Our 3,5 month old lab puppy managed to steal a whole chocolate bar (180g milk chocolate) while we moved christmas packages around and ate it whole.
We force-fed a handful of salt to him immediately after noticing what had happened and he vomited almost all of it out. I called a vet and got instructions to give medicinal coal and monitor closely if any symptoms appear.
It’s been several hours now and he’s pretty much back to normal, a bit beaten up due to vomiting and upset stomach, but at least so far seems like nothing permanent happened. He’s got a vet scheduled anyways in few days for other stuff so he’ll get checked up at the same time.
The kind (Fazer blue) our puppy got is not really fancy by our standards, but it’s still 30% cocoa and (according to vet) if left untreated death was at least a strong risk and it can cause permanent problems with the heart and other stuff. Vet recommended immediate visit unless the dog vomits and they could’ve induced vomiting with some medicine, but the sooner it gets out of stomach the better so the salt did what it was supposed to.
Obviously it’s not pleasant to the dog, but feeling ill for a while is still way better outcome of this.
Yeah, that’s 3x a standard Hershey’s…
Plus being a puppy too, you did the right thing calling.