My dog just ate about 8 semi-sweet chocolate covered strawberries. He is around 20 lbs. Should I force him to throw up? Is this serious enough to take him to the vet? Pic related
Couldn't hurt, but this is really the wrong place to ask.
The lethal dose depends on the size of the dog and the type of chocolate. The killer serving is approximately one ounce of milk chocolate, one-third ounce of semisweet chocolate, or one-tenth ounce of baker's chocolate per pound of dog.
If your dog ate more than this, you need to induce vomiting by giving him 2-3 tbsp of hydrogen peroxide by mouth. Wait 15 minutes, then repeat if he doesn't vomit. This will bring up the contents of his stomach.
>>18050030
Take him to the vet, now.
>>18050030
GO TO THE VET, DON'T RISK YOUR DOGGOS LIFE
Your dog would have to eat the equivalent of about 10 hershey's bars for it to kill it. I HIGHLY doubt there was 20oz of chocolate on those strawberrys.
>>18050030
force it to drink peroxide (look it up first just incase) or take it to the vet.
Bitch ate my chocolate too.