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Sausage Dog Almost Dies After Eating Mince Pie

Sausage Dog Almost Dies After Eating Mince Pie

The greedy dog jumped onto the mantelpiece and wolfed down the Christmas treat.

Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers

A distressed dog owner has sent out a warning this Christmas after her adorable pooch almost died from munching on a mince pie.

Lucie Coffey, 33, was out of the room when her miniature Dachshund, Beatrice, leapt on to the mantelpiece and devoured the Christmas treat, last year.

Minutes later she went back into the room and found a sheepish looking Beatrice sat on the sofa with the remnants of the mince pie's empty foil casing.

Knowing raisins are poisonous for dogs, Lucie rushed her poorly pooch to the vet.

Beatrice was given an injection to induce vomiting as well as activated charcoal to stop the harmful toxins in the raisins being absorbed.

Fortunately she made a full recovery but if vets had gotten to her later she could have suffered kidney failure.

Lucie said: "I was in the kitchen chopping vegetables for dinner and Beatrice was on the sofa in the living room.

The poor pooch had to be rushed to the vets after scoffing the mince pie.
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"When I went back in I saw the foil on the plate but no pie and I thought, 'right, there's only one explanation for this', and there was the dog looking very sheepish.

"I couldn't have lived with myself if we hadn't taken her to get checked out and something was badly wrong.

"A dog is part of your family and I would have been devastated if anything had happened to her.

Lucie, from Shrewsbury, added: "Santa's mince pie is definitely staying outside with the carrot for Rudolph at the back door - out of harm's way."

This isn't the first time a dog's gluttony has almost proven to be its downfall.

Luckily the dog was treated for its symptoms and is back to full health.
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Jodie Holt, 31, had a nightmare Yuletide last year when her three-year-old cockapoo Ernie ate a mince pie from under their Christmas tree.

The mum-of-two said: "As soon as I saw the mince pie had gone, I started googling it and saw how dangerous raisins can be for dogs.

"If it's edible, then Ernie will eat it and he's always hovering round when the kids are eating in case they drop anything.

"He actually nicked the carrot from the snowman's nose last year, so maybe I should have seen this coming.

"But he usually comes upstairs when we all go to bed, so when he was poorly it never occurred to me that it was because he'd gone back down and eaten Santa's mince pie.

Ernie was given the same treatment and also managed to make a full recovery in time for Christmas.

Laura Playforth, head of veterinary standards at Vets Now, said: "Our vets and vet nurses treated dozens of dogs last year who had eaten mince pies left out for Santa and we are expecting similar this year..

"Normally symptoms start showing between six and 24 hours after the dog has eaten grapes or raisins.

"But these may not take effect for several days and in the most serious cases, the fruits can also cause sudden kidney failure.

"The good news is the prognosis for grape and raisin toxicity is generally good if treated early and there's been no kidney damage."

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Food, UK News, Interesting, Animals