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| We may feel better when we eat chocolate, but this is a high risk food which companion animals need protection from. |
Easter is almost upon us. Not everyone observes the
religious holiday, but many, many people religiously observe the tradition of
eating chocolate. The problem occurs when such treats find their ways into the
mouths of our companion animals.
This week I spoke to Cathy from Pets4Life about chocolate
toxicity in pets, which you can read here.
The key points are that chocolate can be very toxic to
dogs, the darker the chocolate, the more toxic it is, and that companion
animals aren’t deterred by wrappers. They may not have opposable thumbs but if
there’s a food reward they can unwrap a box of chocolates faster than you can
say “oy, stop unwrapping my chocolates, don’t you know they’re bad for dogs?”.
And if they can’t, many will just eat the wrapper.
SAT is having a slight hiatus over the long weekend as I'm involved in an animal welfare project, but we'll be back online on April 19.
