at the back of our house is boundary line from when the houses were built and there is a ivy bush which has engulfed everything ..our sheperd bitch has started eating the black bearies which have dropped in with the wind . she now has traces of blood in her poo ! what can i get out of the chemist to treat this...i remember years ago with another sheperd we had we got a large syringe with vitamin from the vets which we had to give to the dog through its mouth ...does this sound right to treat this problem ??

cheers

slim

oh i think theyre poisonous i get her to a vet asap,

hope she'll be alright i really hope im wrong

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Not shaw but i don't think it would be ivy berry's wrong time of the year! ivy is piosonus Call your vet

Wild Food School - Some Edible & Poisonous Berries scroll down the page if they are these it says theyre Highly Toxic

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"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
L David Mech

We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

will do folks and i will post here the vets response for a future referance !

slim

thankyou Slim, fingers crossed she'll be ok xx

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"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes."
L David Mech

We have doomed the Wolf not for what it is, but for what we have deliberately and mistakenly perceived it to be..the mythologized epitome of a savage, ruthless killer..which is, in reality no more than a reflexed images of ourself." -Farley Mowat

thank's and good luck

these berries are black and by the looking at the pictures they dont look like the toxic ones ! thank god ....thanks alot for posting that link i have it saved in my bookmarks now !

slim

took the dog to the vet and its the ivy allright folks ! they also told me that prolonged eating of the ivy will result in stomach ulcers and cuts to the stomach lining ! not a nice thought folks...the ivy bush is in next doors garden but some branches hang into our garden so i will cut them off , and i am even thinking of putting weedkiller on the ivy to kill it but i dont think the neighbour will be happy |!

slim

So glad your dog's ok