samoyedman Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/dogs-fall-victim-to-pot-find/story-fngr8h9d-1226586706974 WILBUR is one of two Mosman dogs who have recovered after what is believed to have been marijuana poisoning. The three-year-old Cocker Spaniel is believed to have eaten marijuana on his morning walk through Clifton Gardens on Friday, and his owner Kate van Dijk said that later in the day Wilbur couldn't walk and was "really out of it and all over the place". Wilbur was the second pup to present at Mosman Veterinary Clinic, with a Labrador brought in an hour earlier. "We saw a four-year-old black lab with very, very unusual neurological signs which was very poorly, and had gone downhill rapidly since its morning walk, on which the owner had seen it eat something unidentified," Mosman vet Charlotte Surridge said. "We stabilised it but it was deteriorating rapidly so we sent it off to the specialist hospital for further treatment. "After some detective work from our vets it turned out that both dogs had been walked down the laneway in Clifton Gardens ... and both had eaten something while there. "It was (later) concluded that they must have got into someone's ... drugs as both were showing signs of marijuana-toxicity." Ms Van Dijk believed the Labrador found the drugs first. "I think that the Labrador, who presented about an hour before ... Friday got the lion's share," she said. "We think they may have found some hash cookies, because it doesn't seem likely they'd just eat it straight out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudlark Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 My first Lab did this when he was young - ate a hash cookie on a walk (though I didn't realise what it was at the time). About 10 minutes after we got home he started to look all wobbly and bleary eyed (and began to lose bladder control). Panic - straight to the vet! Vet checked him over, asked a few questions and told me I had a stoned Lab on my hands. The vet said that they have to eat quite a lot to do any actual damage though. My dog just had to sleep it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerojath Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wonder who would leave 'Hash Cookies' just lying around????? More likely these dogs were fed the cookies, or 'blown' with pot smoke, then the owner panics and takes the dog to the Vet, along with a cock-n-bull story!! We saw this a LOT in one of the clinics I was working in some years ago..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wonder who would leave 'Hash Cookies' just lying around????? More likely these dogs were fed the cookies, or 'blown' with pot smoke, then the owner panics and takes the dog to the Vet, along with a cock-n-bull story!! We saw this a LOT in one of the clinics I was working in some years ago..... Exactly. A friend of mine who is a vet nurse has heard the same stories jerojath. If she was walking the dog and it stopped to munch on something would she not have noticed it was a dope plant?...seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I have seen quite a few stoned dogs in my time, usually they had stolen hash cookies or got into compost (Mull butter or old plants) or garbage guts it. Occassionally a curious dog would get into a teenaged childs supply who would swear black and blue it had nothing to do with them, but would then get a lift back or call afterwards to say they had checked and the dog had found their stash. One dog had what seemed to be LSD poisoning after going with its owner on the weekend to his gardening job at the highschool. He threw up a small plastic packet that was quite chewed. Happens a whole lot more than you would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudlark Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 When my dog picked up the hash cookie/brownie/whatever it was just lying next to a hedge. How did it get there? Who knows. People leave/drop all sorts of crazy stuff in the street. He most certainly didn't get it from me :) My vet said, though, that it most commonly happens when the dog breaks into the kids' stash.....and then the parents take the dog to the vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 some folks think it's funny to blow smoke at a dog until it 'has wobbly boots'on I've seen it , and it ain't pretty . Many years ago we obtained a kitten from some people ..... and we think , ermmm, he was stoned ... and then somewhat brain damaged from being around so much smoke from birth .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I wonder who would leave 'Hash Cookies' just lying around????? More likely these dogs were fed the cookies, or 'blown' with pot smoke, then the owner panics and takes the dog to the Vet, along with a cock-n-bull story!! We saw this a LOT in one of the clinics I was working in some years ago..... Exactly. A friend of mine who is a vet nurse has heard the same stories jerojath. If she was walking the dog and it stopped to munch on something would she not have noticed it was a dope plant?...seriously. I wouldn't know what a dope plant looked like if I tripped over one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) I wonder who would leave 'Hash Cookies' just lying around????? More likely these dogs were fed the cookies, or 'blown' with pot smoke, then the owner panics and takes the dog to the Vet, along with a cock-n-bull story!! We saw this a LOT in one of the clinics I was working in some years ago..... Yep totally agree. The stuff costs money no-one would leave it lying on the ground would they?! Dog probably got into something accidentally left lying around and the owner is too scared to own up, or as you say, did it on purpose for a laugh. Who knows though, people do strange things! Edited February 27, 2013 by Aussie3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudlark Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 In the case of the Mosman dogs, both owners independently reported to the vet that their dogs had picked up the marijuana in exactly the same park/location. So it seems that it might be genuine - it's not likely that both owners would independently invent identical stories. Obviously some people are stupid and cruel enough to deliberately intoxicate their dogs, and some are foolish enough to leave substances where dogs can find them. But, yes, sometimes dogs can just find something in a public place that has been abandoned, accidentally dropped or thrown away in a panic, as my experience illustrates (unlikely as all that seems). I was pretty gobsmacked that someone would leave hash in any form lying around, but there you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah I guess it could be dropped to avoid being caught with it. Nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I was pretty gobsmacked that someone would leave hash in any form lying around, but there you have it. Guess it depends on how intoxicated you are when you drop the bag of cookies,and how many you miss ;) Or, how angry you were when throwing your oh/friend's stash to the four winds ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I was pretty gobsmacked that someone would leave hash in any form lying around, but there you have it. Guess it depends on how intoxicated you are when you drop the bag of cookies,and how many you miss ;) Or, how angry you were when throwing your oh/friend's stash to the four winds ? Or how fast you're running from the cops ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 :) @ minimax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudlark Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I was pretty gobsmacked that someone would leave hash in any form lying around, but there you have it. Guess it depends on how intoxicated you are when you drop the bag of cookies,and how many you miss ;) Or, how angry you were when throwing your oh/friend's stash to the four winds ? LOL, for sure. No doubt someone is wailing lamentations over it all somewhere :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) I didn't think you could get hash anymore...haven't heard of hash cookies for a long time. Edited February 27, 2013 by stans mum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 "herbal cookies" Let's be P.C :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I didn't think you could get hash anymore...haven't heard of hash cookies for a long time. know the right people you can get pretty much anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruin Maniac Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 You'd be surprised what people will leave laying around or abandon. Less surprised though, I'm sure, if you consider those people may have been stoned already and lacked forethought. I live near my campus. We found a stash worth thousands abandoned and handed it in to the police. I've seen joints littering the ground, bags under bushes and I've even watched two girls openly do heroin the old fashioned way in a park by the train station. :p I don't doubt that some dogs get into their owner's bad habit, but I also wouldn't automatically doubt someone who rushed their dog into a vet claiming it ate something unknown whilst out on a walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 And people think drugs are harmless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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