Help, 45 lb dog just ate almost a pound of cheese archived

Making lunches for the kids, stopped to look for a notebook....cheese stolen by our new canine family member. I know cheese in large amounts is not good for dogs. This doesn't require a call to the vet, does it? A couple of days of diarrhea? Will he throw up? Should he be done eating for the day or do I still give him his cup of kibble this evening? Thanks, doggie experts.

Feed him normally, this too shall pass.

I think you're more likely to be dealing with a constipated pooch.

I would try to encourage a lot of water consumption today and then a small amount of kibble tonight to work as a pusher.

Not likely he is going to thow it back up.

Here is what you do:
That much cheese is not good for them; Call your vet and he might tell you to do this

To induce vomiting, give orally (by mouth) ONE of the following:

?Hydrogen Peroxide

Three percent hydrogen peroxide (not hair coloring strength peroxide) is quite effective in making dogs and cats vomit. You must be sure to use three percent peroxide. Despite the label indicating that hydrogen peroxide is toxic, it is safe to give to dogs for this purpose. It is considered toxic since it induces vomiting and therefore does not stay in the body.

The appropriate dose of hydrogen peroxide is one teaspoon per 10 pounds of body weight. If you have an oral syringe, one teaspoon equals 5 cc or 5 ml. Once given, walk your dog around or gently shake the stomach area to mix the peroxide with the stomach contents. Vomiting should occur within 15 to 20 minutes. If no vomiting occurs, you can safely repeat the three percent hydrogen peroxide once. If it is still not effective, your dog may need to be seen by a veterinarian for stronger vomiting medication.

Once the hydrogen peroxide is given, it is important to watch your pet so that he does not re-ingest the substance. If there is concern about toxicity, collect and take a sample of the vomitus to your veterinarian

Keep him outside till he has his happy moment....then watch out.

I don't think you need to induce vomiting for a pound of cheese. Just keep an eye on her or him. When in doubt call the vet, even just to make yourself feel better.

Just in case you need to, I tried the hydrogen peroxide method of inducing dog vomit once (dog ate some chocolate, not too much fortunately). I couldn't get it down her throat. My finger worked just fine though and brought everything right up.

I've had to do the hydrogen peroxide too. I used a turkey baister to get it down her throut. She barfed all over the lawn and then it was a race to the vet. She's fine, I'm fine, bad experience for both of us!

not helpful, I know...but isn't it now a 46lb dog? ;-)

you might try the homeopathic remedy, Nux Vomica...could be gotten at Whole Foods...probably 6c potency would be best. safe, no drug interactions etc. good luck

I didn’t know cheese was bad for dogs, like onions or chocolate. I though it just made them poop.

Cheese is not bad for dogs, but these things are:

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_poisonsafe

I'd call the vet anyway... 46 lbs or 6 lbs, they'd know what to tell you to expect afterwards, too.

Damn! I'm going to have to tell the pugs they can't have beer during the football games anymore.

AND I'm going to have to pick the Macadamia nuts out of their mixed nut can. Good thing they can still have chips and salsa.

Thanks for that list, tofugrl3. To add to it, our previous vet, Dr. Mallampati, said tomatoes are very bad for dogs. That's probably true of all acidic foods.

I heard the same thing, Tom. I'm surprised they're not on the list. I wonder if it's really true though, as I found many dog food recipe sites suggesting spaghetti and meatballs as a good meal for a dog.

So much for the salsa, sigh.

I can't help but wonder when my kids are going to get the hint and start eating over the table instead of turning their bodies so they are eating over the floor. The pugs get a couple of bagels a week because of this. At least they've learned not to leave their food unattended on the table (after an entire salmon dinner was decimated in about 5 seconds).

Our dog has eaten (not all at once) a huge chunk of brie, an equally huge chunk of goat cheese (she like to prowl the cocktail time snack offerings when we had parties), and nearly a pound of butter, wrapper and all. Didn't seem any worse for all her illicit munching - but picking up the butter-poo was not fun.

Your pup should be fine in no time!

Just another word of re-assurance. Probably the reason you were told cheese was not good for dogs was because sometimes the milk in the cheese can cause -ahem- loose bowel movements. As Sunnybrook commented , that will be more of a problem for you than for him. By this time you probably know the answer to whether he'll throw up.

And just a word about inducing vomiting---before you EVER take that as a course of action consult a vet.
Forced vomiting, especially in an animal that doesn't want to vomit, can cause permanent injury to the esophagus. Additionally depending on why you are inducing vomiting (as in eating a foreign object or having swallowed poison or anti-freeze)vomiting can cause additional damage to the digestive system. Dogs have a wonderful facility to make themelves re-gurgitate when their body tells them to---usually they eat grass which has a two-fold purpose. The grass causes sufficient irritation to the esophagus to reverse the swallowing process and the chlorophyll in the grass stimulates saliva(which is why they sometimes drool or foam at the mouth before vomiting)which lubricates and makes it easier for stuff to come up, and the chlorophyll has a natural purifying effect.

The ASPCA operates an animal poison control hotline staffed 24/7/365 by veterinarians.
I am told there may be a charge for this call, but when your pet's life is at stake, and you can do something BEFORE you rush him to the vet, it is certainly worth it.

Mickey, congratulations on the new canine family member! Now, maybe we should talk about his counter surfing...:wink:

Calli

The ASPCA charges if you call their poison control hotline. I think it was around $50 when I called last year. They didn't help much either, as the dog had already vomited the ingested chocolate several times by the time they told me what to do.

Posted By: tofugrl3 They didn't help much either, as the dog had already vomited the ingested chocolate several times by the time they told me what to do.

Fortunately I have never personally had to use the hotline.
Tofu, were they not much help because of lack of knowledge on their part---or did it take so long to answer the call that the dog vomited?
I'd just like to know because I recommend the hotline routinely. My only experience was with an adopter whose cat got into the attached garage and lapped up some anti-freeze. She was happy with their response as it was a weekend and she had to go to an emergency vet which was quite a distance.

Calli

tofugrl - cheese IS bad for dogs. i see it's not on that list, but i've heard it on others.

tom, out of curiosity, why'd you stop going to mallampati? i used to work with the JAC and i learned there that he's an animal murderer.

i didn't know the ASPCA charged - here's a free animal poison hotline, 1-888-232-8870.

How is he an animal murderer?

i had heard horror stories about him euthanizing animals. i should have said i heard instead of i learned.

Posted By: wallflowerHow is he an animal murderer?

Yes, is that another way of describing euthanasia? Or is it really more sinister? I'm thinking of a Law and Order spin off on the Animal Planet.

(insert "law and order" BONG Bong sound.)

Posted By: jersey_boy (insert "law and order" BONG Bong sound.)

......and all I saw was...










Insert bong here. :winkkiss:

Dunk-Dunk.

My dogs have always eaten cheese. Never a pound at a time though. Neither of them have ever gotten sick from cheese. Grass, yes; cheese, no. In fact a piece of cheese is how we usually trick the current dog into eating his heartworm pill (insert pill A into hunk of cheese B.)

... so, it's almost 24 hours.

How did things work out?

Posted By: flugermongerstofugrl - cheese IS bad for dogs. i see it's not on that list, but i've heard it on others.

tom, out of curiosity, why'd you stop going to mallampati? i used to work with the JAC and i learned there that he's an animal murderer.

Lovely. Two unsubstantiated claims in one post.