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nevernotstruggling · 2021-03-04T20:23:56+00:00

I'm pretty sure he's eaten them before as I didn't know it was an issue until recently and he's 6. I dropped 1 on the floor.

Midlifephoenix · 04/03/2021 22:29

If your dog is acting normal i wouldn't worry.
In the past I've had a dog who: ate a whole chicken right out of the oven; same dog ate eight Cadbury creme eggs (including foil); ate about two pounds of sugar after pulling the bag off the counter. He was fit as anything and showed no ill effects from anything.

sunflowersandbuttercups · 04/03/2021 22:44

@BalancedIndividual

1 raisin.....come on people...use common sense....

No, how about you read the research first.

Some dogs can tolerate grapes and raisins just fine - for others they can be fatal. You don't know which category your dog will fall into until it's too late.

It's not comparable to eating chocolate and I wish people would stop with that analogy. Chocolate IS dangerous but only in large quantities and it's also linked to the size of the dog - so a big Labrador can probably eat a large bar and be fine, whereas a chihuahua might become unwell after two squares of dairy milk.

sunflowersandbuttercups · 04/03/2021 22:45

@Eloisedublin123

No need to worry Op. my retriever ate about 4 raisins one year and I rang the vet hospital and they asked her weight, (28kg) and said 4 raisins was fine

Your dog was lucky.

Some dogs will become very unwell on four raisins. It's nothing to do with the size of the dog and everything to do with whether your dog is one of the lucky ones that can tolerate them.

CaffeineAndCrochet · 04/03/2021 22:47

I didn't know grapes and raisins were toxic. I'm glad I've seen this.

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:09

@CaffeineAndCrochet

I didn't know grapes and raisins were toxic. I'm glad I've seen this.

Neither did I until dp mentioned it recently.

I'm fairly sure he's eaten grapes and raisins before because he's a dreadful food stealer/bin and I wouldn't have known he couldn't eat them for the last 5.85 years so I wouldn't have withheld them....iyswim.
I'm a lot more sure about the grapes because the kids eat/drop them quite a bit.

He will have eaten things like the crusts of tea cakes and that kind of thing before too.

Dm just text me saying 'fgs the bloody greyhound ate that whole Xmas cake what's the matter with you!!'

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sunflowersandbuttercups · 04/03/2021 23:11

If he's had them before he'll likely be fine.

But it's not useful to compare him with how other dogs have reacted in the past. Some dogs are fine with them, for others they're fatal.

goodwinter · 04/03/2021 23:15

@Eloisedublin123

No need to worry Op. my retriever ate about 4 raisins one year and I rang the vet hospital and they asked her weight, (28kg) and said 4 raisins was fine

😮 that's shocking. Grape toxicity is nothing to do with a dog's weight.

Hope your dog is ok OP!

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:15

@sunflowersandbuttercups

If he's had them before he'll likely be fine.

But it's not useful to compare him with how other dogs have reacted in the past. Some dogs are fine with them, for others they're fatal.

True. I'm not sure about the whole thing hence the post. The link a pp posted suggested 6-12 hours after ingestion to show symptoms. So that's coming right up....might be a long night!

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EmmaGrundyForPM · 04/03/2021 23:18

I knew grapes and raisins were dangerous but, like others, I assumed it was based on quantity. We are careful with our puppy as he eats anything and everything. But if he ate a random raisin I probably would have been of the "well,its only one" school of thought so I've learned something really useful from this thread.

springdale1 · 04/03/2021 23:19

It’s always going to be a gamble, most dogs will be fine. Some will go into renal failure and die from just one raisin/grape. It’s all to do with how happy you are to take the risk. I’ve always had my dogs stomachs emptied, I don’t want to take the gamble as to me I don’t want to take the risk of my dogs dying a painful death.

Also it isn’t the same as eating a bag of sugar or some chocolate or a chicken or a creme egg.

HagenDaz · 04/03/2021 23:19

Is this covered by pet plan?

Petalpup · 04/03/2021 23:21

Hope he’s ok.
I had the same fear and wait after my puppy may or may not have eaten a bit of daffodil bulb at the weekend . She’d dig it up and it looked a bit less than whole.
I did an online consultation with a vet (free through my insurance) and she said it would likely be fine but that it could take up to 24 hours to show effects.
I know raisins can be v dangerous but our old dog once ate 6 hot cross buns while my friend was supposed to be watching him.
He then threw them up again in 6 neat piles on his bed. Didn’t know how dangerous they were then obviously.

ImAncient · 04/03/2021 23:22

My dog ate a raisin that someone had dropped. She was seriously ill. Luckily straightaway. So I knew to get her to the vets. I can’t believe some of you on here are saying it will be fine. You’ve no idea how a dog will react. Hopefully ops dog will be ok if he’s eaten them before. Luckily mine was fine after 48hours on a drip.

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:25

It's interesting reading. Apparently this is a recent discovery - that raisins and grapes can be toxic - it's 2003 onwards or so I read. There's v little research and there isn't a clear understanding of why the bad reactions happen - just that sometimes they do.

He's had a wee and a drink before bed like every night. He's totally normal.

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:26

@ImAncient

My dog ate a raisin that someone had dropped. She was seriously ill. Luckily straightaway. So I knew to get her to the vets. I can’t believe some of you on here are saying it will be fine. You’ve no idea how a dog will react. Hopefully ops dog will be ok if he’s eaten them before. Luckily mine was fine after 48hours on a drip.

That sounds very scary - did she show symptoms immediately then?

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ImAncient · 04/03/2021 23:30

Yes thank goodness - she vomited up one up straight away but as I didn’t know how many she may have eaten the vet said to take her in. It was late at night & they were waiting for her. We bypassed all the other emergencies as she was also quite lethargic. Luckily she was fine in the end but it was awful when they took her off me as I couldn’t go in with her as it was during lockdown. But she’s a scavenger & will eat anything so just have to be super vigilant.

ImAncient · 04/03/2021 23:31

I hope yours will be fine. I’ll be thinking of you. Swear I worry more about the dog than the dcs at times.

Quincejam · 04/03/2021 23:31

My small terrier ate a box of mince pies one year and we did take him to the vets and they gave him something to make him throw up but he was fine. Our order dog ate almost a whole bar of bourneville once and also survived!

donewithitalltodayandxmas · 04/03/2021 23:33

I never knew these were dangerous either and with my old dog I used to share my hot cross buns and I know he ate what dd used to drop when little including grapes and raisins , chocolate etc
We were lucky as he was fine and lived to 15.5 , though this dog also ate a bag of dried rabbit food once , when my back was turned.
Current dog we are now aware so make sure he doesn't have them, I would prob ring vet for advice if this happened now as I know he has never had them, but until i read this I didn't know one could be fatal, just assumed would be a few , so learnt something new

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:34

@ImAncient

Yes thank goodness - she vomited up one up straight away but as I didn’t know how many she may have eaten the vet said to take her in. It was late at night & they were waiting for her. We bypassed all the other emergencies as she was also quite lethargic. Luckily she was fine in the end but it was awful when they took her off me as I couldn’t go in with her as it was during lockdown. But she’s a scavenger & will eat anything so just have to be super vigilant.

Thanks that's comforting in a way as my boy hasn't done anything weird at all though I've known him to puke immediately and easily when he's eaten other suspect things.

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:36

@ImAncient

I hope yours will be fine. I’ll be thinking of you. Swear I worry more about the dog than the dcs at times.

This is a constant source of amusement to my mother - that I worry more about the spaniel than that dds. The spaniel is thick as mince though - he's v vulnerable! The dds are a bit more savvy 😂

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Didiplanthis · 04/03/2021 23:36

Blimey.. I didnt realize they were that bad.. my childhood cocker was an absolute nightmare food theif and if you didn't tuck the chairs under the kitchen table would climb up launch from table to worktop and open the wall cupboard.. she ate half a bag of raisins.. puked alot but was obviously very very lucky ! She also worked out how to make toast pop out the toaster having made it to the work top of multiple occasions...

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nevernotstruggling · 04/03/2021 23:38

@Didiplanthis

Blimey.. I didnt realize they were that bad.. my childhood cocker was an absolute nightmare food theif and if you didn't tuck the chairs under the kitchen table would climb up launch from table to worktop and open the wall cupboard.. she ate half a bag of raisins.. puked alot but was obviously very very lucky ! She also worked out how to make toast pop out the toaster having made it to the work top of multiple occasions...

That's so funny - the cupboards I mean, my spaniel is too thick and lazy to do this. I put a baby cupboard lock on the bin years ago. He thinks all bins are inaccessible now and ignores them...no initiative!

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Ferrylights · 04/03/2021 23:41

My tiny little did munched his way through most of a large Xmas cake a few years ago...little sod managed to get up on the dining table and remove the foil covering it. He was absolutely fine.

endlesswicker · 04/03/2021 23:57

@CaffeineAndCrochet

I didn't know grapes and raisins were toxic. I'm glad I've seen this.

I had no idea either - although I don't have a dog it is useful information to know.