Trip to the vet - chocolate eating dog

So Thursday night was eventful!

On our return from Tribeca we discovered that Bones had sniffed out a bar of dark chocolate that was in my handbag and had eaten the whole lot!!

I went on the Internet to investigate how poisonous chocolate is for dogs.  It seemed that the darker the chocolate the more toxic it is - unfortunately it was an 85% bar of chocolate.

I rang the emergency vet in UCD and they asked me what weight the dog was and how much he ate.  They then asked how soon could we get in to them.  I told them we would be there in less than 30 minutes.

When we arrived at the hospital, Bones was immediately weighed and then taken in to have vomiting induced.  The poor little guy!

It all took about a half an hour and we then were given him back to take home.  He was in a right state - a little quivering mess.

Here he is all wrapped up in a towel trying to go asleep.

He had a little bit of an unsettled night and got up at 3.30am for a huge drink of water.  Then the next day we went to his vet to get a check up.  All was fine - but the vet did warn me that they regularly get repeat offenders and that it wouldn't cure him of his desire for chocolate!!

When I visited our regular vet he expressed how dangerous it would have been if we hadn't brought Bones in to get treatment - it was potentially fatal!!

And here he is - full of beans and can't wait to get out of the clinic!

What a little boldie!  But in fairness it could have been a whole lot worse.......it doesn't bear thinking about what could have transpired if we didn't get to the vets in a speedy manner.