• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    The dog would probably be fine. It takes a lot of chocolate to hurt a dog - I was freaking out once when my dog ate some chocolate but I learned that a 30-pound dog would have to eat an entire full-size Hershey’s Bar in order to experience any symptoms at all (and they would be mild and temporary). The same thing is true with onions BTW - fried onions can be dangerous because a dog could conceivably eat a lot, but raw onion isn’t unless the dog eats multiple whole onions for some reason.

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        My dog chewed up some razors once (the sort with lots of blades - I had a fun time making sure each blade was accounted for and he didn’t swallow any) and I thought that was maximal dog silliness, but maybe it was because he liked the taste of the gel. Why would a dog ever eat a whole bra?

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          He was not a discerning creature, I believe he likes to grab things off the washing line, he was also a 65kg Labradoodle (not fat), so didn’t really have trouble with bigish things

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      an entire full-size Hershey’s Bar

      This says nothing. Hershey’s bars have so little cocoa that that they’re not even allowed to be called chocolate in the EU.

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            Beckman explained another reason for the difference in flavor between Hershey’s and European chocolate: “The drivers of our distinctive flavor are the use of higher amounts of milk cooked at a lower temperature so the milk and sugar do not caramelize,” Beckman said, adding that European milk chocolates, because of cooking at a higher temperature, have more caramel flavor notes.

            Interesting. Guess they’re hanging onto the original process due to tradition and the fact that it doesn’t taste bad to everyone anyway

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              Interesting enough for me, the Hersey bars taste like vomit and are inedible to me, but kisses are mostly fine. If I really focus on th kisses flavor, I can still taste the vomit taste, but it’s like 95% less.

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      Milk chocolate has very low toxicity for dogs, it’s the higher cacao content dark chocolate that is a real problem. Regarding onions, while the issue is common to all alliums, garlic is the most dangerous, with toxicity starting at just 5mg per kg