I will never, ever say again that Abby has been good. I have been up all night watching her; you see she got into a bowl of green grapes.  If you do not know, grapes are toxic to dogs, and can kill them.  Abby has never wanted anything to do with grapes before.  If one fell on the floor she would ignore it and go on her way, why all of a sudden she decided to eat some grapes is beyond me.

My husband and I had finished lunch, and both of us were cleaning off the table so we cannot remember who picked up the bowl of grapes, and put the bowl on the kitchen counter.  We made sure the remote was out of reach, and our cell phones were in our pockets, but forgot about the bowl of grapes, with a few strawberries in the bowl.  I walked outside with my husband to say good-by and of course while I was out there miss Abby got the grapes out of the bowl and had eaten them all by the time I got in the house.  There were maybe 20 grapes left on the vine, so not to many, but enough to do her harm.  I quickly did some research on grapes and dogs, and it was not good.  I was watching her like a hawk; after she threw up I called our vet to see what I needed to do next.  They told me she should have activated charcoal, which of course I did not have, so instead of that, I burnt some toast to the point of no return, and gave that to her. I did some more research, and with the vet I had to watch her very close for signs of a very tender tummy, and to make sure she was going to the bathroom, because of kidney failure, and any signs of being listless.

Well, it’s been 26 hrs now, and she seems to be fine, however we are not out of the woods just yet.  It could take up to 3 days before we know for sure that the grapes have not damaged her kidneys.  Word to the wise, keep grapes out of the reach of your pets, as I think this all applies to Cats also.