I have heard various ideas about whether to/how to induce vomiting in a dog.
I commonly hear of hydrogen peroxide; but I have also heard that is is dangerous and erosive to the digestive tract.
So veterinary peeps, can/should a dog owner induce vomiting in a dog found to have recently eaten something like chocolate? If so, how?
(Remembering of course, that this often happens on weekends/holidays when a quick phone call to regular vet may not be possible)
Yes you can dose with H.P. Get a dosing syringe fill with H.P. and force into dogs mouth they will swallow it. Whatever is in tummy with erupt out immediately.
No this is not something you do on a daily, weekly basis. This is for emergency inducing of vomiting only. I have used this maybe once in the past 5 years on a dog that did ingest dark chocolate.
Believe me whatever is inside will come out fast!! This is not a fix all in case doggy ate something questionable, it is for emergency purposes only. If dog ingests poison, do this then rush to vet.
Do not use this unless the dog truly is in danger and do not use more than one syringe worth, say 2 ounces. That is all you need for a large dog, say around 65 pound dog.
This is something you should discuss with your vet before doing it for clearer instructions. If you have a tiny dog not sure how much to use. All I know is that it works, my vet stands behind it as an emergency fix only.
This is just another thing you should have in your pet emergency arsenal. But please do check with your vet on how much and have them show you how to do it. Also the H.P. should be very fresh, or so vet told me. I replace my bottle every other month or so. You can also get the dosing syringe from your vet.
I used it to get a sock back about 8 years ago from a pup that had eaten it. Can you say sock barf explosion? That sock came flying back out and saved me $$$ for a vet visit and possible surgery.
It works, but please talk to your vet, perhaps a vet here or vet tech can be more specific in helping you with this.
Can you say sock barf explosion? That sock came flying back out and saved me $$$ for a vet visit and possible surgery.
Oh my gosh…can you say coffee out the nose explosion!!! LOL
My vet also recommended it for an emergency expulsion of a ball that was swallowed. Worked like a charm and no vet visit was needed.
My vet recommended HP for my lab that ate an entire container of Tums. Lab was goofy enough to lap up most of HP out of a bowl. I only needed to give him a little more.
We had a chocolate ‘incident’ around Christmas time and my vet also recommended HP. For my 75 lb lab the vet recommended two capfulls
HP IME doesnt happen immediately more like a minute later. We had to dose our dogs when we got home and found they had torn open a lunch box and eaten an entire bottle of Rx grade anti inflammatories (and was working on the muscle relaxers) on top of some other things (the amount of destruction that happened in 10 minutes we were gone was unbelievable)
Talk about a fun night. After their vomiting experience and everything, they were under orders to eat nothing but white rice barley flavored with chicken broth for 2 weeks.
ASPCA poison control hot line: (888) 426-4435
There is a 65.00 fee… they stay on the phone with you and walk you through everything.
I found this out when my Jack russell ate a half full travel vile of Dramimene (sp?). They were very nice and very helpful.
They can give you amounts etc based on size and approx weight of your dog so you don’t do more harm then good.
I too have used HP and it didnt take much for my 50lb dog. two capfuls or so.
I think its ridiculous that you have to pay for an animal poison control line. But, if I needed it and I couldnt contact a vet, $65 is worth it.
I’ve done it to my dog twice, once for eating an entire dark chocolate cake, and once when she ate a bunch of horse vitamins. Tessa, however, has intestines of steel so it takes about 15cc to get her to puke, and she’ll hold out for maybe 5 minutes before puking.
And then I have to make sure to thoroughly clean up whatever she pukes up, or else she’ll try to eat it a second time :dead:
As a rule, I do NOT recommend owners induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide. I have seen horrible gastric ulcers and aspiration pneumonia after hydrogen peroxide use.
Apomorphine given at the clinic is safer and more effective.
Table salt does the trick, no problems that I"m aware of. Learned this from poison control for free. Plus, easy to administer- it sticks to the dogs mouth so they swallow it all, then vomit within a minute. We used 1 TB for a 100 lb dog. Once my dachshund ate a thick 2X3 chunk of vet wrap and bandage- I saw him with it and he swallowed it whole like a snake! Little bugger! I gave him a full tsp of salt and he vomitted the whole chunk up in one piece the same way it went down. I imagine I would have had a dead dog or a whopping vet bill if I had not seen him swallow it. Was able to go off to work on time!
Contact your Veterinarian, and ask them what they suggest for a dog that has eaten chocolate. They can tell you what to use to induce vomiting and how much to give. (It also saved us the fee from Animal Poison Control.) When our two tore apart a tomato plant, there was a certain measurement we had to give both dogs for Hydrogen Peroxide.
It was give them x tablespoons, and wait five minutes. If they don’t vomit, give x more. Wait five minutes. If they don’t vomit after the second time, BRING THEM IN.
Our 85lb Lab ate 3/4’s of a Dufflet Dark Chocolate cake a few years ago. The vet told us to give HP. We administered and took dog for a long walk waiting for vomiting to start. It never did, lol and Lab was totally fine. I think our Lab made a ‘soda’ out of the cake and HP.
Most vets will tell you that a BIG dog can consume chocolate and have no issues. It’s the little ones you have to watch out for.
Did it once on a 6 month old pup who ate the contents of an entire tube of ivermectin horse wormer! (not my dog by the way). The owner called the vet, who said give her the peroxide, and she barfed it all up within a minute or two.
Then to make she she puked it all up, we emptied another tube next to it, and did an eyeball comparison of volume.
Dog gave me the stink eye for weeks afterwards (since I was the one who dosed her while the owner held her).
It isn’t remotely ridiculous. For $65 you get the advice of a board certified toxicologist who will begin a case for you and if your animal requires care, will continue to work with your vet until the case is closed…all for that original $65. We have used them at the emergency clinic for years when animals come in and have eaten something we haven’t seen before or a combo of drugs have been eaten.
[quote=LibertyRun;5662572]Table salt does the trick, no problems that I"m aware of. Learned this from poison control for free. Plus, easy to administer- it sticks to the dogs mouth so they swallow it all, then vomit within a minute. We used 1 TB for a 100 lb dog. Once my dachshund ate a thick 2X3 chunk of vet wrap and bandage- I saw him with it and he swallowed it whole like a snake! Little bugger! I gave him a full tsp of salt and he vomitted the whole chunk up in one piece the same way it went down. I imagine I would have had a dead dog or a whopping vet bill if I had not seen him swallow it. Was able to go off to work on time!
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Actually we are now seeing problems with the salt - they don’t vomit it all up like the peroxide and can cause electrolyte inbalances.
I have used HP and salt…and lab really really wanted to hold onto that dark chocolate bar!!!
Took her into clinic, had to give her apomorphine - vomited up some…but not much. Then had to lavage her stomach. that finally got it all out, plus some cat turds…gross!
HP is what the vet told me to use when I found my dog had chewed up a bottle of Advil and I had no idea if she had eaten any of the pills.
I like it that it does not feel like my vet is always trying to get more money out of me.
I have used hydrogen peroxide twice, both times successfully.
First time, brand new foster puppy (6 months old) who had known nothing but having the sh*t beat out of her (had a broken leg at the time we got her) ate her Fentanyl patch (72mcg) about 10 minutes after I put it on her while I was in the bathroom. It took a good deal of hydrogen peroxide, but she puked it up! We have since kept the dog.
Second time my dog ate an entire loaf of raisin bread off the counter, ugh! Only took a small amount and she puked it all up.
I’ve always used hydrogen peroxide when it is something that needs to come up quick and it hasn’t been too long since it was ingested. Otherwise if it is something that can be allowed to pass naturally, canned pumpkin works well to gather everything up and move it along…
