my son is accused of killing 2 dogs by feeding them chocolate

[Antigone*]

Carl - chocolate is known to be toxic to dogs. OP, as a "breeder" , should know this. As with any toxic substance, it's a matter of body weight and amount ingested.

While I don't disagree with you Stealth, my 8 pound maltipoo got into my daughter's Christmas candy and went to town with chocolate. He did have a bad case of the squirts.

 

[CdwJava]

I have heard the same thing, only my dogs have survived many a bout with chocolate so it cannot be all THAT toxic.

In any event, there appears to be about zero proof that the OP's kid fed the dog any chocolate so I doubt he has anything to worry about. And even if the dogs DID die of some sort of chocolate poisoning, proving that junior did it might be impossible.

 

[Some Random Guy]

I have heard the same thing, only my dogs have survived many a bout with chocolate so it cannot be all THAT toxic.

Yes, chocoloate is toxic to dogs, but they have to consume a lot of it to be harmed.

Here is an article on it from awhile back

The Straight Dope: Is chocolate toxic to dogs?

The key is that dogs tend to pig out and overeat on things like chocolate while other housepets know when to stop when they are full.

But in the end, the dog owners have no proof that the kid fed them several pounds of chocolate or that they died from chocolate poisoning. Sounds like a losing lawsuit.

And as for the chicken wings, I have never heard of anything dying from hot food. My only experience in the matter is about 5 years ago. I had a really hot plate of chicken wings on a coffee table and my sister's chihuahua jumped up, grabbed a stray wing and scurried under the bed before anyone could grab him. Ended up having a 15 second spaz/athsma attack and had his face cleaned with some wet-wipes. But before long, he was back at the table trying to grab another one.

Without any medical report that the dogs died from it, any lawsuit over the wing sauce would be similarly hard to prove.