A Buckeye Scare
This morning MK shouted out that Brutus had eaten a buckeye. A buckeye is a poisonous black and tan nut and while he was able to get some of the chewed nut out of Brutus’ mouth we were missing at least 3/4 of the nut.
We took Brutus outside, gave him a couple tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide using a turkey baster and within a few minutes the nut parts were out on the ground. I’ve never had to get a dog to vomit before and am thankful that a leo-list I’m on had recently had a discussion on how to get a dog to vomit so that I knew what to do.
Brutus gave me a look of — WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS, but is doing fine now. whew! True I didn’t know if he had enough to do damage to him but I also didn’t want to find that out.
ps–Brutus is named for Brutus the Buckeye, the mascot for Ohio State University. I think we better keep that box of buckeyes SIL sent to the boys way up out of the way from Brutus the Buckeye.
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December 25th, 2007 @ 7:15 pm
Hello, I just wanted to stop by and tell you Thank You!!! This particular blog about Brutus saved my dogs life today. A couple weeks ago I stumbled on your blog and apparently retained the information about hydrogen peroxide. My Pomeranian got into rat poisoning at my Dad’s farm today and I rushed him inside, got the peroxide in him and he vomited all of it out. TMI, I know. But I really wanted you to know how eternally grateful I am to you for having shared that experience. I believe it saved my doggy’s life and he means the world to me!!!!
Thank you so much, and Merry Christmas!!!!!!
December 26th, 2007 @ 9:36 am
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