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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