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My dog ate chocolate candy. Will she be okay? What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Pit Bull Terrier | Female | 3 years and 7 months old | 70 lbs

I got home from work to find my 3 year old pit bull (weighing about 65-75 lbs.) had gotten into my candy stash consisting of a quarter of a bag of fun size Kit Kat's, as well as a half of bag of Hershey cherry filled kisses. What should i do? What signs should I look for? Or will she be ok?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on January 19th, 2018

Ozzie is such a beautiful girl, but she was very naughty to eat all that candy! Luckily Kit Kats and Hershey kisses do not contain a lot of chocolate, and with her weight and the amount she ate, she likely did not consume enough to cause a severe toxic reaction. You could see a mild reaction including vomiting, diarrhea, increased urination, and increased heart rate. If you do see the GI signs I mentioned, withhold food for 12-24 hours, then feed a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) and white rice in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in her normal diet. If the vomiting continues in the absence of food, she vomits the bland diet, develops diarrhea, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, she will need to see a vet right away. Now sometimes dogs will react differently to chocolate, and a smaller amount can cause a more severe reaction. Watch for muscle tremors, seizures, and a racing heart rate. Should you see any of those signs, take Ozzie into a vet immediately. Keep in mind it can take up to 24 hours for signs of chocolate toxicity to occur, so watch over her tonight and all tomorrow. Hopefully she will be just fine. I hope this helps, good luck!

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    Answered By Emily, DVM

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    Published on November 3rd, 2017

    Hello I would bet your dog will have some diarrhea and potentially vomiting from eating all the candy but it is likely she won't have chocolate toxicity. She's still in the window where she could be made to vomit to try and limit the absorption of the chocolate but you'd likely need to take her to an emergency clinic for that. If you can't take her in or get bed to vomit at home, and she does have vomiting, diarrhea for more than a few times and/or seems uncomfortable/weak I recommend having your veterinarian check her off.

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