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A long, excellent, and tiring day, followed by a lazy pizza dinner with some of my dear peeps…and before I get to bed I hear an odd noise from the kitchen. And, lo, my Bichon Frisé Molly, retired honorably after some years of service as my service dog (due to Cushings Syndrome, pituitary) has discovered my idiocy in parking a bowl of milk chocolate (solid, previously melted, now solid in the bowl, and stashed—thoughtlessly—on the bottom shelf of my bakers rack), nosed through the cover on the bowl, and is steadily and NOISILY (thank Goddess) lapping a deviled-egg–shaped depression in the solid chocolate. Ack! So I disassociated the pup from the poison, reviewed my resources on hand, and measured and looked up (THANK YOU, Dog Toxicity Meter online…petmd/dog/chocolate-toxicity) the deets on just how much toxin shed ingested. (Between 0.5 oz and 0.8 oz of quality milk chocolate, for a 13+ pound 13-year-old.) Having interrupted her consumption (yeah, Im a spoilsport mommy), I promptly gave her extra fluids of the sort she *usually* gets for late night snack: acidophilus milk, clear meat broth, one or two of her fave soft salmon training treats. Followed by a hefty dose of charcoal capsules—shell take almost any pill in peanut butter, she will. Officially, per this meter, shes not likely to suffer much ill effect…but at rising 13 (in nine weeks) and having had Cushings for at least 1.6. years, a year of that un/mis-diagnosed, well…ARGH! So there I was about ready to get horizontal with my current casual-reading book to turn a couple of pages and crash out…and then I find I cannot locate my castor oil! (I dont keep ipecac on hand.) That was a recommendation for a previous dog who got into the bottle of my older dogs chewable Rimadyl…borderline toxic level and after veterinary office hours, with budget considerations. Basically, the idea is to get it out of them one way or another. So I went and got the Pepsi I had leftover from my pizza pigging, and am proceeding to stay up for the next few hours at watch for signs of toxicity. Im not likely to *waken* coherent if she starts to puke out in the kitchen where shes apt to do so trying to get to the back door, and shes not as reliable about asking me for an out stop these days at the best of times. (My place is dotted with little washable area rugs parked atop washable pee pads in her fave spots.) But if I stay up long enough to observe and address any toxic results (nausea, vomiting, *more than usual* urination, reslessness, hyperactivty…), then maybe I wont need to steam clean all the carpets tomorrow…with a guest in the house. Looks like my bedtime is gonna be about 3 am, unless the worse occurs.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 07:35:05 +0000

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