Dog gets high on pot found in park
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 11:20 am | By: Dudemaster
Who doesn’t love a good dog story?
SEATTLE – It could be said that Jack, an 11-year-old black Lab mix, has learned to say no to drugs. “He was just… stoned,” said owner Jen Nestor Waddell.
Jack ran off the main trail during a visit May 12 to Seward Park on the southeast end of Lake Washington, said Nestor Waddell, but he came back in about 3 minutes. About 3 hours later at home, Jack started exhibiting, well, strange symptoms.
“His eyes were kind of glossed over, very out of touch, I mean, he didn’t seem to recognize me at first,” Nestor Waddell said. “When he was trying to walk, he was looking at his paw, and then looking at the ground and then trying to get his paw to reach the ground, but was unsuccessful.” Concern for Jack turned to relief when she heard the vet’s diagnosis: Jack had swallowed a large amount of dried, harvested marijuana.
Some medication to induce vomiting, charcoal to absorb the chemicals, and a night of rest had Jack back to normal.
“I don’t want this to happen to anyone else’s dog, because it’s scary and expensive – or a child? – so we did call the police,” said Nestor Waddell, who joked: “I was going to tell the cops that they could borrow him, if they pay my vet bill, to find the marijuana, but they weren’t that into chatting with me about it.”
That vet bill, they said, also turned out to be a $1500 lesson in keeping their dog on-leash while walking in the park, something they say the plan to do from now on.
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For those stashers who have K9 friends, Marijuana can be toxic to dogs. Our furry friends don’t metabolize the chemicals in Marijuana like humans and it can be toxic. I’ve spoken with various organizations and veterinarians over the years and there hasn’t been a threshold level established due to the various potency levels of Marijuana, and the different types and sizes of dogs. Some appear to have more of a tolerance than others, but this is certainly a field that needs to be studied more.
Just remember, what’s good for you, isn’t necessarily good for your dog.
Topics: dog, Seattle, Washington
I love that they are having a fundraiser for Jack the dog this weekend – http://millerparkseattle.blogspot.com/2009/06/saturday-benefit-for-jack-stoner-dog.html and that
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Now is this toxicity in dogs only with orally consumed cannabis or smoked as well? Because I know quite a few people who’s pets love to sit near the bong and have smoke blown in their face and we haven’t observed any negative effects such as the ones described in this article.
I’d imagine it’s from eating it.