MORE #Dogs getting high

One toke with #Natural #Balance dog food,  please?

On dogblog.dogster.com: Marijuana Use Is Up — Among Dogs

Veterinarians are seeing more cases of dogs who are high on pot than they have in recent memory, according to a newspaper report from Colorado.

COMMENT: BUT THE DOGS ARE NOT SHARING WHO THEIR DEALER IS WITH US.

“We used to see maybe one case a year,” Stacee Santi, a veterinarian in Durango, Colo., told the Durango Herald. “Now we’re seeing a couple a month.”

Why the increase? In part, because medical marijuana has made the herb more accessible. It also helps that pot is rather appealing to the canine palate.

COMMENT: WHAT DO CHOOSE?  BENEFUL OR POT?  CHOICES, CHOICES.

“Dogs love the stuff,” veterinarian Jennifer Schoedler said. “I’ve seen them eat the buds, plants, joints, and marijuana in food.”

COMMENT:  DOGS ARE THE PERFECT POT DIGESTER.  BUT DO THEY GET THE MUNCHIES AFTERWARDS?

And sometimes people who are operating in the Land of High decide it would be fun to blow marijuana smoke on a dog’s face to see it get stoned.

COMMENT: PERHAPS SUCH FOLKS SHOULD NOT OWN A DOG??

Dogster’s very own Eric Barchas, DVM, devotes a page on his website to marijuana intoxication in pets. He writes:

Serious long-term health consequences and fatality from marijuana intoxication are essentially unheard of. However, pets that are exposed to marijuana may display anxiety and disorientation, and are prone to ‘bad trips.’ “

COMMENT: A ‘BAD TRIP’ FROM THE DOG’S PERSPECTIVE WOULD BE NOT BEING TAKEN OUT BECAUSE THEIR OWNER IS TOO ZONKED TO DO THAT.

Here are some more symptoms, taken directly from Dr. Barchas’s pot and pets page:

COMMENT: AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE FOR SNACKS LATE AT NIGHT.

COMMENT: A NEED TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING WITH BARKING GIBBERISH.

COMMENT: A SUDDEN DESIRE TO PEE IN THE BACK YARD – WITH FRIENDS.

• Drooling, vomiting, and diarrhea may occur.

• After exposure to marijuana, pets may lose bowel and bladder control. This results in house soiling.

COMMENT: ANOTHER GOOD REASON NOT TO BLOW SMOKE IN YOUR PET’S FACE.

• Extreme responses to noises, movements, and other forms of sensory stimulation may occur in pets that are exposed to marijuana. These responses can manifest as trembling or jerking of the head or extremities. In severe cases, the responses may appear similar to seizures.

COMMENT: OR BREAK DANCING.

“The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
”  William Shakespeare