What should I do if my dog eats chocolate by mistake?

There are many foods that cannot be eaten in a dog's life. When raising a pet dog, owners often give the dog some food that it shouldn't eat because of carelessness. As parents of dogs, you should know that chocolate food is not for pet dogs. However, in daily life, it is inevitable that dogs eat chocolate by mistake, so what should be done when a dog eats chocolate by mistake?

Scientific research has found that chocolate is toxic to dogs, and sometimes even fatal, especially the higher the purity and concentration of chocolate, the more serious the damage to dogs. Chocolate is processed from cocoa beans and contains a variety of methylxanthine derivatives. Caffeine and theobromine belong to this category. These substances can cause many serious health problems for dogs.

Some chocolates on the market now have a particularly high content of such substances, and some types of chocolates have a particularly high content of such substances. Baked chocolate and dark chocolate have high methylxanthine content, while white chocolate has a low content. Studies have found that for a dog of 13 or 14 animals, one milk chocolate is enough to cause symptoms of poisoning. Methylxanthine can stimulate the dog's central nervous system, causing the dog's heart rate to rise sharply, causing a variety of symptoms of poisoning.

Clinical studies have found that when dogs are poisoned by chocolate, the main symptoms are abdominal distension, gastrointestinal discomfort, irritability, increased urination, increased heart rate, moderate to severe anxiety, severe thirst and elevated body temperature. If a similar illness occurs after the dog eats chocolate by mistake, please take the dog to the hospital as soon as possible. If for various reasons, you cannot feel the pet hospital in time, please call the veterinarian first and follow the instructions to rescue the dog. Generally speaking, it can help dogs induce vomiting, or give activated carbon to absorb residual toxins.