oh my -- how can someone, so anonymous, be so confused!!! for the public record - i don't beat, kick, or feed my dog chocolate, grapes, bread, sugar, raisins, poison apples or sumac, dish washing fluid, or any other toxic substance... not usually anyway :) i mean perhaps, once in a while, on her birthday, summer solstice and other special occasions... but a good beating always comes from the heart. it is unfortunate that this happy, healthy, and ever so lovingly trained Labrador lashes out in the form of counter surfing when i'm gone during the day. she can't help it, she's a dog. dogs like to eat. people forget. but alas... just to spur your memories... here is the original post:
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and here, my friends, is the response, crafted with tender - loving - care:
a lot of us don't know this until it is too late. chocolate can be fatal to a dog or a cat. even in small amounts. it's really too bad how you talk about you little blessing. when a dog misbehaves, in this case you could educate yourself on what is poisonous to a dog, it is usually the owner who has not lovingly trained him or her not to act out. a good trainer could be quite helpful. also a puppy's brain doesn't even fully develop until they are 6 months old. i'm sure you love her very much, but i've never heard anyone except those arrested for animal cruelty talk this way....about kicking them around and such.
And, while we're on this topic, here is some info of note:
On average,
Milk chocolate contains 44 mg of theobromine per oz.
Semisweet chocolate contains 150mg/oz.
Baker's chocolate 390mg/oz.
Using a dose of 100 mg/kg as the toxic dose it comes out roughly as:
1 ounce per 1 pound of body weight for Milk chocolate
1 ounce per 3 pounds of body weight for Semisweet chocolate
1 ounce per 9 pounds of body weight for Baker's chocolate.
So, for example, 2 oz. of Baker's chocolate can cause great risk to an 15 lb. dog. Yet, 2 oz. of Milk chocolate usually will only cause digestive problems.
so, in short, my point for those of you who are a bit slow on the uptake, is this:
if you're trying to off your pooch - use Baker's chocolate - in large quantities. and for heaven's sake people, don't use brownies - especially cheesecake ones. save yourself the baking time as you can feed 'em purina, kibbles and bits or even better yet, Old Roy and get similar results. thanks for reading :) and thanks for showing you really, really care.
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have you tried mousetraps on the counter? Although it seems you just love the entertainment of what she's gonna eat next. For the record: my dog DOES NOT counter surf. She would be banned permanently from the kitchen.
heh... i think i'm gonna try a nice jar of pennies. she knocks it off and it scares her.
i did that with a cd tower - she kept scratching the carpet in one spot - so i set up the cd tower so if she moved the carpet, it would come tumbling down. it's small so it wouldn't hurt her but would make lotsa noise. to this day she have not scratched again and still looks at the cd tower with great distrust when she walks by.
she provides loads of entertainment - however the consuming mass quantities of sugar part is not amusing at all - it's scary actually :( hence the nickname - bastard dog :)
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