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My puppy ate a mushroom in the yard. Is it poisonous? What's the next step?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Australian Shepherd | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 8 days old | 10.2 lbs

Hello, my puppy was in the yard and started to eat a mushroom. I took it away from her and she had only been out for a minute so I think that was the first one she was getting into. Please see attached pics- she seems fine, any idea if this is poisonous? I'm not sure if she even ate any as it is still pretty intact. What is the best course of action? Thank you!

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Answered By Lauren Jones VMD

Veterinarian

Published on February 6th, 2018

How naughty of Sadie! You did the right thing by taking the mushroom away from her. Unfortunately, mushrooms can be very tricky to identify accurately. Many species of mushrooms can lead to neurologic changes or liver damage when ingested by dogs. I recommend taking Sadie to your vet or an emergency clinic right away so that vomiting can be induced (assuming that she ate the mushroom within the past 2 hours) and supportive medications can be started. It is likely that Sadie may need to have blood testing performed today and repeated in 1-2 days to assure that her liver values remain stable. Even though she may have only eating a very small amount of the mushroom, problems could still arise and it is better to be safe than sorry. I hope this helps and that all goes well for Sadie!

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