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A report in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association has just shown a link between the sugar substitue Xylitol, and illnesses in dogs. In fact, it is so bad, possibly causing acute liver failure that out of eight dogs found to have ingested xylitol, 5 died or had to be euthanized.
Xylitol is a commonly used sweetner used in sugar free gums, candies and even baked goods. So keep an eye on the ingredients when feeding your dog human treats.
My 80 lb. greyhound died after ingesting a bottle of natural supplements I take while I was away from home. The supplements had Xylitol in them…caused his blood sugar to drop, he had seizures, arrythmia, body temp up to 107. His liver started to fail after 24 hours and he developed DIC which is a blood clotting disorder due to the hyperthermia, most likely. I had to have him put to sleep. He was only 7 years old. Extremely tragic and I am now on a mission to get the word out about the seriousness of this poison. Please make sure nothing with Xylitol is in reach of your dog!
If your dog ate a bottle of natural supplements, just consider all the substances contained therein and the amounts. If xylitol was responsible for the death of your dog it had a lot of help no doubt from other compounds.
My 17 pound dachshund is in the emergency vets fighting Xylitol poisoning. She opened a friends purse and ate a whole package of Orbit Sugarless Chewing Gum.
I didn’t think anything about it until I went in and opened my E-Mails and opened just one that told me about Xylitol. I did more research and immediately took her to my 24 hour Emergency Veterinary Clinic. They were able to get her to vomit some and this told them that she had eaten the gum. I took them the gum packge. They talked to the animal poison control and they guided them on how to treat it.
How can we get this information out to all dog owners?
My dog loves to get into purses and up on desk tops to eat any and all things mint flavored. This includes toothpaste, mints, gum, breath strips, you name it. If it’s any where near his grasp, he will eat it. Naturally I take care to avoid these situations. I love my dog. However, even though has eaten many xylitol-containing items, he has never experienced any sort of illness or discomfort as far as I can tell. I see the foil come out in his bowel movements and he strolls on like it never happened. Perhaps he is the lucky 3/8.
p.s.-I promise I am a responsible dog owner. These events occurred BEFORE I was aware of the danger.
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