getting sick. The fat and sugar in chocolate can create an unpleasant but temporary upset stomach. This is what happens in most chocolate ingestion cases.
Chocolate is, however, directly toxic because of the theobromine.
The more chocolate liquor there is in a product, the more theobromine is present. This makes baking chocolate the worst for pets, followed by semisweet and dark chocolate, followed by milk chocolate, followed by chocolate flavoured cakes or cookies.
Theobromine causes:
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Hyperactivity
Tremors
Seizures
Racing heart rhythm progressing to abnormal rhythms
Death in severe cases
It takes nearly 4 days for the effects of chocolate to work its way out of a dog’s system. If the chocolate was only just eaten, it is possible to induce vomiting; otherwise, hospitalization and support are needed until the chocolate has worked its way out of the system.
If you know your dog has eaten chocolate and is showing any of the above mentioned signs, best to take you to your vet right away!
This article is written by or on behalf of an outsourced columnist and does not necessarily reflect the views of Castanet.
