Anonymous wrote:Our daughter had them in a baggie on her desk, stepped out of the room for a minute and the dog had gotten them.
After calling poison control, they confirmed what we found from an internet search: give the dog hydrogen peroxide. But we had no hydrogen peroxide, so I had to run to Giant (30 minutes before it closed) to get some. Finally, about an hour after eating the tablets, she vomited but we didn’t see any solid tablets.
Long story short, dog spent two days at the emergency vet and she’s fine, after a lot of great care. It was expensive but they did a great job.
I guess the point of this is to remind pet owners that they should keep some hydrogen peroxide on hand in case their pet swallows anything poisonous. I don’t know if our dog was close to dying (she didn’t seem it) but I was upset and felt stupid that we didn’t have this basic antiseptic on hand.
She absolutely could have gotten kidney damage or a stomach bleed from the ibuprofen. And the kidney damage can be irreversible. So yes, she would have been close to dying or died if you didn't get her treatment.