This afternoon, Annie got into a pack of roach traps that I had bought because we were having a slight roach problem. Luckily, I got home from running errands when I did and I called the vet when I found black, plastic remnants all over the floor.
Annie went to the vet and they gave her a drug that induced vomiting so she would puke up all the traps she ate (they were stuck together in a pack, she had about 6 of them), and the vet kept her for about 6 hours. Once he deemed her fit to come home, he called me and I picked her up. When I went to get her, he consulted with me and told me that he doesn't want Annie feeding her puppies anymore because he doesn't want to run the risk of what poison that did get in her system to transfer to them, and since they're 4 weeks old anyway, to go ahead and start them on a regular diet of puppy food and wean them from her 100%.
I didn't think it would be as hard as it has been.
First, we moved the puppies from the living room into my office so that we could close the door and keep Annie out. I also kenneled her because she tends to get into things at night. Right now she is barking and howling, and it's the howl of a mother missing her babies.
I feel so bad, I thought I'd at least let her out of the kennel, but she'll try to tear the door down to get to them.
What should I do? I let her come in on supervised visits and have to keep pushing puppies away from her when she comes in here. I know the vet said it's what's best for the pups, but it's breaking my heart that Annie is crying for them. Plus I just feel like a complete moron for leaving those traps out and her getting into them... but I didn't think my dog would think poison would be tasty... :/
Annie went to the vet and they gave her a drug that induced vomiting so she would puke up all the traps she ate (they were stuck together in a pack, she had about 6 of them), and the vet kept her for about 6 hours. Once he deemed her fit to come home, he called me and I picked her up. When I went to get her, he consulted with me and told me that he doesn't want Annie feeding her puppies anymore because he doesn't want to run the risk of what poison that did get in her system to transfer to them, and since they're 4 weeks old anyway, to go ahead and start them on a regular diet of puppy food and wean them from her 100%.
I didn't think it would be as hard as it has been.
First, we moved the puppies from the living room into my office so that we could close the door and keep Annie out. I also kenneled her because she tends to get into things at night. Right now she is barking and howling, and it's the howl of a mother missing her babies.
I feel so bad, I thought I'd at least let her out of the kennel, but she'll try to tear the door down to get to them.What should I do? I let her come in on supervised visits and have to keep pushing puppies away from her when she comes in here. I know the vet said it's what's best for the pups, but it's breaking my heart that Annie is crying for them.
Plus I just feel like a complete moron for leaving those traps out and her getting into them... but I didn't think my dog would think poison would be tasty... :/
