On Sep 1, 6:20*pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> Kathleen wrote:
> > dsi1 wrote:
>
> >> James Silverton wrote:
>
> >>> Hello All!
>
> >>> When I was growing up I was not told that chocolate was bad for dogs.
> >>> Not that my Border collie got much but I swear he could hear someone
> >>> unwrapping a chocolate bar from a quarter mile. We horrible kids
> >>> would tease him by crumpling a piece of aluminum foil. Anyway, look
> >>> at this:
> >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8232569.stm
>
> >> I heard this too when I was growing up. Now I find that this is not
> >> true and it's only some dogs that will kick the bucket from kidney
> >> failure when given chocolate. The problem is that nobody wants to say
> >> which dogs can and cannot tolerate chocolate. That's the breaks.
>
> > It's not the kidneys that are affected. *It's the nervous system,
> > cardiovascular system and peripheral nerves. *And it's not a question of
> > which dog (as if some are invulnerable), it's how much chocolate and at
> > what concentration.
>
> * Our pup is going to training at Pet Smart. The teacher there told us
> that the chocolate can stay in their system for years affecting their
> organs many years after they eat the chocolate.
>
> Our guy lived to be almost 16. I don't think the Hershey's kisses he ate
> * when he was 9 could have possible killed him 9 years later. Who knows?
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
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Have you started the classes yet? We just acquired a German Shepherd
puppy, Bella. She's about 9-10 weeks now, and I plan on her taking
obedience classes soon, and wondering if you are happy with their
program...