Saskatoon woman warning pet owners after her dog eats discarded cannabis

Georgia-Rae Maxwell was walking her 8-month-old chocolate lab Ruhn when he found something that didn’t look quite right.

Georgia-Rae Maxwell was walking her 8-month-old chocolate lab Ruhn when he found something that didn’t look quite right.

“On the sidewalk in front of us there was something on the ground that looked suspicious, and he got a little bit of it,” Maxwell told CTV News.

Once home, Maxwell was very concerned because the puppy was acting erratically.

“He started falling over and acting not right. So we rushed him to the VMC and he was doing what they call a bobble head motion,” she says.

The vet clinic on campus determined Ruhn ingested marijuana, and it’s a good thing they brought him in quickly.

The veterinarian at the Acadia Veterinary Clinic says, the reality is, pets can die from eating drugs.

“Unfortunately, yes, with the severe symptoms they can see seizures and they can go into a comma,” Dr. Christie Braaten, said.