A friend (Earl) just called me tonight wanting to know what he should do for his dog who just ate a bar of rat poison. I suggested inducing vomiting with peroxide and giving Vit. K.

Earl: "I already did the peroxide, and he threw up three times, the last one was clear." (He had called the vet, who told him about the K, before he called me.)

Me: That was good. So I went online to see if Vit. K was available without a script (I don't think so).

I found a reference to giving activated charcoal for poisonings.

Then I looked up foods rich in Vit K: leafy green veggies, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and such... The next paragraph said that beef and pork liver was an excellent source of Vit K since they consume leafy greens.

I called Earl back and told him about the activated charcoal to absorb the poison and the beef or pork liver for the Vit. K.

Earl: "I'll go see if I have some....How about Ground Hog liver?" he asks. "They're vegetarians."

Me: "I suppose that would be fine. Why do you have Ground Hog liver."

Earl: "Fish bait."

Me: ROFLMAO

Earl also told me that he is taking the dog to the vet in the morning.

Ground Hog liver!!!! And I thought I had weird stuff in my freezer.

Reminds me of the time I told a family member to take something out of the freezer for dinner and they took out a freezer bag of green tripe. Needless to say we ordered pizza that night.

I hope he found his dog quickly after eating the rat poison. Personally I don't allow the stuff to be around here but if I did a bait station is the way to go. No rats hauling around bait that way and a entry barrier that would work long enough to get to your dog.

I lost my last guide dog to rat poison. He was a 90lb, 4 yr old GSD. The poison was intentionally put in my yard by someone who killed at least three GSDs and twice shot at and missed a Border Patrol agent's GSD, who lived nearby.

By the time I realized there was something seriously wrong, it was too late to save him.

Every time that man crosses into the town limits where I now live, a cop follows him until he leaves. If he stops somewhere, he is given a strong suggestion that he might want to shop in another town. The police and border patrol despise him, but there is nothing they can do to him without enough evidence.