Guest MelF77 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I am more of a lurker and this may even be my first post. I need to post this because it never dawned on me the dangers of mushrooms, I was very naive on the subject. I have my little man/pekingnese mix at Cornell right now. Per his test results he looks to be in end stage liver disease. A lot points to ingesting a toxin. He has NO access to medications, chemicals. I was racking my brain what it could be. We have a fully fenced in back yard with no tools out in the open or anything I "thought" my dogs could get into. The 1 thing we do have is mushrooms, loads of them in the back, and my dogs are not always attended when they get let out back. I started doing some reading on mushrooms and dogs and it is more common than you would think. Some mushrooms even put off a fishy odor, making it more enticing for an animal to possibly ingest. After ingestion, you have a small time window before it becomes too late, please look up the signs your dog may have ingested mushrooms, very similar to other toxins. I can't be sure if his fast decline in health leading to liver disease was the cause of mushrooms because I never saw him eat one, but I want to make sure people are aware of the danger if you weren't already. My little man was only 5 years and in perfect health last week. We have made the decision to have him put to sleep, unless the medicine team can come up with a plan that does not alter his quality of life too much, but it does not look good, waiting on a 11 oclock call for their diagnoses. I have accepted his very possible fate, but I do not want anybody else to have to go through this with their dog. Please share the importance of watching your dog around mushrooms or just doing routine mushroom removal in your yard if you have them. I did read a post dated 2014 concerning mushrooms and some owners keep a poop guard on their dogs when they go out, may seem like a bit of a hassle, but we can never be too careful. I should have been more diligent in watching him in our yard and he is paying the price now because I wasn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Liz_in_PA Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I am so sorry to hear this. I will learn from your experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 So sorry to hear this. Sending prayers that your little one somehow can pull through. Please don't beat yourself up. A lot of mushrooms aren't toxic, and it can be very difficult to keep a dog from nibbling odds and ends in the yard, even when you're watching closely. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryhndsr4us Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 My neighbors probably think I'm nuts. I go around the yard with a poop bag picking the mushrooms. Don't know if the ones I have are toxic but I'm not going to take a chance with my pups lives. Quote Sue ,Sky and Dood, Bridge angels Clark, Gypsy, Dreamy and Sneakers, Oshkosh,WI Heartbound Greyhound Adoption<p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmdsmoxie Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Any chance your dog ate something with xylitol in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MelF77 Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Thank you everybody, I just wanted to make anybody that read this would be aware of mushrooms if they weren't already. Adding 1 more thing we need to look out for I guess. I don't have any sugar subs in the house or buy sugar free stuff to eat. That's why I wondered if it may "be" the mushrooms, because that's all they really had access too. I did not realize the potential threat they posed until now. In my case, it's too late, I got my call before 10am and they almost just lost him and weren't sure how much longer he would last. We luckly do not live too far from Cornell and left immediately after that call. My husband and daughter were able to see him to say goodbye and I think he was able to tell we came back and were there when he was put to sleep. Not just the physical suffering he had to endure, but he did suffer from anxiety. I was his person or I will say he was my little hemorrhoid and all I could think was we r leaving him, does he think we are abandoning him at the worst time? I can't imagine what he was going through. I know there was nothing more I could do to help him in my house and he needed professional care though. Everybody at Cornell made this hard process go easier and I am thankful for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubcitypam Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 Run free little man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I am so sorry you lost your little man. I always pull up the mushrooms that pop up in my yard, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmom Posted July 5, 2015 Share Posted July 5, 2015 I'm so sorry for your loss. Godspeed, little one. Quote Star aka Starz Ovation (Ronco x Oneco Maggie*, litter #48538), Coco aka Low Key (Kiowa Mon Manny x Party Hardy, litter # 59881), and mom in IllinoisWe miss Reko Batman (Trouper Zeke x Marque Louisiana), 11/15/95-6/29/06, Rocco the thistledown whippet, 04/29/93-10/14/08, Reko Zema (Mo Kick x Reko Princess), 8/16/98-4/18/10, the most beautiful girl in the whole USA, my good egg Joseph aka Won by a Nose (Oneco Cufflink x Buy Back), 09/22/2003-03/01/2013, and our gentle sweet Gidget (Digitizer, Dodgem by Design x Sobe Mulberry), 1/29/2006-11/22/2014, gone much too soon. Never forgetting CJC's Buckshot, 1/2/07-10/25/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeylasMom Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I'm so sorry for your loss. Hopefully you sharing will prevent others from going through the same thing. Unfortunately one or our clients lost their Cavalier to the same thing last year so it is definitely not unheard of, but it's not something you hear much about. Quote Jen, CPDT-KA with Zuri, lab in a greyhound suit, Violet, formerly known as Faith, Skye, the permanent puppy, Cisco, resident cat, and my baby girl Neyla, forever in my heart "The great thing about science is that you're free to disagree with it, but you'll be wrong." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I'm so sorry. Thank you for sharing this warning with us, especially at this difficult time for you and your family. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greytpups Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I'm so sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing. Quote Jan with precious pups Emmy (Stormin J Flag) and Simon (Nitro Si) and Abbey Field. Missing my angels: Bailey Buffetbobleclair 11/11/98-17/12/09; Ben Task Rapid Wave 5/5/02-2/11/15; Brooke Glo's Destroyer 7/09/06-21/06/16 and Katie Crazykatiebug 12/11/06 -21/08/21. My blog about grief The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same, nor would you want to. ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 So sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing this warning. We will start checking our yard for mushrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carronstar Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I am so sorry for your loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundrop Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I am so very sorry for your loss, and thank you for sharing. We occasionally get those big mushrooms in our yard, and I'll definitely make sure we get rid of them as soon as we see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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