My pregnant dog ate grapes. What are the risks and what should I do?

Oh no, poor Rosie! Grapes are highly toxic to dogs and can cause acute kidney failure, leading to signs of lethargy, vomiting and inappetence. Rosie needs to go to an ER vet immediately, as this could be a life-threatening emergency. The vet will be able to examine her, determine her kidney values on lab testing (CBC, chemistry, urinalysis), and start her on IV fluid therapy with other supportive medications. Good luck!

Hello and thank you for contacting Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. Avery should me made vomit and hopefully she will bring up the grapes. The next step would be administering activated charcoal (this can be bought over-the-counter at pharmacies). As veterinary online advisors on Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach, we are not able to give you any details on how to make dogs vomit at home. However, if you call your local vets they should be able to give you detailed advise on how to do it. Good luck

I'm so glad you took Peanut to the emergency clinic right away and that they were able to make him vomit up the grape. The concern for the next few hours is that since they gave him medication to vomit the grape, some dogs will continue to be nauseated (despite anti-nausea medication) and will vomit again if fed or allowed too much water. So, that is the concern for the next few hours. If there is a possibility that Peanut ate any additional grapes, I would recommend having blood checked in 3 days to make sure his kidney values are normal. Otherwise, as long as Peanut returns to his normal appetite and energy level without any vomiting, there aren't any special instructions for grape ingestion that was immediately vomited. I hope that was helpful and answered your questions. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

It is too late for activated charcoal, and I am concerned about the red in her vomit. That's because it's a sign of bleeding in the GI tract. I don't recommend inducing vomiting at home, as the substance used to induce vomiting, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), can and does cause gastritis and esophagitis often worse than the initial problem. It could be that Cookie is suffering from those if you induced vomiting with H2O2. I would have her seen by a vet right away, as she may need gut protectants if there was damage done to her GI tract from the H2O2.

The milk may cause some GI upset, but the raisins are a problem. There is no known safe amount of raisins for dogs to eat. There is always a possibility of kidney failure. The (major) problem with treating these guys is that you don't know if it's going to cause kidney failure until it's too late. They don't act different or ill until they are life threateningly ill. The only way to treat them is to go to the clinic, make Sora vomit if it was within an hour or maybe 2, then keep her on IV fluids for a day or two. And some dogs can eat raisins without any problems. We just don't know how each individual will react. So I know that's not the most helpful answer, but that's the more accurate one we have. You can chance it and do nothing and there is a good chance everything will be fine, or you can take her to the clinic immediately for hospitalization. Good luck!