Abby's Big Adventure

In puppy kindergarten I was told by the trainer that Abby is very "food motivated", thus easy to train. If by that she meant Abby would sometimes obey a command if I have treats in my hand and if she's in the mood, then yes, she was easy to train.

This afternoon my partner, Gail was putting out roach poison which apparently looks like peanut butter. Abby, being food oriented and never missing a beat, licked some of it.

"Abby! No!" Well, it was too late of course. I read the label, well, it was in Spanish, started to Google translation and then realized it was going to take too long.

I grabbed Abby's harness and leash and got her into the car. The vet we use is three towns away but, this being May, I was able to get there in less than 20 minutes.

"I have an emergency". Dr. Hector took us right in, I gave him the container and said, "She had about this much of it 20 minutes ago". He and another vet looked at it and spoke to each other, weighed Abby, got the medicine and gave her a shot. Like in 10 seconds. I was told it would make her vomit, and they would wash out her stomach. And then they whisked her away.

I sat in the waiting room for about 20 minutes. Dr. Antonio came out and told me he had to take Abby to their main hospital in Guadalajara. He repeated that they would wash out her stomach and put her on an IV and that they had to sedate her. He said he would keep her with him and keep an eye on her and call me later.

When Dr. Antonio called he said the only thing they found in her tummy was what looked like a piece of bolillo. Hmmm. I wonder where she got that? He said she's fine, he's going to keep her overnight and bring her back to Lakeside in the morning. He gave her some canned food and she scarfed it up.

She's very food motivated.