It's a well known fact that dogs plus chocolate do not equal a happy combination. In fact, dogs plus human chocolate is a definite no no. Do NOT give your dog chocolate. Of course, the same could be said for children (I hear sugar highs are the bane of mothers' lives) but that's not my domain...
Even though they seem like a throwback to a bygone era, there's a good reason Good Boy doggy chocs were invented...we can't eat the stuff that you lot consume by the lorry load each year, particularly at Easter and Christmas.
And if you don't believe me, ask a vet. Or an insurance company. According to Halifax Pet Insurance, claims are going through the roof because owners are feeding their pet pooches chocolate and/or beer amongst other things. Not, I hope, at the same time. They're all very bad news for your best friend. It's no way to treat us, is it? And we all end up paying, one way or another.
I, of course, have eaten human chocolate, much to the Mistress' dismay. Each time she has called the emergency vet, fearing the very worst. Once, I even managed to eat a whole box of Celebrations, wrappers and all, without flinching! They were locked up in her other half's workbag but I managed to sniff them out. To this day, they cannot work out how I achieved such cunning and dexterity but I keep my Houdini-like handiwork to myself.
So guys, this Easter, stuff your face if you want to but keep the hounds away from the dark stuff. It's lethal - potentially fatal.
You have been warned!
Woof Woof
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