I think Anthony's fertilizer regime is a safer bet.
Roosterlorn said: I later found out dogs like it [cocoa bean mulch] too.
Chocolate is supposedly poisonous for dogs. At least that's what PETA and some customers say to us at the Home Depot. They made such an uproar that we don't sell it anymore because there isn't a "caution" label warning pet owners.
Yet another example of people (in this case certain individual dog owners) not taking responsibility for themselves or the their dogs.