A lacking canine from Hutchinson, Minnesota, is on the mend after by accident getting excessive on pot brownies.
Earlier this week, the pup — named Dozer — escaped his proprietor Jake Carrigan’s storage whereas he was at work, Pet Poison Helpline mentioned in a information launch shared with PEOPLE.
Carrigan obtained a textual content message from his brother throughout his shift, asking if Dozer had gotten out of the home as a result of he noticed somebody posted an image of a misplaced canine on Facebook that seemed identical to the pup.
After driving to the situation the place the canine had been seen, Carrigan mentioned he couldn’t discover him. Having to return to his job, he requested his neighbor to open his storage in case the canine returned home. The neighbor agreed, and went to seek for Dozer himself. That’s when he discovered the canine unable to maneuver.
“When I found him, he couldn’t walk,” Carrigan mentioned. “He bit at my hand when I went to pick him up, which he would never normally do. I knew there was something wrong, so I immediately took him to our veterinarian.”
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Jake Carrigan
After arriving at Lifelong Veterinary ClinicDozer was unable to maneuver his rear limbs and was uninteresting and hypersensitive.
“Abdominal x-rays revealed that the abdomen was full, so the medical group induced emesis and located a few pound and a half of what they decided was chocolate brownies that contained marijuana,” Dr. Renee Schmid, a senior veterinary toxicologist at Pet Poison Helpline, mentioned, per the discharge.
Alongside the marijuana, the medical group on the clinic was additionally involved about chocolate poisoning.
“The severity of chocolate poisoning varies greatly depending on the type and amount of chocolate ingested and the size of the pet,” Dr. Schmid mentioned.
Jake Carrigan
Currently, Dozer is on the mend and recovering after the pot brownie incident.
“The veterinarian told me that after they emptied his stomach, the entire clinic smelled like a marijuana dispensary,” Carrigan mentioned with amusing, per the discharge.
Calling the ordeal together with his canine companion “bizarre,” he continued, “I don’t know if he snuck into somebody’s home, or if somebody fed him the brownies.”
“Maybe they have been cooling outdoors, and he helped himself,” the canine dad added, noting that he inquired with one neighbor in the event that they have been his desserts that Dozer acquired a maintain of.
“I requested my neighbor who I think would possibly bask in such brownies, and he mentioned they didn’t come from his home,” Carrigan mentioned.
