Heads Up If You Love a Dog

[Mercy Now]

I received this from a friend>


>This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever
>seen at  MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5 yr old male neutered
>lab mix who ate  half a canister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM
>and 4:30 PM on Tuesday. He started with vomiting, diarrhea and
>shaking about 1 AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call my
>emergency service until 7AM. I had heard somewhere about raisins AND
>grapes causing acute Renal failure but hadn't seen any formal paper
>on the subject. We had her bring the dog  in immediately. In the
>meantime, I called the ER service at MedVet, and the  doctor there
>was like me - had heard something about it  but....Anyway, we
>contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center and they
>said to give IV fluids at 1 ½ times maintenance and watch the kidney
>values for the next 48-72 hours.The dog's BUN (blood urea nitrogen
>level) was already at 32 normal less than 27) and creatinine over 5
>( 1.9 is the high end of normal). Both are monitors of kidney
>function in the bloodstream. We placed an IV catheterand started the
>fluids. Rechecked the renal values at 5 PM and the BUN was over 40
>and creatinine over 7 with no urine production after a liter of
>fluids. At the point I felt the dog was in acute renal failure and
>sent him on to MedVet for a urinary catheter to monitor urine output
>overnight as well as overnight care.
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>He started vomiting again overnight at MedVet and his renal values
>have continued to increase daily. He produced urine when given lasix
>as a diuretic. He was on 3  different anti-vomiting medications and
>they still couldn't control his vomiting. Today his urine output
>decreased again, his BUN was over 120, his creatinine was at 10, his
>phosphorus was very elevated and his blood pressure, which had been
>staying around 150, skyrocketed to 220.. He continued to vomit and
>the owners elected to euthanize.
>This is a very sad case - great dog, great owners who had no idea
>raisins could be a toxin. Please alert everyone you know who has a
>dog of  this very serious risk. Poison control said as few as 7
>raisins or grapes could be toxic. Many people I know give their dogs
>grapes or raisins as treats including our ex-handler's. Any exposure
>should give rise to immediate concern.
>
>Laurinda Morris, DVM
>Danville Veterinary Clinic
>Danville , Ohio
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[DreamTime]

I get "The Whole Dog Journal" and they had that in there about raisins and grapes being toxic to dogs. They also said that onions were almost as bad - those two are even worse than chocolate for dogs. This was in a recent article about making your own dog food and they wanted to make sure that people knew you shouldn't add those things to your dog food.

[Sily]

Oh my God, the owners must have felt awful.  :(

I had no idea raisins were toxic. Or onions.  I'm going to forward your post on as an email to my friends.

I [size="-1"]♥ all dogs.  In my mind, nothing beats their devotion and love. 


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[eagertolearn]

Raisons and grapes, never would have thought, definately will keep that in mind, i also heard large quantities of silverside. Apparently dogs cant process to much salt in thier diets. Thats what i heard anyway.

While were all on the subject of saving pets. Please remember not to give cats asprin. My mother accidently killed a cat i owned once by doing this. My cat had a fight and she thought it had a headache. Stupid i know but a true story.

[hippocamp]

Who woulda thunk a dog would go after raisins. but then my dog goes after everything. Thanks for this info to help keep our pups safe.

Hippocamp