You do know that chocolate is incredibly poisonous to dogs don't you?
Dogs and chocolate do not mix. Although dogs, like humans, love the taste of chocolate for them consuming it can result in vomiting, diarrhea, hyperactivity, tremors, rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, seizures, respiratory failure, internal bleeding, cardiac arrest and death.
This is because chocolate contains an alkaloid called theobromine, a stimulant found in the cocoa bean which affects the central nervous system and heart. Unfortunately for dogs their digestive system is different to ours and they cannot metabolize it so eating chocolate can result in theobromine poisoning.
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