Posted on 03/09/2014 9:52:19 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
For many people, arriving at A&E at death’s door and being told the only way for you to survive was to get blind drunk would count as a result.
That’s the situation Maltese terrier Charlie found himself in after being left with hours to live after licking coolant from his owner Jacinta Rosewarne’s garage.
Quick-thinking vets deduced that the little dog had ethylene glycol poisoning, which can lead to kidney failure – and the only treatment was to get him as drunk as possible.
Because pure alcohol can alter antifreeze chemicals and allow them to be flushed out of an animal’s body, Charlie was given 700ml of vodka over two days via a tube.
Animal Accident & Emergency wrote on its blog: ‘For the whole weekend, Charlie had a huge party with us in the Pet ICU.’
It almost certainly saved his life – but also left him with an almighty hangover.
‘He was definitely drunk,’ said Ms Rosewarne, from Melbourne, in Australia, told the Herald Sun.
‘He was stumbling around, I’d go to pat him and he’d push me away like a normal drunk person, he was vomiting a little, whining like a drunk.’
She added: ‘I thought it was hilarious. It was distressing but funny at the same time.
My rescue PPM shrieks like a wounded banshee if you tug at her scruff.
I’m not sure why unless it’s from when she was thrown into the CA high desert and had to elude coyotes.
Maybe one grabbed her.
Scares ya half to death, though.
All of this angst started when I refused a pass he made at me *24 years ago*.
He’s not used to anybody saying “no” to him.
Talk about a sore loser.
:-\
Somebody called the cops when we tried to groom Suba.
:-/
“Honest officer, the screaming was the dog.”
“I don’t think you’re being honest with me here . .”
“Fine. Love, if you would kindly groom the-”
“Dear God, what is that noise?!”
“Dog. Being groomed.”
Gosh,dog things happen. Can we give it a rest?
So, what’s a ppm?
No one should hurt a doggie.
Lick, ahhhh
hilarious.
Puli. And a few others.
Hehe, both of mine, under 3” hair.
Dog training aps are all over the net.
Yesssssss mmm, there, more...
LOL
*chuckle* Reminds me of my tomcat when he was coming out of ketamine anesthesia, poor guy.
One'a these little things
Mine, under an inch.
Really short hair, except for the PPM’s somewhat fluffy ruff.
So cute.
:)
Tx, nice.
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