John H. wrote:
be careful of sugar free gum!

If you have a dog READ IT -- then forward to all you know who do have a dog
! Actually, I'm passing it on to ALL my contacts and hope they pass it on
to all of theirs whether they have a dog or not!

This is true:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/xylitol.asp

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Our previous dog, a 110 lb German Shepard Dog, ate a 1 lb chocolate bar
and suffered no ill effects.

One of our current dogs, a 40 lb male beagle mutt, ate a 1 lb chocolate
bar and lay under the kitchen table for 24 hours not moving much.

Both of these idiot dogs ate or eat their own crap too.