Hi Bob & Joy:
Hope Pebbles continues to respond to the medication. I had to put my old
13
year
poodle to sleep last week. We went to Louisville,Ky. Had to put him in
the
kennel
when we got back he was in a coma, & had to put him to sleep. The next
day we
went
to the pound & found a pretty little 6 week old puppy 1/2 dauchaund 1/2
chichuaua.
Named her Peanut, again I am really glad you caught it in time. Love our
animals
Betty cg Jim 65/3

Bob & Joy Graham wrote:

> Some of you will know that Bob & I have a most beautiful toy poodle called
> Pebbles who is the love of our lives.
>
> I want to tell you of the near disaster which nearly befell her.
>
>  She was roaming around the PAWA office (as she usually does - and probably
> shouldn't) harmlessly, Bob was photocopying, and all of a sudden he heard
> her crunching away on something and he said "OH NO!"  She had been eating
> the rat/mice poison which had - unknown to us - been put down on the floor
> under a cupboard.
>
> How do you make a dog vomit?  Fingers down the throat did not work.
>
> We stopped at a deli (to get some salt) on the way to the vets, and I gave
> her some salty water, but this didn't work.
>
> It was about twenty minutes after she ate the poison the vet gave her an
> injection of APOMORPHINE into a vein  and within 15 seconds up came all the
> rat poison & everything else too. We could see she had eaten a lot of it,
> enough to kill her, for sure, within 4-5 days.
>
>  He then pumped her full of salty water to make her vomit quite a few more
> times.  The poor little darling was pretty distressed for a while.  He gave
> her another injection - an antidote called Konakion and a supply of pills
> (same stuff) which she has to take daily for the next ten days.
>
> I am to watch her for bleeding, (gums, pale eye lids) and not let her run
> vigourously for the next two weeks. She is not to have bones or biscuits =
> anything which may make her gums or stomach bleed.
>
> Whilst the vet is pretty sure she will survive, the real test will be in
> about four - seven more days.
>
> I did not think to ask how much apomorphine - it looked about one cc. - she
> was given (I will check) but thought you who have apomorphine may like to
> know that you have something which could save your pet's life - if needed.
> Even if not given into a vein, but just into the neck area, it would work
> pretty quickly as an emetic.
>
>   It did cross my mind to crush up some of Bob's Permax for her - but
> wasn't sure if that wouldn't kill her for some other reason!
>
> I am determined to do an emergency course for dog first aid now.
>
> What a day. Please keep your fingers crossed for Pebbles.
>
> Joy Graham