Most likely a stupid worry - dog related

[TrickyBob]

I had a bar of dark chocolate and the dog got the wrapper; in the bottom of the wrapper were the little shavings of chocolate. But I had found her licking the wrapper, when I picked it up, a lot of the shavings were still at the bottom. 

She's about 50lbs; it's not like she ate even a square of it, more so licked the wrapper/might have got a crumb or two. 

She'll be okay right? I know dark chocolate is bad for dogs but I'm not sure what amount is bad. 

I'm overreacting, yes?

[junieolive]

I think she will be fine,you can watch her for a little while,bit that little amount shouldn't be an issue.

[Deleted]

In general one ounce of chocolate per ten pounds of body weight OS where the dog can start becoming sick.

[dirtyred]

My 14 pound dog ate a Snickers bar last week and was fine; I'm sure yours will be okay as well.

[pinkflats]

I have two 15 pound min pins and they ate an entire bag of Dove dark chocolates with caramel in them. They were super sick, but it was because the dummies ate the foil too. They have had various amounts of chocolate in a variety of forms and have never had any issues.

[fuckyourcouch]

she'll be fine. that's not anywhere near enough to cause a problem for a dog that size.

meanwhile, my 30 pound asshole dog ate an entire chocolate bar when we weren't home once, and didn't even blink.

[midnightmare81]

I think your doggie will be fine. Sounds like shes plenty big enough to have a few shavings and have no issues. Just watch and make sure her heart isn't racing. Plenty of dogs (as shown above) eat chocolate and don't get sick. I had one that did, and you could diffidently tell.
In the future if she eats something she shouldn't and you catch it quick, you can give her a couple TBS of hydrogen peroxide to make her throw it up. Just make sure to keep her outside until she is done!

[chalupabatman]

Jan 22, 2013 9:39:58 GMT -5 pinkflats said:

I have two 15 pound min pins and they ate an entire bag of Dove dark chocolates with caramel in them. They were super sick, but it was because the dummies ate the foil too. They have had various amounts of chocolate in a variety of forms and have never had any issues.

Chocolate is highly toxic to dogs, especially dark chocolate. 

Moonbeam, I wouldn't worry.  We had a similar incident last week and our dog has been completely ok (she ate a dark chocolate wrapper).  Dark chocolate is more dangerous but it sounds like she had a really, really minimal quantity if anything.  If you catch it in time you can also make them puke with hydrogen peroxide.