Warning for dog owners - raisins & grapes can be toxic

[KristiKelly]

I'm going to try to paste a post that I read on another board & hope that it works, if not, it states that a dog ate raisins and has since had to be euthanized. There is something in both raisins & grapes that are toxic to a dog's system. I did feed our previous dog grapes, he loved them & never had a problem, but since, I have read on several websites that they are toxic. I hope this works:

Warning for all dog owners
>
>This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever seen
>at MedVet. My patient was a 56 pound, 5 yr old male neutered lab mix
>who ate half a cannister of raisins sometime between 7:30 AM and 4:30
>PM on Tuesday. He started with vomiting, diarrhea and shaking about 1
>AM on Wednesday but the owner didn't call my emergency service until 7
>AM. I had heard somewhere about raisins AND grapes causing acute renal
>failure but hadn't seen any formal paper on the subject. We had her
>bring the dog in immediately. In the meantime, I called the ER service
>at MedVet, and the doctor there was like me---had heard something about
>it, but....Anyway, we contacted the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control
>Center and they said to give I V fluids at 1 1/2 times maintenance and
>watch the kidney values for the next 48-72 hours. The dog's BUN (blood
>urea nitrogen level) was already at 32 (normal less than 27) and
>creatinine over 5 (1.9 is the high end of normal). Both are monitors of
>kidney function in the bloodstream. We placed an I V catheter and
>started the fluids. Rechecked the renal values at 5 PM and the BUN was
>over 40 and creatinine over 7 with no urine production after a liter of
> fluids. At the point I felt the dog was in acute renal failure and sent
> him on to MedVet for a urinary catheter to monitor urine output
>overnight as well as overnight care. He started vomiting again
>overnight at MedVet and his renal values have continued to increase
>daily. He produced urine when given lasix as a diuretic. He was on 3
>different anti-vomiting medications and they still couldn't control his
>omiting. Today his urine output decreased again, his BUN was over 120,
>is creatinine was at 10, his phosphorus was very elevated and his
>blood pressure, which had been staying around 150, skyrocketed to 220.
>He
>continued to vomit and the owners elected to euthanize.
>
>This is a very sad case--great dog, great owners who had no idea raisins
>could be a toxin. Please alert everyone you know who has a dog of this
>very serious risk. Poison control said as few as 7 raisins could be
>toxic. Many people I know give their dogs grapes or raisins as treats.
>Any exposure should give rise to immediate concern. Feel free to
>contact me if you have any questions.
>
>Laurinda Morris, DVM
>Danville Veterinary Clinic
>4 E Main St
>Danville, OH
>Phone: 740-599-5991

 

[stamper]

Yup, so true. Thanks for posting this....always good to give a heads up! Also want to be careful about onions(especially the skins I think it is) and the same with fresh garlic.

 

[DoeWDW]

I had heard about onions but never knew raisins or grapes could be bad. Thanks for the info!

 

[crazyforgoofy]

Thanks for posting this. Our big lab baby (55lbs, 9 months old) is always trying to get Isabella's raisins when she's snacking. And the silly goose is forever trying to stick his nose in my wine glass (the "prescribed" one glass a day of red for my health, of course ). I'll be much more vigilant.

 

[bballmom56]

I had just read this recently myself. I was actually asking another dogowner friend on Tuesday if she had heard this, but she said no. Thank you for telling the story in detail, as sad as it is. Hopefully, other people will now know. Thank heaven, grapes and raisins are one thing our dog won't eat!

 

[Lorix2]

I never heard of this and what's ironic about this is that of all the food dropped on the floor by my kids, the only food we've noticed our dog won't eat IS raisins & grapes...maybe she knows something we didn't.

 

[Beauty]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!

I was feeding my mother's Pomeranian green grapes the other night, thank goodness she didn't get sick. No more grapes for her!

 

[Celluloidgal]

Thanks for the posting.

I've just started an obedience class with my dog last week, and the trainer mentioned all the food no-nos. She included raisins & grapes! We all had NO IDEA![ ] Hearing it again, confirmed it for me. I'm also glad to know that my trainer is so up-to-date!

No grapes for poochie, pass it on...[ ]

 

[SugarBear]

WOW, I had no idea.

I give my dog one raisin a day, I hide his medicine in it.