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EXCLUSIVE: San Francisco dog owner shares cautioning after family pet consumed opioid-tainted human feces at regional park

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A San Francsico dog owner is cautioning other family pet owners in the city of what took place to her dog, Pockets, after she got ill from consuming human waste polluted with cannabis and opioids at a park in the city.

As seen in cute videos published by her owner Jackie Shepard, Pockets is a 1-year-old Himalayan Sheepdog Poodle mix who enjoys the outdoors. One video reveals the furry canine frolicking in the sand at a dog beach and another hanging out a car window, wind flying through her tanned fur.


Shepard and Pockets were taking pleasure in the outdoors at Fort Mason Thursday when Pockets chose to consume something a bit…unpleasant.

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“I saw she was consuming something, so I ran over to see what she was consuming and, regrettably, it was poop,” says Shepard.

It wasn’t up until numerous hours later on Shepard saw something was extremely incorrect.

“At about 8 o’clock, she was wobbling, and her tail was down. Something was absolutely incorrect with her.”

Documents from emergency situation care revealed Pockets had signs from cannabis intoxication and there were opioids in her system –frightening sufficient by itself, however something else was worrying.

“Essentially, the physician on that night informed me this was reasonably typical, and she sees it a couple of times a week,” says Shepard.

Dog owners at Fort Mason were not surprisingly shocked at the news.

“That’s dreadful. That’s my worst problem. I do not understand how any person might avoid this,” says Yassine Derbani, who was at the park with fellow poodle mix, Mile.

Luckily, files reveal Pockets didn’t consume enough to require Narcan and Shepard is happy her family pet is back to her old stick-chewing spirited self.

A healthcare expert informs ABC7 News Shepard did whatever right and had actually the dose been larger, Pockets might have suffered kidney or liver damage.

Shepard says she’ll keep an even more detailed enjoy on her family pet from now own and hopes her story will motivate others to do the exact same.

“There are many individuals with dogs who most likely do not understand this is a risk to their dogs, so I wished to share to spread out awareness individuals can be actually cautious and look out for signs of this.”

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