This morning I got up and saw lying in the back yard the bottle of insecticide that had been up out of Apollo’s reach — or so I had thought. <\/p>\n
The bottle was almost empty, and there was a hole chewed in the bottom. There was a new puddle on the porch of unknown composition, but undoubtedly the insecticide.<\/p>\n
Apollo seemed to feel fine, but we called the vet anyway, who told us to rush him to the veterinary emergency room.<\/p>\n
They fed him activated charcoal to soak up anything remaining in his digestive system and kept him for observation. Symptoms to watch out for are vomiting, diarrhea, agitation, tremors, and convulsions. He seemed a little agitated while we were there, but he is an excitable puppy anyway so not sure if that means anything.<\/p>\n
The vet was optimistic that he hadn’t eaten much and probably would be fine, but they are going to keep him until this evening. The insecticide was specifically for spraying on dogs to treat mites (from his early puppy-hood), and was quite dilute. Hopefully it didn’t taste good either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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