Poor Mona

Well Brodie dropped a small piece of his freezie on the ground. Mona ate it, which for the most part would be fine (not desirable but fine) but it was grape. Of course I had bought the healthy freezies that are 99% grape juice. Grapes and raisins are EXTREMELY toxic to dogs. I knew they were toxic (thinking maybe some diarrhea nothing too serious) but apparently they cause renal (kidney) failure in dogs and cats even if only small amounts are digested. There have been no reported deaths from grape juice, only from grapes and raisins and of course wine but thats mostly the alcohol. But she is only 12 lbs so things like this are much more serious for her than a big dog, as well with her potential kidney problems already her system would be less able to handle something like this.I've now given her 3 tbsp of peroxide and am waiting for the vomiting to start and hopefully we'll get it out of her system before it damages her. I'll be watching for kidney failure signs for the next 48 hours. *sigh* I'm really really worried.So for those of you with dogs remember these important toxins:chocolate & cocoaonionsgrapes & raisins pits of fruits like peaches etc..there are some more but these are the most serious.

update**

Thanks She's had 3 big bouts of vomiting. but is doing better since. She jsut went outside for a pee so thats a good sign. Hopefully its the end of the vomiting and she can have a good nights rest. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

another update***

She vomited 4 more times during the night but hasn't since 3:30 this morning which is great. The emerge clinic said last night I could bring her in if that made me feel better. But it really didn't sound like they were concerned so I opted to wait for our vet today since they do a much better job (last time the emerge vet tried to get $1500 in unnecessary tests out of me). So hopefully our vet will just say to stay home and take it easy.So now to go do a heck of a lot of laundry since we had to change pillowcases twice during the night and the whole bedding once