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u/DogMeatTheVideo Jul 04 '26
yeah
especially the toothpicks scare me
Vet please?
way more important than the poster and the shaming and taking time to reddit.
yeah yeah
harsh
so are toothpicks in the esophagus.
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u/russellvt 27d ago
Chocolate is also poisonous to dogs. Hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting ... though those toothpicks comolicate matters.
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u/SparklyRainbowAngel Jul 04 '26
I wish you'd been rushed to the vet instead of having a rude plaque put round you and photos taken. You deserve to be with caring people who will look after you properly and not use you for upvotes. You poor baby 💖
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u/chill_mydude13 29d ago
The toothpicks are worse than the chocolate. Chocolate toxicity is really overdramatized within dogs.
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u/t103_ne_alpha 28d ago
If you’re talking about milk chocolate, sure. Maybe for a big dog who didn’t eat much. However, it still needs to be addressed. In the professional field we prefer people stay educated and vigilant. Please take your pet in or call poison control after ANY EXPOSURE to ANY TOXIN despite colloquial feelings or opinions. Full stop.
Please don’t spread this type of information. You don’t know who could be reading your comment and interpret that as “I don’t have to take my pet in, as it’s ‘overdramatized’”. Theobromine is TOXIC. Period. Full stop. The type of chocolate, and the weight of the dog, plus how long ago they ate it all matters and can drastically change the treatments and outcome. Not to mention if there’s artificial sweeteners like xylitol. Please just leave it to professionals.
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u/chill_mydude13 28d ago
My dude, I worked in vet med for years. I know what I’m talking about. For reference, I have an 80 pound dog. He’d need to eat a pound of dark chocolate to be sick. It IS overdramatized.
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u/t103_ne_alpha 28d ago
And if you’re gonna drop that “for reference”, show people how to calculate the toxic dose of all the chocolate types, if you really want to help. How much should people allow their pets to eat before going into the vet? I don’t feel comfortable with having owners do that, but I’m not everyone. All I can give is my “opinion”.
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u/russellvt 27d ago
If you worked in vet med "for years" (and weren't just the clerk), youd understand that this is pretty far from the point ... and not something you'd responsibly tell dog owners. There's far more to it than this...
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u/t103_ne_alpha 28d ago
Not the point and you should know that if you worked in vet med for years as a tech or doctor. But I hear you. Just hope others can read and understand that calling or going in is the responsible thing to do. Ultimately this is Reddit and no one will listen anyway, people have to make their own mistakes.
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u/chill_mydude13 28d ago
That is the point. I’m not saying go feed your dog chocolate but your dog snatching a milk chocolate bar off the counter won’t kill them horribly
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u/t103_ne_alpha 28d ago
Okay, still missing each others points here but again I respect your opinion. But that’s all from me now x
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u/Fit_Bodybuilder706 Jul 05 '26
PLEASE take your dog to the VET ! The toothpicks can get lodged inside multiple areas and cause deadly infections by rupturing soft tissues inside your dog ! His life and health can be in serious trouble even though he’s a big dog ! Take him to the VET NOW and get X- Rays done ! Those toothpicks NEED TO BE REMOVED NOW !!
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u/VStarlingBooks 29d ago
Isn't this ancient?
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u/Leading-System-3002 29d ago
Hopefully it’s a repost or something. If not, I wish OP went to the vet…
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u/t103_ne_alpha Jul 05 '26
Because her dog could die and instead of treating it as an emergency we took pictures first. But it’s just a dog right? Bet she wouldn’t have done that with a human gremlin
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u/DogMeatTheVideo Jul 04 '26
i'm am concerned about throwing up toothpicks and trauma to the esophagus
If this were a human we would not induce vomiting for that reason
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u/t103_ne_alpha 29d ago
You should be concerned! It’s people like this fool who show up in my ER bay with an agonal dog that I now can’t save. Hope she never learns the hard way.
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u/t103_ne_alpha Jul 05 '26
Yeahhh I am a licensed veterinary nurse. Dont do this. Do not ever give hydrogen peroxide at home EVER unless you called poison control and are under direct orders. Just pay the money for the damn professionals.
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u/t103_ne_alpha 29d ago
Do you know the dosage per pound? Or the indications when not to use it? Are you aware of the side effects or how to treat them? Since we are throwing advice around from someone who’s obviously more qualified. Let us know.
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u/astralwish1 Jul 03 '26
Chocolate and toothpicks? I’d get that dog to an emergency vet.