Severe Roundup Poisoning in Dogs, Early Symptoms, What To Do
How An Accidental Poisoning of Two Dogs Left One Canine Dead and One Fighting For Their Life In March of 2016, my dog, and my roommate's dog were accidentally poisoned with Roundup weedkiller. Specifically, the product was applied around a garden area. Then, later the same day, a hose was left to run wide open on the ground, in the garden, and both dogs lapped up a bunch of this highly tainted water. Before dark, that first day, we noticed the initial alarming sign something was wrong. Plus, it took about 24 hours to put two and two together. To set up the scenario, Sissy was mine, a ten to twelve year old Mexican Pit bull, a medium-sized dog about 70 pounds. Speckles was the roommate's dog, about two years old, an Australian snub-tail cattle dog, at about 85 pounds. Day 1: Both of the dogs simultaneously experienced paralysis from the hips and down. While they both had full use of the upper body. To us, it seemed very strange both dogs would suddenly experience the e...