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My puppy ate a milk chocolate Hershey's Kiss. Is it dangerous?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 26 days old | 10 lbs

12 week puppy(Australian shepherd/lab) is 10 pounds and ate a milk chocolate hershey kiss. What do I do?

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Answered By Lauren Jones VMD

Veterinarian

Published on April 15th, 2021

There's no need to panic! One milk chocolate Hershey's kiss does not contain nearly enough caffeine and theobromine to cause any significant problems for Maze. At the worst, she may experience a little bit of stomach upset with vomiting and diarrhea in a day or two. Had she eaten baker's chocolate, cocoa powder, or very dark chocolate, I'd be very concerned, as the caffeine and theobromine in these types of chocolate can cause cardiac and neurologic issues. After this tiny amount of milk chocolate, there's nothing you need to do!

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    Answered By Jessica Keay, DVM

    Veterinarian

    Published on June 4th, 2017

    In a dog this size, 11 ounces of milk chocolate should only result in mild GI symptoms which could include diarrhea, vomiting, and mild shaking. If your dog develops more severe symptoms such as tremors/seizures, rapid heart rate, or hyperactivity then emergency veterinary care is needed, but based on the information you have provided that is unlikely.

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    Answered By Claudia Fioravanti

    Veterinarian

    Published on March 29th, 2019

    Hi, you are still in time to have vomiting induced to avoid toxicity, so I would personally take her to her regular vets to have this induced. The amount of chocolate ingested is small but she is also a small dog and therefore symptoms of moderate intoxication could occur, i.e. vomiting and diarrhoea, shaking and possibly escalating to tremors seizures , fast and irregular heart bit. Hope this helps and that all goes well in the end.

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