Last night, we guesstimate that our dog ate up to 12 Hershey Kisses. K brought her upstairs to me and said, “Guess what she just did? She ate 12 HERSHEY KISSES!!” Holly (the dog) snuffled in her endearing way, pretty much clueless to the fact that I reminded her about. Me: “Holly, you dummy! Chocolate can kill dogs!!” (Again, picture her cute, hairy, and unconcerned)
The real culprit; our darling daughter, always the completer of tasks, long before they are due and her bag of prematurely finished Valentines for her class, left untended in the floor. Each Valentine had a special note and included a fun size bag of 3 Kisses. This special bag of goodies was left next to her backpack ready to be taken to school. The mudroom door was open and Holly managed to tear into the bag and gorge herself on chocolate.
After reading about chocolate online, (luckily milk chocolate is less toxic than dark, see here-Doggy Chocolate Chart) converting ounces of Kisses to her weight, and gauging her behavior, we decided to wait it out to see if she displayed any symptoms. She didn’t. I feel fortunate that she is ok for several reasons, one- we like having her around and two- the only thing worse than a midnight trip to the E.R. is a midnight trip to the doggy E.R.
Laters.
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