[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Treacle fudge Recipes

[Shaun Hately]

On 12 Jun 2003 at 2:37, Ripleywriter at aol.com wrote:

> 
> ....Wow. Wowy wow. Lots of links! I had no idea it was so easy, I just might 
> make me a batch of fudge. :-)  
> 
> So, I'm a bit confused, though--it *has* chocolate in it? 'Cause I've heard 
> many times you're not supposed to feed chocolate to dogs, it can kill them, 
> because to them it's a poison, and it's also one for us, but it's not strong 
> enough to kill us (strong enough to kill dogs, though).

Chocolate contains theobromine. If too much theobromine builds up in a mammal's 
system, it can lead to cardiac arrest. Humans metabolise theobromine pretty quickly - 
dogs do so only slowly - but they can metabolise it.

For a dog to die of chocolate poisoning it needs to have a reasonably large amount in a 
reasonably short time. If a dog only has a small amount of chocolate, it's not likely to do 
any harm. You should certainly avoid giving a dog chocolate - there's no sense in 
playing around with amounts - but plenty of dogs have had chocolate over the years with 
no ill effects.

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