Most dog owners are aware that chocolate should not be given to pets. We hide our chocolate treats in high cabinets and sealed containers because we know that it be harmful if they can be absorbed by our animals. But if what a chocolate bar is within reach of the dog left, and you come home to find an empty shell? What happens if your dog a piece of chocolate, which is dropped to the floor while you bake eat? We know that chocolate is harmful, but we need to know,To take care amounts to look for the signs, and what kind of treatment in the event that our dogs and chocolate find to do with each other.
The chemical compound that chocolate is toxic to animals (yes, dogs and cats) and horses, is theobromine. Theobromine, found in the products of the cacao tree is a xanthine (compound belonging to the same family as caffeine and theophylline, a substance found in tea). Pets metabolism of this chemical very slowly, and it affects their hearts,central nervous system and kidneys. As a rule, even if it can, depending on the size of individual sensitivity, it takes a hundred to one hundred-fifty milligrams of theobromine per kilogram of body weight of the dog (2.2 Pound's) are up to a toxic reaction. Now, depending theobromine, which in different kinds of chocolate, pralines, as some have a higher cocoa content than others.
Milk chocolate has about forty to four milligrams per thoebromineOunces semi-sweet chocolate has one hundred and fifty milligrams per ounce, and baker's chocolate three hundred and ninety milligrams per ounce. During the transition can be difficult, especially when you are panicking because your pup just ate your daughter candy bar, here is a guide to follow. Grob said, would be a toxic dose: one ounces chocolate per one pound of dog body weight for milk chocolate, one ounce of chocolate per three pounds of dogBody weight for semi-sweet chocolate and one ounce per nine pounds of dog body weight for bakers chocolate. For example, a two-ounce squares of baker's chocolate is a great danger caused by a fifteen pound dog. However, a two-ounce piece of milk chocolate would only mild digestive problems can. It would take two or three milk chocolate candy bars, fifteen pounds of poison dog.
Early signs of theobromine poisoning in your dog canare vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness and increased urination. If your dog have these symptoms, immediately contact your veterinarian. If left untreated, theobromine can cause increased heart rate, muscle tremors, convulsions, coma and even death. You may even want to the treatment before the symptoms manifest themselves in the event that you have your dog release a harmful amount included chocolate, because early treatment is best. Dogs and chocolate can be a veryscary combination, all you can do to ensure that the two remain separate.
There is no 'antidote' for chocolate poisoning in dogs. The best means of treatment include vomiting and administering activated charcoal. In order to induce vomiting, use three percent hydrogen peroxide, and manage one or two teaspoons by mouth every fifteen minutes until vomiting begins. You can also use Ipecac; manage two or three teaspoons of only once. EnabledCoal, which is usually administered by a veterinarian, is a powder of processed charcoal binds many types of poisons, they hold before absorbed into the bloodstream of the dog. In general it is a good result if the dog can be treated within three to five hours after ingestion, but the effects of chocolate can last upwards of twelve hours, which means that the animal must be taken to a hospital.
Knowing the signs of chocolate poisoning and the toxic dose isany kind of chocolate that your dog can be very useful in determining whether your dog needs medical treatment for the consumption of chocolate. Although small amounts of chocolate may be safe to eat for your dog, it is best to avoid chocolate, your animal at all. Dogs and chocolate, two of the greatest gifts of life, are carefully separated from each other.
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