I just went into the kitchen and found a cadbury egg wrapper on the floor that Hayden apparently ate! I'm freaking out because chocolate isn't good for dog's! He weigh's 26 lbs, is this going to hurt him??? what signs should I look out for?? I'm like freaking out

Was it milk or dark chocolate? Dark is worse for them. I would think he would be fine if it was milk, not sure about dark. You can give him a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide to make him throw it up.

it was milk chocolate

Kelly, I looked it up because I was curious! You have nothing to worry about. Your 27 pound dog would need to eat about 27 ounces of milk chocolate for anything tragic to be taking place. One of those eggs is only about 1.3 ounces! No need to worry I'm sure Hayden will be just fine . The sources I found say that in order for milk chocolate to be toxic, the dog would have to consume the same number of ounces that the dog weighs in pounds.

Correction: 26 pound dog would need to eat 26 ounces for anything bad to happen

Thank you
I ended up calling the Emergency Vet right before reading this post and they said the same thing thankfully! They said he would probably vomit, but thankfully didn't do that!
Suck's because that was my cadbury egg lol

Girl go buy another one! They are delicious! Darn you Hayden

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Girl go buy another one! They are delicious! Darn you Hayden

i know right!!! actually that was the first thing i said when i saw it, then it clicked "oh sh*t chocolate is poisonous!" *freaked out* then i'm like "damn, i want my cadbury egg!"

Ha! Yum - cadbury egg.

For future reference, if it's something that won't hurt on the way back up (bones, sharp objects, chemicals), make him vomit.

Frosti ate a piece of gum hubby didn't see (sugar free anything is toxic to dogs) - so we gave her 1 tsp per 10 lbs of weight to make her vomit. It happens fairly quickly - in between 5 and 10 min after ingestion. I mix it with pumpkin or some mashed fruit to mask the taste.

great tip! Thanks!