How do you treat poisoning in dogs?

It depends on what the poison is there are different treatments. Peroxide does cause a dog to vomit. I've used that for a dog that ate a sweatband. But you must immediately move the dog from its own vomit or it will eat it again. But vomiting is bad for some types of poisoning. I'm giving a link that might help some. Also you might want to train the dog not to eat any food from strangers or any foo left of the ground. You can train the dogs to only eat out of its bowl. There are trainers that can help with that. If there are no trainers just email me. I can provide just one method of this type of training.

http://www.dog-health-guide.org/dogpoisoning.html

(888) 426-4435 That's the Animal Poison Control Center. There's a charge to your credit card if you use it but I think it'd be well worth it. The problem is, you won't know what the dog is poisoned with. Which means, inducing vomiting could be potentially harmful. If they've swallowed a substance that is burning their esophagus or pipes on the way down, it'll do just as much damage coming back up.

Is there any way you could maybe build a fence that is enclosed in your already fenced yard just for your dogs? I'd still supervise them but if it was far enough away from your other fence, people really wouldn't have a chance of getting something harmful in the second fenced area. Best of luck with everything.

ADD: I'm so sorry. From your question, it looked like you were in the same country as me. I'm sorry I can't help with first aid treatments. As far as I know, other than inducing vomiting only when and if you know 100% that it's safe to do so, I don't know that there really are any. Even that one is questionable depending on how long it's been ingested. If you also have no emergency vets to go to for something like this, the only other solution I see is somehow cutting off access to the people doing this. I hope everything works out for you.

At this point there really isn't anything u can do the damage has been done. There is no point in inducing vomiting as the poison has passed out of the stomach, there is no point giving milk as the poison is not acidic, water won't do anything, and charcoal is useless as the poison has already been absorbed. The active ingredient in most rat poisons is warfarin which is an anticoagulant, meaning that is stops blood from clotting, so your dog is more than likely bleeding internally if it ate rat poison. The vet may have been able to help your dog if u took it in straight away but there is a high mortality rate. Check the colour of her gums they should be salmon pink, not red, not grey. Press your finger on the gum when you take it away the colour should return in under two seconds, if its any slower her blood pressure is probably low confirming a bleed. Hopefully she hasn't eaten much of it and she will pull through, if she does you and her are very lucky.

This is not an easy one to answer. Different poisons do different things and depending on that would be what you would have to do to treat your dog.

The most common types of rat poison use a common blood thinner to cause internal bleeding in rodents.

Most rat poison uses a common blood thinner used by heart attack and stroke victims, warfarin or Coumadin®. Another type of rat poison uses thallium sulfate as the active ingredient. Some of the symptoms are similar, and because symptoms may take hours or days to appear, there may not be any way to see which type of poison was ingested.

Victims that exhibit more than one symptom from this list may have ingested one or both types of rat poison.

•nosebleeds

•bleeding gums

•blood in the urine

•bloody diarrhea

•hair loss

•extensive bruising

•fatigue

•shortness of breath

Activated charcoal and syrup of ipecac are available over the counter for immediate treatment of poison ingestion but I would try to contact your vet and see if she can suggest and teach you how to use an emergency kit in case of ingestion. Having lost a dog herself I am sure she will be open to that.

Unfortunately bottom line is always prevention and the earlier you catch it the better the chances of your dog surviving.

you would have to call the poison control center, then they can give you a number for the animal control posion center. that's about all you can do that i'm aware of. other than loving them and keeping them calm, you would need to call. if they start having a seizure, just let them have it while you're calling the vet. make sure they aren't around anything that's hard, or have anything in their mouth. it may also help to put up a camera in your'e backyard (or around the house) to capture anything suspicious if you're really worried. that's what i would do. camoflague it, and let it have audio, too so you can hear them. other than that you'd have to superivse them everytime they go out. you'd have to check the yard for anything that looks like a treat, or anything else suspicious. if i were you i'd call the local police/animal control and see if these stories are true. then i would get the camera system, leave my dogs inside for a few days and see if anyone bothers your yard. then, start taking your dogs out, and se if anyone bothers your yard. if so, you know who to call.

The problem with treating poisoning is you have to know what poison to treat for.

Cyanide (common in rat poisons) is counteracted by hydroxocobalamin (a natural form of Vitamin B12).

Insecticides may be organochlorine compounds (treatment is IV fluids and to induce vomiting and excretion, treat specific problems accordingly [may include arrythmia, electrolyte imbalances, seizures, etc.]), organophosphates (IV fluids, induce vomiting, If fully conscious treat with atropine -- tincture of belladonna 30 drops in 1/2 glass of water every 6 hours for 1 to 2 weeks). Your best bet is to attempt first to induce vomiting and rush them to the vet (you know this, but it's helpful to point out the obvious for the sake of a complete answer).

Better still is care and vigilance -- let the dogs be indoor pets, and practice vigilance in monitoring changes in your yard. Chances are, if they ate the poison, they'll be trying to make themselves vomit by eating grass and the like. If you see them actively trying to eat grass to excess, watch their behavior and take them in if it gets worse.

One more that's common here in the states: Antifreeze (ethylene glycol). After inducing vomiting (little use if more than 60 minutes after ingestion), and stabilizing the patient, treat with ethanol (vodka will work if you can convince them to drink it). Again, still consult a vet quickly, but the alcohol is to prevent the toxic metabolites.

I hope you never actually need to know this stuff, but be safe and I wish you, your family, and your dogs well!

wow. thats awful. i really dont have an answer for this. i dont know of anything you can give a dog that will stop the effects of poisoning. especially since you dont know what poison they are using. one part of me says i would put up a sign that says something like "if you even think of harming my dogs, i will find you and end your life". but the other part of me thinks that if its kids doing it, said sign will only make them target your dog more. like i said, that is an awful situation. i truely hope nothing ever happens to your dog, or any dog for that matter. are the local police aware of the situation. and are you sure its really happened. have you talked to people who have actually had this happen to them. or is it like an urban legend of your neighborhood. but if i was you, i would be totally paranoid to even let my dog out to go to the bathroom or go for a walk. all it takes is a second for your dog to injest something and who knows what to do then. i hope everything works out for you. and i hope they catch the scumbags that are doing this and send them to jail where they obviously belong. good luck

Make them drink hydrogen peroxide. It will make them throw up and hopefully throw up the poisoned treat too.

Just don't allow your dogs to BARK and bother people and you won't have anything to worry about.

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