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Eating Soap

Posted : 4/16/2006 10:51:52 PM

Just wondered if anyone's had trouble with their dog eating Dove soap. This evening Madeleine decided to enjoy half of a bar of Dove soap. She's vomited once and is more than a little lethargic. She's still breathing [

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Geri

dyan

Posted : 4/16/2006 11:02:04 PM

Personally, I'd be calling somone....either an emergency vet or the poison center. Half of bar,,,sounds like a lot to me. I supposed my dog (Great Dane) eating a half of bar might be a lot different than a small dog,,,but gee, I'd be finding out.
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forpaws

Posted : 4/17/2006 8:11:16 AM

Geri, I also would be calling someone to find out more information. Like Dyan said, Great Dane eating half a bar, maybe no biggy, but a small dog eating a half a bar of soap..... NOT a good thing to me either.
Please call your vet or someone ASAP.
Hope the little one pull through and is feeling better in no time.

Geri Rosser

Posted : 4/17/2006 1:21:45 PM

Thanks to Dyan and forpaws for their advice (unheeded, but welcomed, since it pointed out the potential severity of the problem). Since Maddie was feeling better by bedtime, we decided to opt out of calling the vet. She had vomited only once, but quite a lot, and was feeling better after only a couple of hours. She slept through the night and was running around and happy this morning (ornery as ever!). She seems to have fully recovered. While I wouldn't recommend any being eating soap on purpose, Dove seems to be only mildly disruptive to the system, at least Maddie's. [

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dyan

Posted : 4/17/2006 4:38:54 PM

Thank goodness it all ended well. I know dogs like to lick soap suds from your skin while taking a shower, but eating a bar of soap, yuk!

marlania

Posted : 4/17/2006 7:36:00 PM

I don't know what attacts dogs to soap, but Grey's a soap dog too. At least it freshened his breath. LOL

danehaven

Posted : 4/18/2006 8:00:31 AM

Our Roscoe has eaten a couple bars. Of course I didn't know until I wondered where the soap went? [sm=uhoh.gif] I caught him in the act probably about the 3rd or 4th time. He is a big dog about 120 lbs. He has eaten a lot of "things."
Soap is made with tallow. (animal fat)