Did I tell you the story of my girl scout cookie experience? I don’t think I did. Anyway, first I need to give you a little history lesson. We Beagles eat anything and everything, regardless of what it is. My personal favorite is cardboard, but enough about that.
One day, I was just minding my own business, as I usually do, and I came upon this colorful (I mean light gray) box that smelled REALLY GOOD! So, I stuck my nose in it. I had never smelled anything so magnificent in my life. I had to see what was in this magical box.
I began ripping it open with my powerful Beagle teeth, and to my amazement, it was people cookies! I love people food but rarely get any, so this was my lucky day.
I ate almost the entire box of minty chocolate cookies before my people realized what had happened. My human sister was a girl scout at the time, and got careless with where she left them.
Meanwhile, my people were FREAKING OUT! There was talk of hydrogen peroxide or something, and the vet, and “what should we do?” I also heard, “she looks okay, though”, and “she’s a Beagle, she’ll be fine”.
As it turned out, I was fine. But for those of you out there that think chocolate is okay for dogs, think again. Many dogs are not as lucky as I was, to have eaten some cheap chocolate cookies and survived. Chocolate is normally very toxic to pets, so be careful. If it smells really good, it probably isn’t really good for you. And make sure your people have some hydrogen peroxide to force down your throat to make you vomit if you do get into some bad stuff. And veterinarians aren’t all bad. Have your people take you to one just to be safe.

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