ORIGINAL: terbzz
ok i had a 7 month old chocolat lab named gus i live in a small town in the middle of no were {naper nebraska like 90 peaple} ok he stayed in the yard good some times he woud run over to the nabers yard to smell her cats and chase them but i called him back when i ever i was him then yesterday he was really sick did notmove very mutch threw up al lot and was just really sick and this morning he woudent evan move then i went to school and when i came home he was dead
so me and my dad looked his sicknes up on the enternet and some how he got ratpoising i think it was the naber
sorry to hear about your dog..labs WILL eat a box of rat poison..many people throw their old boxes of rat poison over river banks to get rid of it or to kill rats....here is my story.. my 8 month old dog, i let it loose..he went over bank..up he came with emty box of rat poison..
this was 11pm at night..i flipped out..
the only way to save dog is if you can get him to vomit within 30 minutes..
you need EPACAT SYRUP..i did not have any..called relatives, they did not..so, i went to local store and was ready to bust window out even if i went to jail..now, i only had 15 minutes to go..
the store owner lived up street, i woke him and we got in store..like you, i am in a small town and vet is over 1 hr away..
i gave my dog the EPACAT SYRUP, up came the rat poison..it was blue in color..
if you wait to long you must go to vet and get VITAMIN K shots for 30 days..even then, your dog may still die..
sadly, young dogs get into this situation..also some older dogs..my neighbors dog ate a half bag of tree fertilizer i had in my yard ready to sprinkle out..who would think a dog would eat FERTILIZER, SHE DID..
NEIGHBOR LETS HER DOG LOOSE ALL TIME..
vet charged her 310 dollars to look at dog etc..
now, she is mad at me..if her dog was not running loose or if i had not set bag down to go take a pee pee,this would not have happened..
anyhow, when dog is that sick where they wont move,dog should go to vet..as someone said, PARVO is another killer of dogs also..
again, sorry to hear this ..