• DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    12 hours ago

    Your statement contradicts your quotes.

    Note that a dog would need to eat a surprisingly large amount of onions, garlic, or chocolate in order to get sick.

    which means that a 45-pound dog would only have to eat one medium-to-large onion to experience dangerous toxicity levels. Since most dogs would happily devour a bag of unattended onion rings or an onion casserole given the opportunity, this is a serious concern.

    However, some dogs are more sensitive to garlic toxicity than others, and consumption of a toxic dose spread out over a few days could also cause problems.

    consuming even one chocolate bar can have serious consequences, especially for small dogs.

    So, no surprisingly large amounts at all here.

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      11 hours ago

      I think “an entire large onion” or “one chocolate bar” are surprisingly large amounts, because my default assumption when something is called poisonous is that any amount is dangerous.