Yorkshire terriers or Yorkshire terriers — small doggies with big personal charm. And they know how to use the charm to receive a piece something tasty. However not everything, than you want to indulge a doggie, will do it good. So grapes, safe and even useful to the person, for Yorkshire terriers are poison.
Whether it is possible to give to dogs grapes
Grapes, also as well as raisin, are toxic for dogs of any breed, gender and age. Having treated with grapes, the dog can receive serious injury of kidneys, the sudden sharp renal failure complicated by an anury. At the same time the action mechanism, as well as the toxic substance causing similar reaction still is not installed by scientists. It is supposed that the agent, poisonous for dogs, is in fruit pulp so the peeled grapes without stones remain so toxic. Not clearly and that why some dogs can eat nevertheless several berries without visible consequences for themselves, others will get off with slight vomiting, the third will suffer much stronger and can even fell into a coma and die. And all this can also happen to the same dog, just during the different periods of life. There is no occasion to consider that if once for your pet the acquaintance to berry ended well, then and next time it will not suffer. Especially, if the conversation goes about Yorkshire terriers, doggies initially inclined to problems with a bladder.
Symptoms of poisoning with grapes at dogs
- vomiting;
- diarrhea;
- loss of appetite;
- weakness;
- decrease of the activity up to a lethargy;
- dehydration;
- oliguriya (decrease in amount of the emitted urine);
- anury (complete cessation of release of urine);
- formation of ulcerations in a mouth;
- spasms;
If at a dog these symptoms were shown and you do not know for sure whether she ate grapes, pay attention to contents her calla or vomitings. Perhaps, you will find in them undigested pieces of a fruit, grape kernels or skins.
Ambulance to the dog who got poisoned with grapes
If you are sure that your dog got poisoned with grapes or raisin within the last two hours, it is necessary to cause immediately in her vomiting before all toxins are absorbed. For this purpose it is necessary to take 1 milliliter of 3% of peroxide of hydrogen for each pound of weight of a dog and to enter it into a mouth via the plastic syringe without needle. That is for a Yorkshire terrier weighing 2 kg you have to take the syringe with 4 milliliters of peroxide. If a dog does not pull out within 15 minutes, repeat the procedure, using the same amount of peroxide. If it does not provoke emetic desires, the procedure should not be repeated.
If a dog already threw up before, it is not necessary to cause vomiting. Also it is not necessary to provoke vomiting if an unconscious dog, it complicated breath, at a dog signs of shock.
Regardless you it carried out the procedure or not, your task as soon as possible to deliver a dog to the veterinarian. In veterinary clinic to a dog not only will wash out a stomach, but also will begin the therapy supporting function of kidneys and promoting removal of toxin from blood. In certain cases the hemodialysis can be required.
To prevent so deplorable consequences, do not give grapes to either Yorkshire terriers, or dogs of other breeds. You hold fruit out of reach of your dog. Warn members of your family and acquaintances, accepted in the house, about toxicity of this food.