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Comment by Bartleby on January 8, 2012 at 2:40am

Thanks for the well wishes. Bartleby's luckily been acting his normal, nippy playful self today, much to my relief. I'm just glad that part of the wrapper was left on the couch. I can only imagine what would have happened had he consumed the whole thing : O.

Andrea De Leo : I'll check out that list. If there's not enough toxins to watch out for your dog, it scares me they're sticking xylitol in more and more products. It seems so easy to accidentally expose your pup to something fatal.

Its amazing how many dangers are out there given how corgis eat like goats

Comment by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on January 7, 2012 at 6:55pm

Glad to hear you caught it right away.  We too went through this with Lance when he was a pup, about a year old.  He got into my daughters new school bag, that she had just gotten for Christmas.  Luckily I was aware that it is toxic for them.  Off to the vet we went with Lance and he too spent the night overnight.  Thank Goodness he was ok.  We had to take him back a week later and have his liver enzymes checked which too came back ok.  I remember watching his every move after he came home for signs of seizures, but luckily that didn't happen. 

Comment by Beth on January 7, 2012 at 6:10pm

Hope Bartleby is ok.  I won't buy anything with Xylitol because I heard that even a tiny bit can be fatal.

Comment by Rebecca on January 7, 2012 at 1:28pm

Glad he's ok, what did you use to induce vomiting.

Comment by Andrea De Leo on January 7, 2012 at 1:09pm

When my Romeo was 10 months old he went into my purse and ate about 7 sticks of gum Containing xylitol!

Luckily I too noticed right away what he had done!

They tested his glucose levels every hour.
Also they will took x-rays and gave him IV fluids.
All it takes is 1-2 sticks of gum to be toxic!

Glad to hear Bartlby is gonna be o.k.!!!

READ the following for more info about what xylitol can do and what it is in....

Xylitol is in many things besides sugar-free gum!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-18-xylitol-sweetener_N.htm

Comment by Melissa and Franklin! on January 7, 2012 at 12:55pm

Way to be on top of it mom!!! Good job! We had a little corgi in last summer who's owners were making homemade toothpaste, she ate a whole bag of pure xylitol. Landed her in the ER for 2 days with a blood glucose test every 2 hours! 

Comment by Yuki & Ellie on January 7, 2012 at 8:37am

Oh wow, he's so lucky you caught him right away!  I never would have thought that gum would be dangerous in that way (I always thought it blocked their digestive system.)  It makes me doubly glad I don't chew gum.

Comment by Jane Christensen on January 7, 2012 at 8:33am

Poor Bartleby! It is a good thing you caught it right away. I don't have any experience with this but do know it's dangerous!