My dog was poisoned

[Nomad]

Im sure your devastated right now Rain, I truly hope this works out well for you. And I really hope this wasnt intentional, sad sad declaration if it was.

[Lulu2]

Adding my good wishes, too! Perhaps one of your neighbors has been poisoning rats and your dog ate one? There are so many possibilities...but, most importantly, your pup needs to regain health.

Let us know....

[cherandbuster]

Oh Rainbow

My most sincere and heartfelt wishes for your wonderful little friend

I have a small dog as well and am so sorry to hear your story.

Buster sends get-well doggie licks to your best friend

Do let us know what's happening

We really do care

[rainbowsmiles]

Thanks everyone for all of the support and kind words. I really appreciate it and it does help!


Does your dog bark and annoy the neighbors?

What type (if any) weed killers or pesticides have YOU sprayed in
your yard?

Valerie,

He does bark but not Incessably. He actually barks less than all of the neighbor dogs. On my left is a lab, to my right is a poodle, and in back of our home is 3 pomeranians. The neighbor I suspect of doing the poisoning is the one with the poms. All of the neighbors around us had privacy fences put up (including us) to avoid this specific neighbor. She's an usual character and so are her children. I've caught her son throwing golf balls and a croquet ball at my dogs in the past (I have two chihuahuas). I've tried talking to her on only one ocassion but she couldn't stop screaming and calling me names (and that was the first week after we moved in here). I was told by other neighbors to avoid her and her family because her odd behavior was typical and just best ignored. So far the ignoring worked until this incident. I don't spray my yard. We organic garden and use nothing to treat weeds (we hand dig). My neighbors treat their lawn but I spoke with them and none of them have treated their lawns since May.

Babyrider,

Thank you for the tips on what to watch for in my dog. I think I'm impatient and feel like he should be back to normal but all he does is sleep and when he tries to walk he usually makes it for some water and food but falls over soon after. When he was brought into the vet his prognosis was he'd be dead in 2 hours. They gave him a shot to reduce brain swelling and was given a general antibiotic. The swelling went down immediately and they said he slept all day. Day 2 he ate and drank and was able to potty normally. On day 3 they sent him home. He didn't do charcoal based on his presenting symptoms. He said he had received a toxin either from a plant or pesticide (but later said pesticide considering how fast he came out of his coma or catatonic state and based on what he treated him with). He sent him some meds for him to take 7 days and all he said was that he was optimistic there would be a full recovery but yesterday my dog looked half dead again. He gets up, eats, drinks, potties, and then falls over and sleeps.

Thanks again everyone. I will keep you all posted on his recovery. I'm suppose to call the vet in the morning and let him know how the weekend went and see whether or not he needs to go back in.

Its great news that your dog is on the mend. By now you will have realised that Valerie and Babyrider are animal experts that you can trust. They will always be willing to help or, if not, point you in the right direction

[BabyRider]

Rainbow, your dog's system has just been put through the wringer. I'm not surprised at all that he doesn't have any extra energy. His body is doing what it needs to do to repair itself. What's important right now is healing. Walking? Not so important. So the body is focusing on what needs to be fixed, and other, less crucial areas are being "ignored" for the moment. Does that make sense?
If your dog is eating and going potty normally, and drinking water, I am highly confident that he is well on the road to recovery. No dog that is seriously ill will eat, generally. Looks like you're on the right track!!

[rainbowsmiles]

Thank you babyrider! It makes me feel better hearing from you that his weakness is to be expected. I kept worrying that it was a bad sign. I checked on him 3 times in the night and kept waking him to see if he was alive - I won't do that again. I'll let him rest. Thanks again

[cherandbuster]

Originally Posted by BabyRider

Rainbow, your dog's system has just been put through the wringer. I'm not surprised at all that he doesn't have any extra energy. His body is doing what it needs to do to repair itself. What's important right now is healing. Walking? Not so important. So the body is focusing on what needs to be fixed, and other, less crucial areas are being "ignored" for the moment. Does that make sense?
If your dog is eating and going potty normally, and drinking water, I am highly confident that he is well on the road to recovery. No dog that is seriously ill will eat, generally. Looks like you're on the right track!!

Our BR

[cherandbuster]

Rainbow

Do you have an update for us?

[rainbowsmiles]

Yes I do

I spoke with the vet this afternoon. As babyrider had said, the weakness is very normal. His eating and going potty is what counts. The vet predicts my dog will be back to his old self by July 30th but if for some reason he is not then I have to bring him back in to the vets office.

I took my dog out of his room today to see if he could walk or if he wanted to walk around and he did for about 2 minutes. His back legs aren't really working so he dragged them a bit. I put him back in his room and he just fell over and went to sleep.

Thanks for asking about him