My dog drank a half cup of white wine. Is he okay? What should I do?

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• Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

  Veterinarian

  I am not sure whether your dog weighs 155 lbs as given or 15.5 lbs. That would make quite a difference in how the wine would affect your dog.
  There are two components in wine that may cause a problem: alcohol and grapes.
  1) alcohol : Signs of alcohol toxicity are drooling, retching, vomiting or attempting to vomit, weakness, elevated heart rate, a distended stomach, collapse, coma hypothermia and in severe intoxication cases, death.
  
  2) can cause kidney failure, however it is unlikely that by drinking wine grape intoxication happens.
  
  Alcohol enters the blood stream very quickly, and once it is in the blood stream the only thing you can do is wait it out, ie wait until it is out of his system. Keep Zeke confined and watch him closely. If he shows any of the signs above or if he gets white mucus membranes, he needs to be taken to a pet ER. If you live close to a pet ER, you can take him there and the vets can make him vomit and thus get rid of the rest of the wine still in the stomach and they may give activated charcoal to neutralise the alcohol in the stomach.
  
  

  

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• Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

  Veterinarian

  Published on August 11th, 2017

  Cheeky pixel! Wine is unlikely to cause any major effects other than possible vomiting. Monitor closely and feed small, bland meals often and offer pedialyte and fresh water if affected. Contact your vet for a check up if any other symptoms or weakness develop

  

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