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Originally Posted by Luffy
Chocolate is toxic. The lethal dose for a human is about 22 pounds.
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Lethal dose for dogs is much, *much* smaller
Theobromine Oral toxicity (mg/kg) - median lethal dose, LD50 (means half the test subject die at this dose)
Cat 200 mg/kg
Dog 300 mg/kg
Human ~1,000 mg/kg
0.4 ounces (11 g) of baker's chocolate would be enough to produce mild symptoms in a 20-pound (9.1 kg) dog
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The toxic dose for cats is even lower than for dogs. However, cats are less prone to eating chocolate since they are unable to taste sweetness
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Artificial sweetener Xylithol is acutely toxic for dogs. A single chewing gum sweetened by Xylitol can make a dog very severely ill.