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Dog ate raisins, going out of my mind

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Wristfolds · 30/09/2023 12:22

my spaniel ate a snack size box of raisins, possibly overnight. I noticed the empty box on the rug and took her in immediately this morning.

injection didn’t bring anything up, just bile. They’re keeping her in for bloods and obs over the next 3 days.

im absolutely devastated. Please any idea of the likelihoods either way? She’s about 18kg.

We don’t usually have them in the house at all, my toddler was given some at a play date and didn’t finish them so I put them in my bag and forgot about them and left the bag overnight where she got them. I feel so incredibly guilty and worried

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NoSquirrels · 30/09/2023 14:16

Timeforchangeithink · 30/09/2023 13:43

Until recently I thought it was only chocolate dogs couldn't get. I've fed my dogs anything and everything for the last 40 years and nine have come to harm. Luck possibly and not advising to do this!

Nine have come to harm? Unfortunate typo, I assume? Grin

GiraffeLaSophie · 30/09/2023 14:25

NonMiDispiace · 30/09/2023 13:13

You haven’t killed your dog, she’s at the vets and will probably be fine.
I’ve had a dog swipe and eat a whole fruit cake and another used to eat grapes straight off the vine. Years ago we didn’t know that these could have adverse effects, similarly with chocolate. You used to be able to buy dog chocolate drops! One dog ate Christmas tree chocolates off the tree, she pooped foil for days.

You can still buy dog chocolate drops, but they’ve had something done to them to make them non toxic. I don’t think they’ve been ‘real’ chocolate since I’ve been able to remember- they’ve always had a funny smell!

Chocolate is a bit of a different thing to grapes. Chocolate is poisonous to dogs, but in my understanding it’s more like alcohol to people. It depends on the type of chocolate, how much the dog eats, how much the dog weighs and partly individual tolerance. A small amount of milk chocolate will not do the average dog any harm, in the same way that a glass of wine won’t do you any harm. But with grapes it’s impossible to predict which dogs will react badly as most dogs will be fine. So while her spaniel will almost certainly be OK (mine has eaten hot mince pies before 😳) it was absolutely the right thing to contact the vets.

TippledPink · 30/09/2023 14:28

My dog at 1kg bag of raisins, she was absolutely fine. Wasn't sick or anything. You are catastrophising!

HeartandSeoul · 30/09/2023 14:29

NoSquirrels · 30/09/2023 14:16

Nine have come to harm? Unfortunate typo, I assume? Grin

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I spotted that too, and was about to ask the same 😁

SirVixofVixHall · 30/09/2023 14:34

OP my dog has also eaten raisins and there has been the panicked trip to the vet. She was fine.
A previous dog ate grapes all the time; he would steal them from the fruit bowl . He also ate raisins galore, including fruit cake . This was before it became known that raisins could be toxic for some dogs, obviously! He was totally fine.
I think there must be a breed/genetic trait to be able to process them or not. If it helps I have known many dogs who have eaten raisins and all of them have been totally fine, so I think them causing serious kidney damage is uncommon.

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Wristfolds · 30/09/2023 14:39

Thanks all, they’ve called and said no change and we won’t know until Monday. The receptionist had been back with her so I feel better she’s not alone

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Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 30/09/2023 14:40

18kg is a decent size so I think your dog will be ok. My dog (now no longer with us - not food related) ate a whole tray of chocolate brownies I'd baked, tinfoil and all ..

Raisins and other foods including a salmon skeleton - she was ok with all of it. The only thing she wasn't good with was the jellyfish she ate on the beach.

I think your dog will be ok

stardust40 · 30/09/2023 14:41

It sounds very positive. I assume it's a bit like nuts with humans .... some are allergic some are not! When I was younger our dog always had a mini pack of Cadbury's choc buttons as her treat each week and was always ok so even chocolate must be the same!

gotomomo · 30/09/2023 14:45

Only some dogs are affected by raisins, mine has snaffled many a mince pie without issues and growing up my dog was given literally everything, and we grew grapes which he would knock down by swiping his tail then ate them off the floor because he wasn't allowed to eat them from the vine (ditto blackberries). He lived to 16

FlyingUnicornWings · 30/09/2023 14:47

Such a small percentage of dogs react to grapes/raisins. My dog ate a punnet of grapes once, went in and had same treatment as yours. I had as absolutely fine just happy to be having a great adventure and annoying all the nurses!

Peridot1 · 30/09/2023 14:51

My lab ate about a quarter of a Christmas cake I had cooling on the countertop when she was a pup. No side effects. She’s now 13. I wasn’t best pleased with her mind you!

generalexpert · 30/09/2023 14:54

I gave my boxer half a family size Xmas pudding one Xmas (didn't know about the raisin thing).

She was fine.

I'm sure you'll be ok.

GoodOldEmmaNess · 30/09/2023 14:54

Lots of love to you OP. As others have said, the very strong likelihood is that she will be fine. If it is any consolation to read this, my dog ate a grape when he was only 5.5 months old (parson russell so v small at the time); I took him to the vet and was out of my mind with worry but it all ended well - he was completely fine.

And don't be unkind to yourself. It was a completely understandable accident. The circumstances you describe make it totally understandable and relatable. xxxxx

tealsea · 30/09/2023 15:05

I don’t like raisins but do like muesli so there’s usually a wee handful of raisins left in the milk in the bottom of my breakfast bowl. I’m sure our dog has slurped them up a few times when I’ve left the bowl on the table for a few minutes but has always been fine. We’ve had many injections-of-shame due chocolate though- including a large bar of 85% dark chocolate which cost us hundreds!

Your dog is a good size and the box was already partially eaten as well, plus most dogs are absolutely fine, so overall the odds are def on your side. Fingers crossed for you and her.

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Wristfolds · 01/10/2023 10:53

She’s all good so far, we’re gonna visit later today.

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Frequency · 01/10/2023 10:54

Happy to hear this OP. Have a great visit and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you for good news on Monday.

WasThereAnotherTroyforHertoBurn · 01/10/2023 11:04

Our dog , ate the entire contents of a cheeseboard and a pound of butter one Christmas night ,I had set it up after dinner and it got picked at we didn’t know, that the dog had decided to help out, I just presumed that DH and DS had scoffed the lot and tidied up without comment.

There is a wonderful cheese called Baron Bigod, the farm shop didn’t have it and substituted with a very poor quality Brie de Meaux, a few days later DS said that the B de M was a poor substitution for the BB, I replied didn’t stop you scarfing it all down.

DS. I didn’t touch the cheese board on Christmas night, ditto DH.

We all turned to look at the dog Border Collie and he had the good grace to slink out of the room and put himself to bed. 😂

There wasn’t a bother on him.

Disturbia81 · 01/10/2023 11:28

He's never had raisins/grapes but accidentally had chocolate quite a few times and didn't even have the shits. It's dog dependent

Appin · 01/10/2023 11:36

Our dog has eaten a whole mince pie, which necessitated a trip to the vet to be made to vomit. A few months later he pood out a raisin packet, and I had absolutely no idea that he'd eaten. Vet said it was too late for him to be sick as he'd clearly already digested them, and just to keep an eye on him. He's fine.

I would say they're being very cautious keeping your dog in, but hopefully the continued monitoring will keep your mind at ease.

Frequency · 01/10/2023 11:41

Chocolate is dependent on weight to cocoa ratio. A large breed could eat lbs of white chocolate and be fine but a Chi would probably die from it.

My Beagle cross has also eaten chocolate. DD left it on the counter and thought she'd put it far enough back that he couldn't reach it, luckily, he is a big dog and it was milk chocolate. The vet said it wasn't enough to affect him.

He's a twat around food or anything that could possibly, maybe be edible. He's even taken food out of hot pans while they've been cooking although that was my fault. I assumed the sausages were safe given they were in a hot frying pan and over a naked flame and I left them unattended.

You would think the weed incident and forgetting how to walk would have put him off raiding the bin but it didn't. We threw the bin out in the end and rubbish now goes directly in the outside bin which is locked in the shed out of his way (he used to get stuck in the wheely bin. He can jump in it but unless it is more than half full he cannot get back out so we had to lock it away for his own safety).

Fannyannie · 01/10/2023 11:48

I have a cocker spaniel. She ate 2 Welsh cakes at the grandparents , they did nothing as they didn’t realise the danger. She was fine.

She also ate a grape and I had to do what you did at great expense. Again fine.

Cocker spaniels have industrial stomachs. My fingers are crossed your dog will be fine.

margotrose · 01/10/2023 11:51

Disturbia81 · 01/10/2023 11:28

He's never had raisins/grapes but accidentally had chocolate quite a few times and didn't even have the shits. It's dog dependent

Chocolate is different in that there is a "safe" amount for dogs based on the type of chocolate, how much they've eaten and their weight. Most medium/large size dogs can get away with eating milk/white chocolate with no issue whatsoever (obviously not recommending this!).

With raisins, there's no "safe" limit as some dogs can eat loads with no issue, but others get really sick on a small handful.

Disturbia81 · 01/10/2023 11:57

@margotrose Ahh I see thanks for explaining 😊 Are there certain dog sizes/breeds who react to grapes/raisins more?

theemmadilemma · 01/10/2023 11:59

Oh OP. It's looking reassuring if she's still ok. Sending best wishes.

Spudlet · 01/10/2023 12:05

My friends fox terrier got into the baking cupboard and gorged herself on raisins when she was young. She’s just turned 11 and is still a madam! But no ill effects from the raisins, beyond a large vets bill.

Hopefully your dog will be just the same op. Sending you love. And a ding around the bloody ear for your husband. Our current dog swallowed a large stone as a puppy on my DH’s watch, and needed surgery and all sorts. Have I ever thrown it at him, even when he’s bitched on about how much of a PITA it was looking after a post-surgery 16 week old lab? No I haven’t. (Mind you, I’ve been very tempted…)