FUCKING DDOG has just eaten a mince pie FFS

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

She's a terrible thief (lurcher) and we have been so, so careful with mince pies, chocolate etc. DS left a mince pie out for Santa, and I put it out of reach (I thought) for ONE MINUTE while I nipped upstairs to get changed. Left DDog sleeping on the sofa, and came down to find just crumbs.

Emergency vet says she'll have to stay in for 24 hours, even though she ate it less than 1/2 hour ago. Fucking hell. I just want her here for Christmas

[Beamur]

This has happened to two of my friends. One found out the hard way that raisins can be fatal(dog died of renal failure) and another spent time at the vets but fully recovered.

[reallyanotherone]

The recommendations changed approx three years ago from just inducing vomiting after several dogs who had vomiting induced in a short time scale still went into renal failure.
The advice now is induce vomiting, activated charcoal, 24 hours on in fluids then check bloods for evidence of renal failure

That advice was standard over 10 years ago. This was written in 2005, so the need for fluids has long been known
veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/raisins-and-grapes-potentially-lethal-treats-dogs

Has it only just filtered down to vets in practice?

[Stormwhale]

Agree to pay the 640. Your dog will definitely be one who is not affected by grapes then. Sod's law!

Christmas before last our now departed ddog ate an entire box of chocolates from under mils tree on Christmas day. That was an expensive Christmas. The vet treatment cost £500. That wasn't what killed her by the way. She lived another year and a half eating things she really shouldn't.

[babysharkah]

640 for one mince pie?! I think they're taking the piss. Ddog ended up in the vets for eating dope (he picked it up in a well known dealing alley) was in for 24 hours and it was £300 including stomach pump, anti emetics and diazepam and I am in London.

[Purplepinkpurple]

Years ago i occassionally gave my f
Dog a grape if i was eating them. Had no idea.at the time they were so dangerous. Everyone always says about chocolate. Grapes, not so much.

[Purplepinkpurple]

I hope hes ok xx

[Lonecatwithkitten]

@reallyanotherone the article is American the advice from the UK based veterinary poisons information service changed.

[BiteyShark]

Better to be safe and hope she comes back all well to drive you nuts another day.

Do you have insurance because it should cover the cost bar the excess.

[MaryPoppinsPenguins]

I didn’t even know this was a thing until last year Our DD used to throw her raisins for ddog to catch! (His record was 40.. so he’s gone through a lot of raisins )

[BiteyShark]

MaryPoppinsPenguins fortunately your dog is one of the lucky ones. You just don't know whether yours will be affected until it happens.

[BlueUggs]

I have a beagle. Chronic food stealer.
She ate a dozen mince pies on year, and snaffled one yesterday as well.
She's eaten whole boxes of chocolates too.
How she's still alive is beyond me!!
We absolutely try and put things safely away but she's so bloody quick!!!

[missbattenburg]

The thing is babaysharkah I am guessing that wasn't on Christmas Day? All staff on double time, maybe more. Battendog cost me £300 or have ultrasound, sedation, stomach pump, antacids when I suspected he'd swallowed a small piece of glass. I took him home after a few hours at the vets on a normal Saturday but I could well imagine that doubling for an overnight stay at Christmas.

[BiteyShark]

We were quoted over £600 for admission on a normal Sunday with pain relief, drips etc. This is why I have insurance as you can't shop around in an emergency never mind a Christmas Eve/day emergency.

Do you have a time you can phone for an update OP?

[WickedGoodDoge]

Oh I feel for you! Our dog ate one that someone had dumped in the woods(!) a week and a half ago. We got him to the vets and they made him sick within 20 minutes of eating it, plus he’d just eaten breakfast and the dry food had puffed up in his stomach so the vet thought it unlikely that he had digested any of the raisins. Because of these factors, were given the choice of him staying in on a drip or not- the vet didn’t feel it necessary. If it hadn’t been for these particular circumstances, we definitely would have left him in for the drip.



Hope he’s OK and the rest of the holidays are nice and peaceful for you!

[fourstars]

I have hydrogen peroxide that I give to our dog immediately to make her vomit. She'll do ANYTHING to get in to chocolate.

[Weaverspin]

You poor thing!

Our lurcher once ate half a Christmas cake. Straight to the vet once the crime was noticed. They made him sick, and we had him back about 6 hours later. Most expensive cake ever!

He nicked a Lindt dark chocolate bunny one Easter. Expensive bunny, too...

He’s never thieved anything else, but they just had to be two of the worst thing he could have eaten!!

[Maryjoyce]

Never heard of grapes been bad before well I guess it really is hit and miss which have issues as we have a dachshund that has eaten grapes all her life

[mermaidbutmytailfelloff]

Chewing gum too, the sugar free stuff has xylitol in it which is toxic to dogs.

[Judashascomeintosomemoney]

Probably a roast joint (bonus points if it's a big dinner party)
Been there, done that. A few days after getting our rescue boy eight years ago (before we’d had a chance to train him ) . A whole freshly roasted chicken, resting up the kitchen side for dinner. I came downstairs after only minutes and couldn’t quite work out what was different. Plate was still there, unmoved. No sign of debris anywhere. But no chicken. It was only then I realised the floor tiles were ever so slightly greasy. He’d snaffled the lot, bones as well, in minutes. I was really worried but he was fine, cast iron stomach obviously. Which he demonstrated again weeks later by eating fifteen doughnuts I’d bought for DD1s birthday party. Yes, fifteen. I’d now like to point out he has been trained to not touch any food whatsoever unless I give him the command. Silly dog. Hope your ddog is okay.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

Please, please don't not use hydrogen peroxide it can cause irreversible damage to the oesophagus and should never be ingested by anyone.

[mrsclausisdrunk]

I've had three different vets tell me to use it.

Not sure if it makes a difference but we're a few hours away from the vet.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

Hmm if you are a few hours away I would suggest a strong salt solution or soda crystals. Hydrogen peroxide is a really bad idea and no UK vet should be suggesting it.

[mrsclausisdrunk]

US vets. I'll look in to that thank you!

[DisrespectfulAdultFemale]

Oh dear, OP. Not a great start to Christmas.

I hope your DDog is well and soon back with you.

[JesusInTheCabbageVan]

Bollocks, wrote a long reply and then lost it.

Judas (and still haven't forgiven you for betraying me, BTW).

Yeah have insurance, but she's worth it anyway. 5 years from now we won't miss £640, but we'd still be missing her. Plus - £640 is a fair price for a valuable lesson. If it hadn't happened now, it would have happened sooner or later.

Rang for an update this morning - she's doing great. Slept all night, did a big shit and then had another nap. So thus far, she's winning at Christmas DS perfectly OK with not having her around for the day, which was one of my worries. I think he's got too much else to do to think about it.

We're holding out for better luck next Xmas. She won't be wiser or better trained, but hopefully she will have slightly slower reflexes