| Prevention is the best way to avoid a poisoning | | | | product, household chemical, petroleum product, or any |
| incident. Make yourself aware of the dangers to your | | | | substance that the label says "Do not induce vomiting" |
| Yorkie and have emergency medical treatment | | | | In these instances, the substance could cause burns in |
| supplies on hand. I suggest having an at-home | | | | the throat and vomiting could create more harm. |
| emergency medical kit handy and stocked up in case | | | | Instead, get to the vet ASAP and give your Yorkie |
| of any type of emergency. | | | | milk or water at 30 mL per 6 pounds of body weight. |
| Symptoms: | | | | If you have determined that you must induce vomiting, |
| There are 2 types of poisoning to watch for - contact | | | | the best way to do it is with a 3% solution of hydrogen |
| poisoning (on the skin or eyes, etc) and internal | | | | peroxide at 1/2 teaspoon per 5 pounds of body weight |
| poisoning (ingesting a toxic or harmful substance). For | | | | (a good thing to keep inside your emergency medical |
| a contact poisoning, the symptoms are generally | | | | kit). Repeat the dosage every 15 - 20 minutes, up to |
| burning, itching, redness, swelling, or other obvious signs | | | | three times, until your Yorkie vomits. Walking around |
| of skin irritation or chemical burns. The symptoms of | | | | after administering each dose can help further induce |
| internal poisoning in Yorkies are varied, depending on | | | | vomiting. |
| the substance ingested. Generally, the symptoms are | | | | DO NOT use Ipecac unless specifically directed to do |
| vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and related | | | | so by your veterinarian. Ipecac can be dangerous in |
| symptoms. | | | | dogs. |
| Treatment: | | | | After your Yorkie vomits, it is important to prevent |
| If you need emergency assistance, get to your vet | | | | further absorption of any remaining poison in the |
| ASAP. If that is not possible, you can do your best to | | | | stomach. You can do this by giving activated charcoal |
| treat at home. The first step is to identify the specific | | | | or a mixture of milk and egg whites. |
| substance that your Yorkie has come in contact with - | | | | The most effective treatment is activated charcoal, |
| this will aid in treatment. | | | | which you can get in compressed 5 gram tablets. |
| For a contact poisoning, you must completely wash | | | | ½ tablet per 5 pounds of body weight is the |
| off any poison. Do this by flushing the area that came | | | | typical dose. There is a liquid activated charcoal |
| in contact with the poison for 30 minutes with large | | | | product available, but it is really messy and difficult to |
| amounts of water. Then, give your Yorkie a complete | | | | get into a Yorkie without the assistance of a stomach |
| bath with lukewarm water. Even if the substance your | | | | tube. So, get the tablets for emergency use at home |
| Yorkie came into contact with is not skin-irritating, you | | | | and keep them in your Yorkie's emergency medical kit. |
| still must completely wash the area - your Yorkie could | | | | If you don't have charcoal available, you can give a |
| lick the area an ingest some of the poison. | | | | mix of milk and egg whites to coat the stomach and |
| For an internal poisoning, generally the best thing to do | | | | prevent absorption of remaining poison. 1/8 cup of milk |
| is to induce vomiting as soon as you can after the | | | | and 1/8 cup of egg whites per 5 pounds of body |
| substance has been ingested. DO NOT induce | | | | weight is the dosage. Use a plastic syringe to |
| vomiting in the following instances: | | | | administer the mixture inside your Yorkie's cheek. |
| - your Yorkie has already vomited | | | | After any at-home treatment, get to your vet as soon |
| - there is evidence of neurological involvement | | | | as you can for further treatment. |
| (stumbling, trouble breathing, etc) | | | | What is Poisonous: |
| - your Yorkie is unconscious | | | | The list of things that are poisonous to dogs is very |
| - if your Yorkie has swallowed something sharp that | | | | extensive, and I am going to try to list off as many of |
| could lodge in the esophagus or couldtear the stomach | | | | them as I can. |
| - if the ingested poison is an acid, alkali, cleaning | | | | |