A Paisley woman rushed her two pups to the vet after they scoffed some chocolate.
Lesley Kelly's cockapoos, Jarvis and Dodger, managed to get their paws on a large tub of dark chocolate the day before Valentine's Day last year.
The dairy treat is toxic for dogs when ingested.
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The incident occurred early in the morning and was told to get the dogs to the Vets Now Hospital in Glasgow city centre.
She said: “ The pair of them sleep in the utility room and there was a glass jar of chocolate buttons out of reach up on the worktop
“But it was sitting on my husband’s newspaper and Jarvis must have got up, pulled the paper and the jar fell the floor.
“I came straight down when I heard it smash and, although they luckily hadn’t cut their paws on the broken glass, I could see they’d been helping themselves to the chocolate.
“I didn’t know who had eaten what, but it was quite a big jar and they’d probably shared about 200g of chocolate. If I hadn’t heard it could have been twice that, but it was 70 per cent cocoa and I knew that was bad and we needed help right away.
“Jarvis was just a tiny pup, and we were really concerned.”
After the treatment and assessment, Lesley was able to take Dodger, now aged three, and Jarvis, now aged nine months, home later that day.
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Now Lesley is backing vets’ calls for owners to keep chocolates given as presents away from their pets.
The owner said: “Dodger was a bit sorry for himself, but Jarvis was jumping up and down and looking as if nothing had happened,” said Lesley.
“But it was really scary, and we’d definitely urge people to be extra careful with any chocolate.”
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