How to Make a Dog Vomit

Why in the world would I want to make my dog vomit? Yes, I know it's an odd topic, however situations come up when you want your dog to throw up.

For instance, our dog got into a whole bag of D-Con. D-Con is basically rat poison. We called the Veterinarian and explained the situation. Our dog had consumed an unknown amount of rat poison.

Of course, this all happened on a Sunday, so we couldn't take the dog to the Vet without an exorbitant bill. To make matters worse we were also on a vacation out of town.

We called our vet long distance and told him our dilemma; we were frantic to help our dog. The vet asked us how long ago the poison had been consumed. It had only been a few minutes. This was a good thing, the vet was confident he could help us.

He told me that we needed to make our dog throw-up. I had visions of jamming my hand down her throat trying to stimulate a gag reflex, but the solution was much simpler.

The vet instructed us to find some regular household salt. Once I found the salt he told me to have her sit and force her mouth open. I poured about a tablespoon of salt into the very back of her throat then held her mouth shut until I saw her swallow.

The vet told me to make sure she was outside away from anything we didn't want vomit on.

About one minute later, my dog started gagging. Suddenly she let loose with a massive gut clearing regurgitation. She continued throwing up for another couple of minutes, until her insides were cleaned out. The bluish green D-Con granules were everywhere in her vomit. She'd eaten at least 3 boxes of poison.

Most of the granules were still in their original form, which was a sign that they hadn't been digested and gotten into her bloodstream. The vet was happy with this and told us we could wait until Monday to take her in for a vitamin K shot, which counteracts the affects of the rat poison. We watched her closely, but she showed no adverse signs of poisoning.

Everything turned out fine, and I learned how to quickly make a dog vomit. Hopefully you'll never need to know this information, but if you own a dog, especially a labrador...the chances are you'll be happy to know it.