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Why is Chocolate Bad for Dogs? (2016x169)

Air date: Aug 18, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Is a Dogs Mouth Cleaner than a Humans Mouth https://youtu.be/kQ92UH-1wl8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF The Exploding Anti-Tank Dogs of World War II https://youtu.be/9n-JyUV1gzo?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2yEk58fgohft2Z1nhcmwis In this video: Chocolate contains an alkaloid called “theobromine”. Theobromine is in the same family as caffeine and is a type of stimulant (they both are mythylxanines). Theobromine stimulates the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, and causes a slightly increases blood pressure. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/02/why-chocolate-is-bad-for-dogs/ Sources: http://www.talktothevet.com/ARTICLES/DOGS/chocolatetoxic.HTM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_in_cocoa_production http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/nutritiondogs/a/chocolatetoxici.htm http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-dog-poisoning.shtml http://www.dogownersdigest.com/news/library/chocolate-poisoning-dog-care.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobromine http://www.almightydad.com/behavior/8-people-foods-your-dog-should-not-eat