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Believe it or not, this is NOT a cat story!!!
Growing up, my family had a part beagle/part cocker spaniel, Willy, a small dog who looked like a black lab with weird ears. We were all out one afternoon close to Christmas, and Mom had wrapped up a bunch of presents and had them stacked in the corner of the den (I guess the tree wasn't up yet). Well, Willy, with her beagle nose, sniffed out a 2 lb. box of Whitman's chocolates. It was a box wrapped in cellophane and in gift wrap, yet she still found it.
She tore it open and ate the entire box. We found her lying on her side in the middle of the den surrounded by those brown crinkly chocolate wrappers, her stomach distended like you see on cartoon characters. We called the vet who said there was really nothing he could do and that, oh yeah, she might die from "sugar shock". Luckily she didn't, but considering how sick she was, she probably wished she did! I seem to recall her not showing any preference for chocolate from then on.....
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