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Siberian husky has seizures after eating pot brownie on Burnaby walk

Dog seizures after eating pot

A Burnaby woman's Siberian husky suffered a seizure after eating a marijuana brownie. 

On Saturday, Kacy Wu took her dog, Halo, for a run on Burnaby Mountain. She says Halo was sniffing the ground at one point, but that she didn't think much of it. However, after they went home and had breakfast, he started to have serious symptoms.

"Around 11:20 a.m., his legs started to have convulsions," writes Wu in an email. "At first, I thought maybe we exercised too much in the morning. Then, he had a very sharp and strong reflex toward everything. For example, if I pet him, he would react scarily and shake his body. I then fed him some pieces of apple, but he couldn't control his legs, his mouth."

The dog then had a seizure, and Wu took Halo to Maillardville Animal Hospital. Soon after, a veterinarian told her that Halo's heart rate was low and that he likely consumed marijuana. 

"I keep thinking how and when Halo could have consumed marijuana, and that's the time I remembered he sniffed something when we were exercising," notes Wu.

"I went back there and found the thing Halo consumed. It is dark brown and smelled like chocolate, and I collected a sample of that. I think it is brownie - marijuana brownie."

Shockingly, Wu says that Halo's blood test also showed trace amounts of cocaine.

Veterinarian Dr. Amit Ranjan said Halo received primary intravenous fluid and charcoal for 24 hours. 

While Halo's blood work showed trace amounts of cocaine, Ranjan says it is difficult to know from the urine test if there was any and exactly how much there was. 

Luckily, Halo was able to return home on Sunday following his treatment, but Ranjan says that people should treat these incidents seriously. 



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