FURTHER to the letter which appeared in the South China Morning Post, on June 28, about the poisoning threat along Bowen Road/Bowen footbath, I thought dog-owning readers might like to know what was suggested when a dog I was walking with down the hill to Aberdeen Reservoir from Wan Chai Gap happened to eat a piece of meat containing a purple dyed poison.
I have no medical background so the following may be questioned by a vet, but when you are desperate it is helpful to have some idea of what action might help and to actually be doing something when time is of the essence.
It was suggested that the dog owner make the dog sick as quickly as possible as the poison appears to work extremely fast.
Bicarbonate of soda in water, salty water or mustard mixed in water was recommended, with a visit to a vet without delay. This dog spent four days on a drip, lived and is now fine.
In this instance the dog owner actually saw a man, at 6.15am on a Monday morning, throwing something down onto the path which one of his dogs nibbled.
He obviously questioned the man, to which he replied it was food for the birds and he fed them regularly.