Just had quite the fright when my dog started shaking and peeing all over the place. I counted the roaches in the ashtray and deduced that he ate three of them, leading to what the emergency vet called “cannabis toxicosis”. Come to find out, weed is wildly toxic to our dog friends. I know some people like getting their dogs baked, and I’m not here to judge, but please think twice. Fortunately my dog friend will be just fine after he sleeps it off, but he’s clearly uncomfortable and my heart breaks for him. Take care of your dogs.
Just for the record, cannabis alone isn’t very likely to kill your dog, although it will make them very uncomfortable. And uncontrolled urination is a very common side effect. And I’m going to judge, don’t give your pets cannabis. It’s abuse.
Also, some sugar free edibles also contain Xylitol, which is always a worry, and shows up in many common things. For example, Trident gum contains 0.17mg in each piece. With an ld50 of 0.1mg/kg a 10kg dog could die from eating 6-7 pieces of gum. Many sugar free peanut butters also contain xylitol.
The moral of the story is keep dangerous things (including cannabis) away from your dogs, and know what stuff is dangerous, since danger can be hiding in many common items.
OP I know yours was an accident (glad the dog is okay!) but people, please, don’t get your pets high. They didn’t choose it, it’s incredibly unethical. Would you dose your friends without them understanding what was up?
Yeah even if it’s not lethal (which it can be for animals), I can confirm it was not fun when we had to take care of a relative’s pitbull mix after she got into a package of high caliber edibles while they were packing for a trip.
It took days for the poor pooch to recover, and the whole time she was a puddle - literally. In addition to her looking like her face was melting off, she was drooling, couldn’t walk, and completely lost her ability to control her bladder.
Do not recommend - watch your edibles around your pets too
I don’t understand joint smokers. Why? That’s a legit question, not a dig. It just seems like a waste of time and weed when one hit of a water pipe gets the same job done with about 1/8 the materials.
I’m glad your dog is gonna be okay though!
For me it’s just logistics, I can’t smoke at home or usually out front, it’s not legal, blah blah, so I go for walks. A joint may look different from a normal cigarette but at least it’s not a whole-ass bong.
Back in the day, I always used the one hitters painted to look like a cigarette for smoking on walks.
These days thc vapes don’t look much different from nicotine vapes. Even small dry herb vapes look pretty similar to nicotine vapes.
I prefer the smokey flavour of a joint compared to the dry herb vaporiser flavour. I find dry herb flavour almost sickly sweet and it can make me nauseous. I definitely prefer the efficiency of the vaporiser tho. I can use about half the material I would for a joint and be proper stoned. Plus it doesn’t stink up my clothes.
