hyperactive dog

Re: hyperactive dog

sophia guymer — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:51:01 GMT

[quote user="Louise Alexander"]I'm currently testing it in my garden [/quote]

In case you have a dog, best keep an eye on him/her!

Re: hyperactive dog

Louise6732 — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:21:11 GMT

[quote user="sophia guymer"]I can't even remember why and what the benefits are [/quote]

It's apparently a great natural snail and slug repellant

I'm currently testing it in my garden so will update if it works!

Re: hyperactive dog

Vikki Halliday LLB — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:04:40 GMT

I have also seen this in an inquisitive cat, who managed to eat some of the owner's weed, and was in a constant state of purring stupor for about 12 hours!

Re: hyperactive dog

Michael Woodhouse — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:52:58 GMT

[quote user="sophia guymer"]my Patterdale used to eat absolutely anything, and yes, he did eat the coffee from the garden. So Caffeine is one to remember, believe me, he was one hyped up little dog![/quote]

Re: hyperactive dog

sophia guymer — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:59:27 GMT

[quote user="Mark Frost"]Also consider nicotine, if [/quote]

That reminds me of something that happened to my late Patterdale terrier:

My dad sometimes comes over from holland and works in my garden for me. He drinks perculator coffee and swears by putting the 'prut' (thats what we call it, don't know the english word, its the coffee that is left in the machine after the drink has been made) on the garden. I can't even remember why and what the benefits are , but my Patterdale used to eat absolutely anything, and yes, he did eat the coffee from the garden. So Caffeine is one to remember, believe me, he was one hyped up little dog! Didn't lay down all evening. But as with most vets dogs he got nicely ignored and was fine the next day (he made it to 16yr so don't think it did him a lot of harm in the long run)

Re: hyperactive dog

Mark Frost — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:53:07 GMT

Also consider nicotine, if the dog has been through a bin and eaten some cigarette butts or nicotine patches, I have seen both suspected weed (quiet and lethargic) and suspected nicotine (completely mental) toxicity - both staffies with questionable owners. Both fine the next day after overnight IVFT, although the nicotine staffie needed gassing down to get a line in.

Re: hyperactive dog

Tim Cheyne — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:12:06 GMT

The only dog (a GSD pup) that I know to have been stoned was in a deep sleep with an incredibly slow but strong pulse. After warning the owners that it should 'Keep off the Grass'(which sent the wife into hysterics!), the dog recovered quite quickly and uneventfully. Describing the symptoms to an ex-police dog handler some months later he said immediately "It had eaten hash" and explained that in training the dog sometimes ate the bait instead of pointing and that was how they reacted.

Tim.

Re: hyperactive dog

Mark Holmes — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:30:20 GMT

I have seen quite a number of stoned dogs whilst working in Dewsbury, they are usually slightly sedated rather than overactive and if you could ever describe a dog as cross eyed that that would be a good descriptionor more glazed looking. They often lean a little to one side. We saw sufficient that you could just about make a diagnosis on appearance, and then have a difficult conversation with the owner. Often the dog has been licking out the ash tray like a bowl.

Re: hyperactive dog

Rob Reid — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:13:09 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]I was still convinced it had got the owners stash because they admitted being users even though they swore blind there was no possibility the dog could have got any and they were chavs with a Rotty.[/quote]

Was it the Kappa shellsuit that gave them away? Or maybe they didn't pay their bill...

Re: hyperactive dog

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:46:54 GMT

99% odds on has eaten some of the owners 'weed' most do recover but I had one that died. Also had a very similar incident in dog which the owner reckoned had drunk some 'Muc Off' which is a spray-on bike cleaner. It contains nothing but organic surfactants and should in theory cause a bit of gastric irritation at worst. I was still convinced it had got the owners stash because they admitted being users even though they swore blind there was no possibility the dog could have got any and they were chavs with a Rotty.

Re: hyperactive dog

Claire Godfrey — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:22:37 GMT

thank you,

Dog much more settled oday but does ahve a temperature, I'm assuming from all that activity! going home later this evening as long as temperature comes down

Just appearred very odd!

Re: hyperactive dog

Rob Reid — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:39:17 GMT

[quote user="ilanit"]This reminds me of this toy poodle that was brought to me late at night on one of my emergency shifts. It had woken up very restless, trembling and unable to settle, pacing up and down. Owner said she could not have had any chocolate or poison and I was wrecking my tired brain... Then after a while the owner asked to talk to me 'in private' (this meant without his wife because there was nobody else) and told me he had been smoking hash with his friends in the same room where the dog (this tiny 2 kg dog) was sleeping and if that could have had anything to do with it? (I think appropriate smiley here ) He could have spared me the trouble and tell me earlier![/quote]

I recall a similar 'weed' incident with a Rottie where he managed to eat the owner's stash (and before you jump to any conclusions about Chavs and Rotties the owner was a radiographer!)

Said dog was fine - slept very well that night and was very hungry the next day!

Re: hyperactive dog

ilanit — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:40:52 GMT

This reminds me of this toy poodle that was brought to me late at night on one of my emergency shifts. It had woken up very restless, trembling and unable to settle, pacing up and down. Owner said she could not have had any chocolate or poison and I was wrecking my tired brain... Then after a while the owner asked to talk to me 'in private' (this meant without his wife because there was nobody else) and told me he had been smoking hash with his friends in the same room where the dog (this tiny 2 kg dog) was sleeping and if that could have had anything to do with it? (I think appropriate smiley here ) He could have spared me the trouble and tell me earlier!

Re: hyperactive dog

Michael Woodhouse — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:38:35 GMT

Are we too early for harvest mites? Not seen any yet this year but I have seen similar in the past and little orange speck time is coming around again.

Re: hyperactive dog

Utlendigur — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:33:07 GMT

Chocolate toxicity?