Our daft dog, Benji the Basset hound, ate something he shouldn't have done!
This won't come as any great surprise to those of you who have followed the antics of our bassets over the years
This time he out did himself and ate a raw potato. Raw potatoes are severely toxic to dogs, cooked ones aren't. We didn't know this.
The day after eating it he lay on his bed, listless and unhappy. Not interested in food at all and we had to move his water bowl next to his bed and encourage him to drink. The only way to get him outside for a wee was to put his lead on him while he was in bed and then he would get up, find the closest patch of grass, have a wee and turn round to come inside. I tried to get an appointment at the vet and couldn't get one for two days (lots of staff off with Covid) so I booked the first available appointment.
Fortunately, with plenty of rest and water he recovered before needing to go to the vets.
Interestingly though, my husband was recounting this incident in the plumbers merchant and a fellow plumber said the same thing happened to their dog, except they ended up with a £500 vet bill and said about the toxicity of potatoes. A plumbers merchant is not just a place to buy supplies; it's the fount of all knowledge
