My dog ate a very toxic drug today. I feel so irresponsible!

[Vegay]

I'm not sure what I want to say really. I thought we were responsible owners. Evidently not! Please don't be too rough if you respond, I'm devastated.

Our 10 month old pup, who is a rescue dog, our fourth rescue ffs, gained access to our bedroom today, via human error, the door was left open. He got old of a tube of NSAIDS gel and chewed and ate the contents - it's extremely toxic to dogs. When I realised, I took him straight to the vets and they induced vomiting, gave him IV fluids and activated charcoal. I have to wait 48 hours to find out if he has kidney failure, and I feel sick as fuck.

Please keep stuff away from your pups, I'm absolutely heartbroken that our stupidity could mean our baby might die. I never thought I would be writing this, but I am, and I don't want others to go through this.

I'm so sorry, try not to beat yourself up. It happens. It sounds like you got him to the vet quickly so hopefully the kidney function tests will come back okay. Sending unmumsnetty hugs.

Let's us know how he gets on

You poor thing, I hope he’s ok

its a fair warning but also don’t beat yourself up about it, if a dog is determined they could eat almost anything and give themselves a mischief. Lots of dogs eat socks, pants, counter surf for food, eat small toys, rocks, sticks at the park, other animals poo etc etc.

So while prevention is better than cure dogs are made of pretty stern stuff and you cannot lick absolutely everything away always. Don’t be too hard on yourself.

Please be kind to yourself. I am sure you didn’t expect this to happen and you have them at the vets straight away. My friends dog ate her birthday control pills. A whole packet. Unfortunately it happens sometimes. All the best with their recovery

Please don't beat yourself up - it's so, so easily done. Dogs are determined little buggers and can get into all sorts!

My previous dog did something similar but it was an overdose of his prescribed NSAID. Keep him well hydrated when you get him home. I added a drop of milk to water to get him drinking more. It happens and you aren't a bad owner.

Hope your dog pulls through . My lab ate something out on a walk which proved toxic, but the vets managed to flush it through his system and despite a scary couple of days, he is fine.
Dogs do this sort of thing. Please don’t beat yourself up.

Thank you all for your kind words. He's still on IV fluids and the vets have said he is stable and perky. He'll have another blood test tomorrow, so I'll update once we have those results 🤞

Oh please be kind, accidents happen, not so long ago our puppy around 8 months old, ate a whole packet of my medication, I thought I had put it out of reach. We had to take him to the vets where they induced vomiting. The main thing is you acted quickly and took him to the vets

I'm rooting for him 🤞

Please be kind to yourself.

My naughty whippet has managed to find medication a couple of times while I’ve been out. It’s just lucky that he’s not the type to randomly eat stuff or he would have been in trouble.

Hi. Once again, thanks for all the kind words. Blood test results show his kidneys are all good 😁. He's going to be fine.

What a relief! So good to read!

Oh these pups!!! Im willing to bet 95% of dog owners have a similar tale 🤣 my dog has survived stealing a 5l container of antifreeze out of the garage and well meaning uncle feeding him a mince pie.. he's 10 now and thankfully too lazy to get up to these antics anymore.

@Vegay that's fantastic news. I'm so happy for you 🤩

What a relief that must be. I think many of us have been there. My dog managed to devour some Melatonin when he was a young puppy. I was terrified but he had no ill effects. It didn't even make him sleepy!

Mine at a full pack of extra sugar free gum