Signs of Poisoning or Toxicity in Your Doodle
Just like with humans, a situation can go downhill quickly if your dog ingests poison or a toxic substance so you need to be aware of the symptoms to look for and have an idea of what to relay to your emergency vet. If you see any of the following, call the vet right away.
1. Pawing at the ears (indicates a ringing sound), eyes, or mouth. Watering eyes and/or nose. Increased thirst and salivation frequent swallowing. Dry mouth, numbness of tissues or pale tissues, dilated pupils, blurred vision (bumping into objects).
2. Breathing: difficult or labored; change in respiration rate such as reduced, rapid, irregular, shallow or very deep.
3. Temperature: sudden variations either high, low or irregular
4. Heart: weak or irregular beat: rapid or slow; fleeting pulse
5. Digestive: diarrhea (usually foul smelling), foul breath odor, vomits, pain on defecation or palpation. Cramps, constipation, blood in feces or vomitus.
6. Nervous system: shivering, unusual and uncoordinated movements, shock, coma, paralysis, convulsions.
7. Urinary tract: increased urination, blood in urine, increased or reduced volume, pain or urination.
8. Blood: A sample may be drawn to see if there or any irregularities in the blood chemistries and/or the complete blood count (CBC)
originally published in the August 2009 newsletter
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