My weenie dog ate a fair amount of raisins on Friday (not sure how many but it was a large can, could be anywhere from 10-100 raisins). 2 year old who was carrying them around was the culprit and wife didn't know they were toxic. He puked a little bit on Saturday and now Sunday morning puked and heaved a lot to include going to the restroom inside which is rare for him. There are no vets open, was wondering if anyone had any advice as I would hate for him to get worse if I can help it.

https://www.petmd.com/dog/emergency/digestive/e_dg_grape_raisin_toxicity

Seems like this is quite important

Most counties have at least 1 or 2 emergency clinics. You can induce vomiting with some hydrogen peroxide, but if it was that long ago that it ate the grapes that is probably not as effective as it would be in the first 1-2 hours. It needs to be seen by a vet.

Disclaimer: I'm not a vet, but had a chocolate lab that had a great nose, would climb and search whenever the kids left stuff out, and ate everything it shouldn't.

If your dog eats any amount of grapes or raisins, take him to the veterinarian or animal hospital immediately. However, if it has only been a few minutes since your dog ate the raisins, and you cannot get to a hospital right away, you should induce vomiting. A solution of one teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide per five pounds of your dog's weight should produce vomiting within 10 to 15 minutes. It that does not work, you can try it one more time with the same amount of peroxide. Do not repeat this step more than three times in 30 minutes. If your dog still has not vomited, you need to get him to a medical professional right away. It is a life-threatening emergency and needs immediate treatment.

If enough of the toxin was consumed, your dog if develop gastrointestinal irritation and vomiting in the first few hours of consumption, and within one to three days, signs of kidney failure will be obvious if your dog is not treated. These signs include loss of appetite, abdominal tenderness, fluid retention, tremors, extreme weakness, excessive thirst, and energy loss. This can affect dogs of any breed, gender, age, or size.

If your dog has eaten any amount of raisins or grapes, you should go to a veterinarian or animal hospital immediately, even if you do not see any symptoms. Failure to do so can quickly lead to kidney failure, and can even be fatal.

Raisin poisoning in dogs is a serious disorder and can possibly result in acute renal (kidney) failure and death. Although the way in which raisins are toxic to dogs is still considered to be unknown, there are several theories, such as mycotoxin (a toxic mold or fungus), metabolic disturbance, or an idiosyncratic reaction.

Advice: I would suggest finding an emergency vet who is open. Pup may make it without intervention, but it would be extremely difficult to watch my dog go through renal failure.

Certainly hope it's not too late, but if the raisin count was high, time may well be past for anything to be done.

Rough deal, for sure.

My dog once ate some grapes unknown to me. I noticed she had a very small appetite for about three or four days. One evening I left her inside while I went to dinner. Came home to three small puke puddles with a perfectly preserved grape in each.

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How's your pup doing?

I looked it up and found a toxicity level, it was 1oz raisins per 20lb of dog.

My 40lb dog had about 1oz of raisins, he never had any issues. It was a 2oz bag of trail mix, so I was able to figure out about he much he had assuming about half of it was raisins.

UPDATE: my dog "seems" to be pulling through after a rough day and a half. Saw some raisins in his poo so there's that, he was lethargic in the morning but shook it off and is eating and drinking and going to the bathroom (both) in his regular fashion. Even played tug with me so I'm hoping it's over as he hasn't puked anymore or looked ill. Looked for a vet, called the emergency numbers where there was one and nobody answered, not in an extremely large city per se so maybe that's why. Anyways thanks for the replies, here is to hoping he continues down this path and doesn't take a turn again as that was scary once I figured out what was happening to him.

Thanks for the update. I was following the thread and when you silent got a bit worried. Learned something new about raisins and grapes here.

Glad to hear he's doing better. Dogs are family!

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Glad your pup was ok. Definitely a good lesson for anyone reading this. They may seem harmless but grapes and especially raisins are bad news for dogs and require an immediate trip to the vet. Raisins are the worst due to the fact they're basically concentrated grapes and can be consumed rapidly and are much less filling.

My parents were watching my sisters dog a few months back and she got into a whole container of raisins. Luckily I had been talking to my dad about all the random things that are poisonous to dogs a few weeks earlier and he remembered that convo. Vet said the dog definitely wouldn't have made it if they didnt bring her in. That would have been an awkward conversation with my sister.

SteveBott said:

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Thanks for the update. I was following the thread and when you silent got a bit worried. Learned something new about raisins and grapes here.

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Other foods of note that are toxic/poisonous to dogs:

Onions
Garlic
Macadamia nuts
Avocado
Dark chocolate - due to methylxanthine
Coffee - also due to methylxanthine
Xylitol - common sweetener found in many items
Wild mushrooms


Some links to websites with lists of food items toxic to dogs:

https://www.vets-now.com/2017/01/foods-poisonous-to-dogs/

https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

Xylitol is one that people don't realize is in many peanut butters, and many people give peanut butter for treats, with meds, etc.

AggieRob93 said:

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SteveBott said:

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Thanks for the update. I was following the thread and when you silent got a bit worried. Learned something new about raisins and grapes here.

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Other foods of note that are toxic/poisonous to dogs:

Onions
Garlic
Macadamia nuts
Avocado
Dark chocolate - due to methylxanthine
Coffee - also due to methylxanthine
Xylitol - common sweetener found in many items
Wild mushrooms


Some links to websites with lists of food items toxic to dogs:

https://www.vets-now.com/2017/01/foods-poisonous-to-dogs/

https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

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Things my dog has eaten before:

Quarter of an onion

Oreos (family pack left out one day). Pumped him full of hydrogen peroxide with a turkey baster.

TomCat Rat Poisoning block, the green one. Had half of it in his mouth and never ate it when I caught him. Did spend $65 to call the animal poisoning hotline since I was in Quanah on a weekend.

4 Chocolate chip cookies

He's still living and I've never taken him in.

WestTexAg12 said:

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AggieRob93 said:

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SteveBott said:

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Thanks for the update. I was following the thread and when you silent got a bit worried. Learned something new about raisins and grapes here.

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Other foods of note that are toxic/poisonous to dogs:

Onions
Garlic
Macadamia nuts
Avocado
Dark chocolate - due to methylxanthine
Coffee - also due to methylxanthine
Xylitol - common sweetener found in many items
Wild mushrooms


Some links to websites with lists of food items toxic to dogs:

https://www.vets-now.com/2017/01/foods-poisonous-to-dogs/

https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

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Things my dog has eaten before:

Quarter of an onion

Oreos (family pack left out one day). Pumped him full of hydrogen peroxide with a turkey baster.

TomCat Rat Poisoning block, the green one. Had half of it in his mouth and never ate it when I caught him. Did spend $65 to call the animal poisoning hotline since I was in Quanah on a weekend.

4 Chocolate chip cookies

He's still living and I've never taken him in.

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Glad to know your pup is still kicking, and that you've never taken him in for ingesting something proven to be toxic.

I'm just trying to pass along some info here that may prove useful to folks who may not know otherwise. I for one fed one of my labs grapes for years - not a bag at a time, but certainly a few or more when I would have some myself, not aware at the time they could toxic in enough quantity. Same dog would get apple cores when I was finished eating them, not aware that the seeds could be toxic, though I never fed him a bushel of cores.

Had another lab eat half a bag of mixed halloween candy of all sorts - to no ill effect other than pooping out foil and plastic wrappers for the better part of a week.

Doesn't hurt to be armed with info, and certainly I don't feel the need to unnecessarily tempt fate. Dogs are tough, but they are not invincible.

WestTexAg12 said:

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AggieRob93 said:

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SteveBott said:

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Thanks for the update. I was following the thread and when you silent got a bit worried. Learned something new about raisins and grapes here.

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Other foods of note that are toxic/poisonous to dogs:

Onions
Garlic
Macadamia nuts
Avocado
Dark chocolate - due to methylxanthine
Coffee - also due to methylxanthine
Xylitol - common sweetener found in many items
Wild mushrooms


Some links to websites with lists of food items toxic to dogs:

https://www.vets-now.com/2017/01/foods-poisonous-to-dogs/

https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

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Things my dog has eaten before:

Quarter of an onion

Oreos (family pack left out one day). Pumped him full of hydrogen peroxide with a turkey baster.

TomCat Rat Poisoning block, the green one. Had half of it in his mouth and never ate it when I caught him. Did spend $65 to call the animal poisoning hotline since I was in Quanah on a weekend.

4 Chocolate chip cookies

He's still living and I've never taken him in.

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Let it be a lesson to all to not ever worry if your dog eats stuff that can kill it! After all, this man's dog has eaten multiple poisonous things and hasn't died, even without a vet visit.

Growing up, my dachshund ate rat poison. Twice. The first time we took him, the vet couldn't really do much for him. He said make sure he gets plenty of water. He threw up green stuff, and it passed. The second time, we didn't bother with the vet. He threw up green stuff, and he was fine. He lived a full life, with no complications.

This dog was also ran over multiple times, got into multiple dog fights, and fell out of the back of a moving truck going 30 mph. Granted he was 30 lbs, and built like a tank. Maybe he was just lucky, but unless you've got a mini yorkie, I bet he will be fine.

I once saw the aftermath of the kitchen when a Dachshund got ahold of a cooked rotisserie chicken right after it came home from the grocery store. Dang dog ate all of the chicken and some of the bones as well in its haste to eat it all before getting caught.

The dog laid around groaning all evening and made frequent trips out the doggy door. But it was fine in the end.

My dachshunds have eaten everything imaginable including raisins, grapes and the feces of both their own arse and other animals and have never blinked an eye.

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My dachshunds have eaten everything imaginable including raisins, grapes and the feces of both their own arse and other animals and have never blinked an eye.

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Wife and I used to swear that one of our doxies only crapped SO he could turn around and eat it fresh. Unbelievably disgusting but nothing we could do to stop it. Didn't let him lick your face much...

WestTexAg12 said:

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AggieRob93 said:

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SteveBott said:

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Thanks for the update. I was following the thread and when you silent got a bit worried. Learned something new about raisins and grapes here.

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Other foods of note that are toxic/poisonous to dogs:

Onions
Garlic
Macadamia nuts
Avocado
Dark chocolate - due to methylxanthine
Coffee - also due to methylxanthine
Xylitol - common sweetener found in many items
Wild mushrooms


Some links to websites with lists of food items toxic to dogs:

https://www.vets-now.com/2017/01/foods-poisonous-to-dogs/

https://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat

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Things my dog has eaten before:

Quarter of an onion

Oreos (family pack left out one day). Pumped him full of hydrogen peroxide with a turkey baster.

TomCat Rat Poisoning block, the green one. Had half of it in his mouth and never ate it when I caught him. Did spend $65 to call the animal poisoning hotline since I was in Quanah on a weekend.

4 Chocolate chip cookies

He's still living and I've never taken him in.

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What kind of dog? My wife had a beagle that ate everything. Rat poison...a rusty license plate...chocolate...never even phased that dog.

My rescue mutt once ate a full big box of chocolate covered raisins (double freaking whammy) and a tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide and acted like nothing was wrong. We still got her stomach pumped at an emergency vet just to be careful.

My pure bred Mini Aussie could eat a soggy piece of kibble and get a full body rash.