| This is a very sad day for my clients. One of their Wolfhound puppies accidentally ate some medicine for psoriasis and is now, two days later, suffering from terminal kidney failure along with a host of other horrible physical symptoms.
I write this as a caution to others and to ask for your prayers and good thoughts for my clients and their remaining Wolfhound puppy Gaelyn.
A visiting relative left a tube of medicine on a table and left the room (can’t begin to imagine how badly he feels). All Seamus did was bite the tube and enough of the medication got into his system to end his life. The doctor thinks it wasn’t more than a tablespoon that was swallowed.
Seamus’ sister Gaelyn was caught in the room with Seamus, but so far (say a prayer) she has not shown any symptoms of poisoning.
Apparently the medication has high levels of Vitamin D which is what is causing the kidney and other organ failures.
I feel just horrible about this. You would have loved this dog. I was having such a great time working with them (my first wolfhounds) and I am going to miss Seamus terribly.
Let us all blog, facebook and remind our clients about the dangers of such innocent things like the medications/vitamins that we take every day. We not only want to protect our dogs, but our friends and family from the trauma of being responsible for something like this.
Be safe…
Christine
Folks, this came to me from one of our Bark Buster trainers today, it’s a very real problem! And you can prevent this kind of stuff from happening, be aware that pups use their mouths to learn and explore their world, they have no idea dangerous and deadly things are out in the world. Please keep you puppy and dog SAFE! |
