11 Foods Your Pet Should NEVER eat

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11. Chocolate

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Just like coffee, chocolate contains methlyxanthines. This substance can cause diarrhea, panting, vomiting, abnormal heart rhythm, excessive thirst and urination, seizures, tremors and death.

Dark chocolate is more dangerous than milk chocolate and baking chocolate contains the highest amounts of methlyxanthines.

Reviewed and approved by Dr. David L. Roberts, DVM

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