Greenville pet owner urges caution after dog’s near-fatal encounter with chocolate

PETS, AS MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. BUT THEY DO FACE THEIR OWN SPECIAL CHALLENGES AND DANGERS. AND AS WE COME TO THE END OF PET POISON PREVENTION MONTH, CAROL CLARKE WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOUR PET SAFE. MEET SEELEY A HAPPY, HEALTHY THREE YEAR OLD GOLDEN RETRIEVER, A GOLDEN WITH A SWEET TOOTH. JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN LAST YEAR, HER OWNER, PAIGE TAYLOR, CAME HOME TO THIS CANDY WRAPPERS ALL OVER THE PLACE BY COUNTING BACKWARDS FROM WHAT WAS LEFT OVER. PAIGE FIGURED OUT THAT SEELEY HAD EATEN SEVEN FULL SIZED HERSHEY BARS, FOUR FULL SIZED KIT KAT BARS, AND FOUR REESE’S PEANUT BUTTER CUPS. THAT’S A LOT OF CHOCOLATE FOR MAN OR BEAST. PAIGE RUSHED SEELEY TO GREENVILLE V.G., AN EMERGENCY VET. ER. THEY CALCULATED THE AMOUNT OF CHOCOLATE IN RELATION TO THE BODY WEIGHT. HERS CAME UP HERE VERY TOXIC, AT RISK OF SEIZURES AND TREMORS. SEELEY WAS IN TOXIC TROUBLE. CHOCOLATE IS VERY TOXIC TO DOGS. IT ACTS AS A STIMULANT TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM AND IN REALLY HIGH DOSES, IT CAN CAUSE NEUROLOGIC SIGNS LIKE SEIZURES AND TWITCHING. BUT IT CAUSES DIFFERENT HEART ARRHYTHMIAS, HYPERTENSION. SO THEY GAVE HER SOME MEDICATION TO MAKE HER THROW IT UP. AND IT WAS A LOT. IT WAS A LOT OF CHOCOLATE THAT SHE THREW UP. BESIDES CHOCOLATE, OTHER SUBSTANCES THAT ARE TOXIC TO THEM INCLUDE MEDICATIONS LIKE IBUPROFEN, SUBSTANCES LIKE THE SWEETENER XYLITOL, AND ANTIFREEZE, WHICH HAS A SWEET TASTE. THE MOST COMMON TOXIN FOR DOGS, THOUGH THC, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA. YOU KNOW, THEY’VE GOT GREAT NOSES AND THEY CAN SMELL IT. AND IT’S VERY ENTICING TO THEM. AND THEY’LL PICK IT UP WHILE THEY’RE OUT ON A WALK. DESPITE HER BRUSH WITH TROUBLE, SEELEY STILL TRIES TO GET AT ANY CHOCOLATE. SHE DID NOT LEARN HER LESSON. SHE WILL EAT ANYTHING THIS HALLOWEEN. WILL BE KEEPING OUR CANDY VERY HIGH SO SHE CANNOT GET IT. NO TRICK OR CHOCOLATE TREAT FOR SEELEY I

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