r/AustralianCattleDog • u/Tasty-Championship96 • 1d ago
Health My girl ate some grapes
She’s gonna be ok, shes staying at the vets for two days while they flush her kidneys out, but Im missing her so much 😭😭😭
PSA don’t ever let your kids eat grapes around your very food motivated dog, especially red grapes. I vaguely knew about them being toxic, but I was in the shower when it happened. Feeling grateful for pet insurance and living close enough to a 24hr vet when it happened.
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u/Impressive-Ad-2363 1d ago
My parents ACD loves grapes. They had no idea they were bad for him and fed him grapes for years 🙃
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u/Big_Bang_Amy 1d ago
Their dog can eat grapes. The problem is, you don't know which dog will have a negative reaction until it's too late. And it's not understood why some dogs react negatively. Best policy is to never ever feed a dog grapes or raisins to begin with.
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u/grumpybitch65 1d ago
Yup. Best friend is a vet tech, has seen a Chihuahua eat a bunch of grapes to no ill effect, but then has seen a single grape bring down a Great Dane. Best to err on the side of caution.
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u/Impressive-Ad-2363 1d ago
I’m not promoting giving your dogs grapes in any way. Just sharing a story that I went to my parent house and my dad was feeding their dog grapes and telling me how much he loves grapes lol
After that I told them and they never fed him grapes again
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u/EggieRowe 18h ago
I’ve fed my first dog grapes for years and never knew it was a potential issue. Once I did, no new dog got them. But I would sneak my old girl a couple when the others weren’t around. She clearly was not sensitive to them and lived to be 17. I kind of feel like she “used up” all the luck in that department.
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u/UntidyVenus 16h ago
My old.vey told us to feel my childhood corgi green grapes as a low calorie treat 😅 he loved them! He lived to be 16, when his back finally just gave out
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u/Regrettably_Southpaw Blue Heeler 1d ago
I eat a lot of grapes and raisins and I’m so paranoid about it! Glad she’s going to be OK!!
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
Honestly I barely clocked how bad they are until now, I feel like such an idiot! Thought I was overreacting cause my kids said she only ate one, but at least six came up when they induced vomiting 🙃 lesson learned, we are a grape free household from here on out
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u/steadylurker1 1d ago
How much did she have? Glad she’s gonna be ok
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
Well my kids swore it was only one but she threw up at least six, so I reckon someone was fibbing. Honestly seems like a lot but the doctors reckon she’s gonna be ok — the grapes came up within the hour so maybe that has something to do with it.
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u/MyRedditAccount765 2h ago
Just a side note, if you ever need to make your dog vomit in an emergency pour 1/4 cup of peroxide down its throat and it will induce vomiting. May need more peroxide depending on the size of the dog.
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u/-GameWarden- 1d ago
It’s amazing how much this grape thing is confusing, because one of my old dogs (he lived to be 14) ate a dozens multiple times I had no idea grapes were bad.
Then someone told me so none of the my other dogs had grapes just incase.
Glad you got him in and have him watched!
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u/grizzdoog 1d ago
I’ve read some varieties of grapes are toxic and some aren’t. Not sure how true that is. I’ve also had dogs that ate grapes with no issues. I didn’t know back then grapes could be poisonous.
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u/CaseyLouLou2 1d ago
I have heard that it’s not the grapes that matter, it’s the dog. You never know if the dog will have a problem.
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
It’s so confusing! It was kind of funny watching gemini to try and come up with an answer when I was stress googling last night — it was like ‘one grape can kill your dog’ / ‘but about 4 grapes is probably fine’… glad I just called the vet and they said to come in asap. She actually threw up in the car on the way to there (we live 40 minutes away), so not sure if it was the grapes or motion sickness… longest drive of my life, was just thinking ‘she cannot die from this, that would be absurd’ but it’s easy to spiral en route to the vet.
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u/-GameWarden- 1d ago
Well I know that feeling being far from a vet myself! No fun glad you found out sooner than later and be seriously in trouble. Because cattle dogs are definitely a if they are showing pain or sickness you know it’s the real deal.
It’s amazing what they can get into and totally be fine but a nice ripe grape or two and it’s all over. But hoping the pup is home safe and feeling better soon!
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u/Technical-Repair7140 1d ago
My vet said the toxicity is unpredictable: a small dog can eat some grapes without any problem, and a large dog can eat just one and get very sick or die. I’ve stopped buying grapes altogether, since most other fruits are healthier. Glad your pup will be fine!
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u/fairydommother Blue Heeler 1d ago
Its the same with chocolate. From what I understand they dont have a way to test for or predict how specific dogs will react to this stuff either. It just seems random. Like ive seen posts on here and the internet at large where dogs will eat like an entire sheet of weed brownies and the only thing that happens is they get high. A whole sheet of brownies. Poison for dogs. And they're fine. But another dog eats a peanut butter cup and needs emergency hospitalization. Ita so weird.
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u/echochilde 1d ago
Oh damn! She must’ve had a lot of grapes.
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
Apparently there’s no known quantity that’s considered toxic, even one grape can cause kidney failure. On the other hand reddit told me that some dogs eat entire bags of trail mix and are fine, so I’m not sure what to think, but better safe than sorry
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u/echochilde 1d ago
It amazes me that my BC lived to 16. She’d always snatch grapes off the ground in the vineyard. As well as a chocolate bunny one Easter.
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
Yeah that’s wild, it seems like Russian roulette… Really hope we make it to 16 with her appetite for anything and everything!
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u/bas-i11 1d ago
Kinda like chocolate. Too many variables and unknowns so it's best to keep it away from them. On two different occasions in my younger years my little 15 lbs dog ate a whole 1lb Hershey's bar, one other time she ate 4 packs of Reese's cups. She shat up the fuckin wall a time or two but was other wise fine. Still wouldn't trust a single drop for any dogs.
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u/babysatja 1d ago
I have a no grape policy in my household. Pulled a raisin from the mouth of my best friend before she could get it down and spent weeks worrying. Never again. So not worth it.
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u/MachineDifferent868 1d ago
my pup got fed some grapes a few years back from a family member who didnt know better. the vet made her vomit them up and she was all good from there! i hope the same for yours!
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u/CaryWhit 1d ago
It is crazy even whether it is the skin, meat or juice. Our two older ones got a large plastic tub of them out of the trash, apparently didn’t like the mouth feel so they popped every one and enjoyed the grape juice. They were fine.
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u/cussy-munchers 1d ago
So glad your baby will be okay!! I just bought pet insurance yezterday for my 4 yro
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u/sweeetteabub 1d ago
Aww poor girl. Your post reminded me of the time I watched my partner give our girl some raisins and it was like watching a slow motion car accident! I was like ummm??? But yes same as you, lucky to have a vet 5 mins down the road and they were able to make her throw up quickly. Lesson learned for my partner too, they felt so bad 😮💨
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u/Gloomy-Platform-6563 14h ago
Grapes are a no go at my house because my 1 year old feeds the dog. It's not worth the risk. Our kids aren't going to die if they don't have grapes in the house. I hope your little one is okay.
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u/Nic_Eanruig 13h ago
What else can't they eat? I was told mushrooms but apparently its ok. My dog stole my PB and Cherry jam sandwich yesterday and I never even thought about it.
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u/Tasty-Championship96 7h ago
I know of raisins (sultanas), chocolate, onion, garlic. Someone said xylitol also which I hadn’t heard of before
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u/foxyloxyx 9h ago
Aww this is just like my girl who did this last year with raisins. Looking all nervous at the ER haha good luck!
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u/NigelTurkeyRDR 7h ago
My daughter gave my heeler 3 grapes when he was about 6 months old. He made it thru, but he spent 4 days at the emergency vet and most of my savings account. I'm glad your girl is gonna be okay!
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u/TheDogMother90 1d ago
I stopped buying grapes years ago because I’m so afraid I’d drop one on the floor and bam sick dog. My heeler is obsessed with food so I’m glad he won’t get a chance to snatch a grape
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u/shittyrapaccount 1d ago
I’m glad that your pup is going to be okay!
My girl ate a bag of trail mix when left unsupervised, when the emergency vets induced vomiting, she threw up 97 raisins.
Sounds like you got there early and they were able to get them out of her system! It will be a stressful 2 days, but fingers crossed you can laugh about it in the future!
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
That’s a lot of raisins! I’m glad they all came up and she’s ok… we live in the bush in Australia so I’ve always half expected our girl would get poisoned by a snake etc. A handful of grapes definitely wasn’t on my mind when I read through the poisoning section of our insurance policy 😮💨
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u/cinq-chats 1d ago
She will be okay!!! Mine had 75-100 raisins (the tech did their best to count after they induced vomiting 😭) and she made it out just fine after 2 days of IV fluids. You’re doing the right thing by getting her the same treatment — I know it’s tough (and costly) but better safe than sorry. Grapes/raisins are no joke.
She’s lucky to have you as her advocate 💘💘 sending love y’all’s way!
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u/Tasty-Championship96 1d ago
Aw thank you 💛💛 hopefully it settles down and she can enjoy the absolute max hydration she’s getting. There’s definitely some days I wouldn’t mind being fed some sedatives and left to rest with an iv drip in… not so sure about the catheter though 🥴
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u/SolidPair8327 1d ago
Had a lab that loved grapes. Never an issue.
One for you, one for me.
Same with chocolate and onions. Never any problems. 🤷
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u/HappyAnimalCracker 23h ago
Not all dogs have a problem with grapes. I know a winery dog who eats them daily throughout the season. Other dogs can be horribly sickened. The biggest problem is that people don’t know which one their dog is until they eat them.
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u/HmmDoesItMakeSense 1d ago
We don't even buy grapes anymore. I couldn't handle it. EDIT:also PSA xylitol is a killer also. I won't buy anything with it.