A dog almost died after her owner said she stroked her with cocoa butter moisturiser on her hands. Sarah Brown's six-year-old Kangal Shepherd Blondie shook "ferociously" and suffered a seizure, and needed emergency treatment at a vets.
The vet said it was "very likely" Blondie had suffered a severe reaction to the cocoa butter hand cream Sarah had applied on her hands that night.
It contains the compound theobromine, which is dangerous for dogs. Sarah had cuddled her pooch with the cream still on her hands in the home she shares with husband Sam, 38, in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
She said: "It was terrifying and out of the blue. I felt terrible because I thought 'I've done this'. "We could have had a different tale to tell.
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