A VET has urged pet lovers to take the right steps when their dog finds itself in a chocolate emergency.
The stringent advice comes as animal care influencer Nicole Rous took to social media to urgently warn pooch owners about the potential dangers.
While chocolate can be consumed by dogs, too much of it can be toxic and potentially fatal, the expert said.
Nicole filmed a video on her TikTok @shytigerhealth that advised viewers on how to assess the risk.
She said: "Let's go through what to do in a chocolate emergency.
"Everyone panics when their dog has eaten some chocolate but did you know some types of chocolate are more toxic than others.
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"So the first thing to do when your dog has eaten chocolate is to figure out what type it is.
"Is it white, milk, dark, baking – because the type will dictate how serious an emergency it is."
The vet said the darker the chocolate the more toxic it was.
She said: "If it is white chocolate, relax, it doesn't really contain the theobromine that is the active ingredient that we worry about.
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"It acts a bit like caffeine does to humans and can accelerate heart rate.
"But dogs are really poor at metabolising this toxin, so it can build up in their system and create serious toxic effects.
"For a rough rule of thumb, a 10kg dog can have about 30g of baking chocolate, 90g of dark chocolate and 120g of milk chocolate."
The vet also urged pet owners to search online for a dog toxicity chocolate calculator if they found themselves in an emergency.
If the animal exceeded the toxicity threshold an emergency trip to the vet was advised.
Another animal expert has put out an urgent warning to pet lovers after a common Easter treat left a dog seriously ill.
It was also found that raisins and sultanas could have deleterious effects on animals.
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