Dog ate Pringles

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3/4 of the contents of a tube of Texas bbq to be precise. Think it’s in protest to not being walked. Emergency vet now or watch and wait so we think? She’s a small springer.

Tomatoes are potentially toxic to dogs.

It is a wonder they have survived as a species, once you look at all the things that are poisonous to them (especially when you consider that for many eating poo of some kind is a delicacy!!)

Yes and they seem determined to eat all the things that are toxic to them! Most species seem to have an inbuilt understanding of what’s good for them and what isn’t- dogs definitely do not.

I think it works on them a bit like alcohol on people - small dose, no to minimal impact; massive dose, dangerous. It clears out of their systems fine.

All of our dogs (and my parents' dogs, and the ILs' dogs) all ate (or eat) table scraps with cooked onion in them. One of my parents' dogs lived to be 17, and she was very partial to cold beef stew... with onions and garlic.

When I was heavily pregnant with my eldest, my dog got into the hospital bag (packed and ready to go by the front door) and ate a box of choc chip and raisin cereal bars. Part of me was impressed that she'd managed to get them out of the wrappers, but a bigger part was freaking out that she'd eaten chocolate and raisins. She did a very runny poo on a rug that had to be thrown out, but otherwise was fine.

My dog ate a birthday card the postman delivered while I was out.

10/10 for enthusiasm for my bday; She was literally shitting birthday wishes all week 😂

Glad it’s not just mine that’s determined to eat all the things she shouldn’t 😂
Happy to report no ill effects 12 hours on!

My rottie cost me £300 at the ( non emergency ) vets last December over a mince pie … they gave him injection to make him sick.
tbh he’s eaten loads of other stuff that he shouldn’t , including chocolate far too regularly but I wouldn’t rush to the vets for anything unless showing symptoms ,
the dried fruit panicked me though as 2 of my friends dogs have both been quite ill on grapes.
Transpired he had eaten them too long ago to actually vomit them back up , think vet said 2 hours ish , but he lived to tell the tale .

I think she’ll be fine. My vet will give phone advice if that would put your mind at rest.

Raisins are a big worry. I had to get the vet to induce vomiting. Chocolate, onions etc is the size of dog and quantity. Less serious unless they are tiny and eat a block of dark chocolate or something.

According to my dog, anything that you steal DEFINITELY isn't poisonous, it's only toxic if it's fed to you by well-meaning humans.

Actually, this dog isn't a food thief, except for the time she stole my block of chocolate wrapped marzipan, gave me a heart attack as I tried to work out which element was likely to be the most toxic, and then I found half of it buried under the sofa cushion and the other half under my work bag. Little bugger, I'd been looking forward to that.

years ago our old spaniel ate;
library books
snotty tissues
a tube of mustard
numerous baskets
knickers

60 odd years ago we didn't know all the things dogs weren't supposed to eat and neither did the dogs. Our lovely dog, who lived until he was 18, was fed on tinned dog food and dog biscuits but enjoyed a huge variety of left overs, stolen chocolate, stolen fruit cake and the occasional Newcastle brown ale in a saucer from the old codgers at the local pub. He was the most loveable and intelligent little dog and had a long and happy life.

My small dogs "dietary indiscretions" are legendary at my vets.

Some of the notable ones-DD's retainer which she seemed to enjoy because she later ate my Invisalign one.
The best part of 2 loaves of banana bread that were cooling-DS calculated that it was the equivalent of him eating some huge amount-like 12 loaves. She was loaf shaped for a long time...
She also has a fondness for butter and has polished off a stick or two
Most of an Easter ham the cat pushed off the counter for her
Several incidents with stolen chocolate mean I now have activated charcoal at home-but a warning-it stains anything it comes into contact with very badly!!

We actually had to switch bins-we had one that you push the top and the lid pops open. She figured out how to open it and she was found entirely in the bin rummaging for snacks...

My 9 year old bernese mountain dog would eat anything when he was younger. He ate an entire woollen glove, thongs, socks, the top of my slipper....he never suffered any ill effects either. He used to poo the thongs out in one piece!!

Once you pop you just can't stop. Hope that's not the same for the dog's bum.

My dog (half spaniel, half Lab) ate a quarter of a Colin the Caterpillar cake someone had inexplicably dropped on the pavement. I spent the next twenty minutes of our walk frantically finding an online calculator which told you how much you should panic. Turned out he's such a chonk he could have eaten the whole cake with no ill effects, which he clearly overheard as he spent the next week trying to drag me back to the same corner on the off-chance.

(it's dark chocolate that's really dangerous, and then it's dependent on weight; small amounts of garlic are fine for dogs, and so are ripe tomatoes, but not the stems or unripe ones).