reply to jacksmom,be verrrrrry!!!carefulllllll!!!!!about feeding them chocilate chip cookies,I nearly killed bear accidentally about 4 months ago this way,they contain a chemical called theobromide which will cause them to go into shock and die, the closer it is to bakeing chocolate, the more theobromide,and chocolate chip cookies are baked!!!
It doesn't have to do with the fact that the chocolate is baked. It has to do with the concentration of Cocoa. ie: Bakers Chocolate has a VERY high concentration of cocoa (And not much else, hence the bitter taste). I found a chart I had book marked.
List of 4 items
. White chocolate: 200 ounces per pound of body weight. It takes
250 pounds of white chocolate to cause signs of poisoning in a 20-pound dog,125 pounds for a 10-pound dog.
. Milk chocolate: 1 ounce per pound of body weight. Approximately
one pound of milk chocolate is poisonous to a 20-pound dog; one-half pound for a 10-pound dog. The average chocolate bar contains 2 to 3 ounces of milk chocolate. It would take 2-3 candy bars to poison a 10 pound dog. Semi-sweet chocolate has a similar toxic level.
. Sweet cocoa: 0.3 ounces per pound of body weight. One-third of
a pound of sweet cocoa is toxic to a 20-pound dog; 1/6 pound for a 10-pound dog.
. Baking chocolate: 0.1 ounce per pound body weight. Two
one-ounce squares of bakers' chocolate is toxic to a 20-pound dog; one ounce for a 10-pound dog. list end
(Take from
http://petcaretips.net/chocolate-poisoning-dog.html )
We once had a 40 pound Cocka poo that ate 15 pounds of Hershey Kisses (Wrappers included) and did nothing but puke them up the next day. My little tubbo Hobo ate about 2 pounds of fudge (And a paper plate) and had the runs in a bad way. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't suggest feeding chocolate on a constant basis, but it isn't nearly as bad as I thought it was when I was growing up.
