Big Badger House (aka Noisy Lodger) HE'S GONE!

adouglasmhor

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Chocolate is toxic to cats and even moreso to dogs so please try to keep it away from them

My dog would have to eat over a pound of dark chocolate to be at risk of death. who would give a pound of chocolate to a dog? White chocolate is relatively safe as it doenst actualy contain chocolate just has traces in it.
It's not good for them but it's been exagerated over the years.
Dogs are more at risk that cats as most cats can't taste sweetness.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/pets/chocolate-chart-interactive

Ellie2758

But why is BL crying? What's up hon?

ah, now I see. Didnt realise it was a link.

But all that aside, I thought your only family was an aged aunt...

confused of kent

Badger_Lady

Nah, I have a sister who lives in England but worked over Christmas, one (young and pretty!) Aunt up north and the rest of the family in the South of France

BigGuns has confirmed, following negotiation, that he'll be here 2pm Saturday. He's booked 'a ride' so all sounds pretty sold.

faerie~spangles

Purleeeeeeeeeeeze set up web cams so we can have a giggle.;)

~Chameleon~

adouglasmhor wrote: »

My dog would have to eat over a pound of dark chocolate to be at risk of death. who would give a pound of chocolate to a dog? White chocolate is relatively safe as it doenst actualy contain chocolate just has traces in it.
It's not good for them but it's been exagerated over the years.
Dogs are more at risk that cats as most cats can't taste sweetness.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/pets/chocolate-chart-interactive

It's the theobromine which is toxic and yes, the darker the chocolate (higher cocoa content) the more lethal it is. I have no idea of the size of your particular dog but I've had dogs die from relatively small amounts of chocolate. One particular case was of a border collie (so weight of approx 20kg) who died after consuming a single 100g bar of 85% dark chocolate.

BitterAndTwisted

Badger_Lady wrote: »

BigGuns has confirmed, following negotiation, that he'll be here 2pm Saturday. He's booked 'a ride' so all sounds pretty solid.

I don't believe a single word of that. I second the demand for webcams, photographs and audio recordings simultaneously or I won't accept it as having happened.

adouglasmhor

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

It's the theobromine which is toxic and yes, the darker the chocolate (higher cocoa content) the more lethal it is. I have no idea of the size of your particular dog but I've had dogs die from relatively small amounts of chocolate. One particular case was of a border collie (so weight of approx 20kg) who died after consuming a single 100g bar of 85% dark chocolate.

The chart I linked to works by weight and type of chocolate. Thank you for explaining what I had already posted a link to, my dog is around 37kg.

Actualy that fits with the chart as with 100% cocoa at 20 kg of dog the figure given is 77.6g So 85% of 100g is over this.

jayss

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I don't believe a single word of that. I second the demand for webcams, photographs and audio recordings simultaneously or I won't accept it as having happened.

Totally, we need a reality show finale atmosphere, davina interviewing and booming voice man narrating.

Ellie2758

jayss wrote: »

Totally, we need a reality show finale atmosphere, davina interviewing and booming voice man narrating.

:rotfl::T:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Oh yes, I think so.

19lottie82

Right I need to step back from this thread - had a dream I was the new lodger in BL's house last night!