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From what I understand, chocolate will not kill a dog--- just cause 
brain damage if taken in sufficient quantities. Sooo perhaps if your dog 
is barking at an invisible foe...can't remember where he lives... or 
doesn't recognize you some day... you have your answer! ;-)
Bette, who's Irish Setter got into a whole box of Girl Scout peanut 
butter cookies one time.. and ... well.. lets just say that you could 
free style roller skate in the bedroom with no skates!!! :-)

Chris Paus wrote:

> Barbara, I had a German Shepard who was incorrigble
> about taking food. One day I came home and found out
> she had eaten all the contents of a 2 pound box of
> Russel Stover chocolates. She was not sick.
>
> Another time she got into candy bars my son was
> selling for his baseball team. $`1 a bar. I had to pay
> the team $19 for the bars Willa ate!
>
> She never got sick.
>
> I know it is dangerous and I keep it away from dogs
> now, but apparently some dogs can handle it.
>
> Willa lived to be almost 16... ancient for a GSD.
>
> chris
>
> --- Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > One morning, several years ago, after the annual
> > Easter Egg Hunt at our house (Grandpa is the Easter
> > Bunny), the grandkids had missed numerous
> > foil-wrapped chocolate eggs.  Our Border Collie, who
> > is your basic glutton and will eat anything that
> > isn't nailed down, had sniffed out the chocolate
> > eggs and had scarfed them down.  I found the results
> > all over the garage floor.......lots of mucous and
> > about 12 different-colored pieces of foil.  Casey is
> > still alive and kicking!
> >
> > Barbara
> >  ----- Original Message ----- 
> >  From: GarnerT 
> >  To: Barbara McCrary 
> >  Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:25 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [RC] Grapes-toxic?
> >
> >
> >  Barbara:
> >
> >  In our local newspaper, there is a vet column & I
> > was extremely surprised to read that raisins are
> > deadly to dogs - like chocolate.  I can't remember
> > if they affect the liver or the kidneys.  I
> > immediately called my mother-in-law who give her big
> > yellow lab raisins!  Grapes are fine for dogs, but
> > not raisins.
> >
> >  Kathy Garner
> >    ----- Original Message ----- 
> >    From: Barbara McCrary 
> >    To: Jim Ingersoll ; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >    Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 8:55 PM
> >    Subject: Re: [RC] Grapes-toxic?
> >
> >
> >    Raisins (or grapes?) deadly to dogs?  That's
> > odd, because our Border Collie loves grapes (and
> > apples and nectarines), and he isn't dead yet. 
> > Maybe raisins have something in them that grapes
> > don't?
> >
> >    Barbara
> >      ----- Original Message ----- 
> >      From: Jim Ingersoll 
> >      To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >      Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 12:18 PM
> >      Subject: [RC] Grapes-toxic?
> >
> >
> >      I,ve got a neighbor who has a few thompson
> > seedless grapevines hanging over the fence. The
> > grapes are fabulous and Lancer loves them but I'm
> > hesitant to let him have too many.  I know raisins
> > can be deadly to dogs, anyone know about horses?
> >      Jim Ingersoll
> >      Jinger48@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >    
>
>
> =====
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>
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