I discovered my beagle eating the brown and white mushrooms that are growing in my backyard. I was unaware of them until I found her with them and she bit me when I tried to take it away from her. Now that I know they're there, I will remove them, but in the meantime, are these mushrooms harmful to her?

10/25/2006 9:54:06 PM

try being slightly more vague - it'll really help in the diagnosis of a random mushroom that nobody on here can see

10/25/2006 9:55:24 PM

NCSU had (still has?) a couple of mycologists in the Botany department. If you can't find any information online, might want to take a few pictures with a digital camera and see if they can help out.

10/25/2006 9:55:53 PM

you better lock this thread too.

10/25/2006 9:56:03 PM

It's dark outside, I can't really tell. They're the little brown and white mushrooms that you see after a rain that grow in clusters. Very common in this area. When google comes up w/a pic that looks like what I'm looking for, I'll post it.

10/25/2006 9:56:21 PM

10/25/2006 9:58:32 PM

similar to this type of cluster and small size.

10/25/2006 10:03:03 PM

^Hmm, those don't look like the really bad ones we learned about in lab...but I'm horrid with plants and fungi.

Hope they weren't these: http://www.boston-terriers.com/mushroom.htm

http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/03_07/183.htm

[Edited on October 25, 2006 at 10:10 PM. Reason : merf]

10/25/2006 10:08:49 PM

SO if your dog eats them should you induce vomiting with peroxide? It didn't say anything about what to do.
OK, the State article says to induce.

[Edited on October 25, 2006 at 10:17 PM. Reason : .]

10/25/2006 10:15:37 PM

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/General_Principles/gpin004/gpin004.htm

Look at the bottom of this page and see if you can find the one you're talking about. It should tell the symptoms.

Even if you don't think it's poisonous you might want to get a good pic and have it identified. They'll be back every year, so you might as well know what it is.

10/25/2006 10:32:53 PM

These are pics of the mushrooms in my backyard. Sorry about the 2nd one, I was holding a flashlight. The black things are mushrooms that have died.

10/25/2006 10:34:33 PM

I think your animal should be fine. She was probably trying to balance the chemicals in her digestive track by doing that. I would try mixing a little clorox in her water from time to time to keep her innerds cleansed. Thats what I do to my neighbors dog.

10/25/2006 10:50:02 PM

darwin

10/25/2006 11:04:17 PM

she might be getting high off those mushrooms

there was an NPR thing about a dog that got high off toad

ahahahhaha

10/25/2006 11:12:03 PM

Hmmm...I know, it's scary, but your dog is almost surely alright. Just monitor her for signs of a problem: excessive diarrhea, vomitting, general discomfort, drinking too much, drinking too little, rashes, refusing to eat, etc...take her to the doc if something seems off.

10/25/2006 11:43:50 PM

Just ignore Earl.

10/26/2006 7:32:32 AM

^doesn't everyone

10/26/2006 8:26:10 AM

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"try being slightly more vague"

lolololololololololol...thats pretty good

10/26/2006 8:42:31 AM

pick one of those mushies and see if it turns blue
if it does, then you need to pick them and eat them for some fun times

10/26/2006 9:18:59 AM

Thank you, for those that offered helpful advice. She seems fine so far, it just worried me bc I couldn't tell if they were poisonous or not. Thanks again though for all helpful links and info

10/26/2006 9:19:15 AM

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"she might be getting high off those mushrooms there was an NPR thing about a dog that got high off toad ahahahhaha"

yeah i heard that...funny shit!

"i had some women over for a meeting and she didnt move the entire time they were there"

10/26/2006 9:46:50 AM

Was that on "This American Life" or something? I'd like to listen to it.

10/26/2006 10:04:55 AM

Here's an idea...a vet.

10/26/2006 10:09:04 AM

and put Dr. Wolfweb out of business?

10/26/2006 10:16:51 AM

Person 1: Help!! I need a doctor!!!!! AHH!Hhh!H
Person 2: Hang on, I'm a wolfwebber, I shall consult the internet and be back shortly. Unless I find porn.
Person 1: I'm bleeding out my ears!!!
Person 2: STFU, don't question the wolfweb.
Person 1: WHAT?!! I CANT HEAR YOU! Ah hell my ear just fell off.

10/26/2006 10:22:18 AM

I just looked through my mushroom field guide, but the pics you gave weren't good enough for a positive ID... can you provide macro shots of them, and their undersides? That will help.

[Edited on October 26, 2006 at 11:03 AM. Reason : c]

10/26/2006 11:01:33 AM

Putting clorox in the drinking water is not dangerous. Ive seen this done by a rottweiler breeder once and I was like "what are you doing, you're going to kill the dog". He answered "do you live in the city?" I replied "yeah" he then said, "son you drink this every day and you don't even know it".

He does this on occasion to eliminate parvo and other deadly disesases. Look it up, or ask a "professional vet" before to try and write me off next time.

10/26/2006 4:55:50 PM

^You know what else works for Parvo? Vaccines.

10/26/2006 5:44:24 PM

while earl is just being stupid, animals can safely drink water with a significant amount of chlorine in it. ive read articles that say 10ppm and others that say 20ppm. by comparison a pool is 2-5 ppm. the dog will throw up and not drink anymore before there is enough chlorine to hurt anything

10/26/2006 5:58:10 PM

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"Ive seen this done by a rottweiler breeder once"

Because a single sample with a single data point should apply to a whole population. Dude, you need to take ST311. Not saying the statement is wrong, but relying on a single source of information is a poor way to draw conclusions. If you DO have more information sources, please post links to them, would love to read them.

mcangel, what steps have you taken so far?

10/26/2006 7:42:59 PM

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"Because a single sample with a single data point should apply to a whole population."

Im sorry, but did you read where I said that "we (humans) drink it every day"? So thats more than a single sample or a population. On top of that, this is coming from a breeder that has been in the business longer than you've been alive. So I think he's pretty credible, don't you? Another question for you would be, what is the purpose of "random sampling"????What you just said totaly refutes radom sampling and its entirety.

And it's not like im saying give the animal a gallon of clorox?!?!The breeder would normaly drop a tea spoon/bottle top's worth or so per gallon of water like once a week or something. He kept the rotties outside in kennels, and he kept it VERY sanitary around them. Vets do this to. Whenever you enter the room of infected parvo dogs, you normally have to step in clorox soaked trays to kill/prevent you from carrying it around on your feet.

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"^You know what else works for Parvo? Vaccines."

You are correct. But vaccines don't keep parvo off the ground. Parvo can remain on the ground for seven years or more. Cleaning the animals digestive cycle (clorox every now and then) was a very effective way to eliminate the virus. Im not making this up. Because some animals can be carriers(on their gums/fangs, mainly in the digestive track) and not even be affected by it. Clorox eliminates this.

http://www.workingdogs.com/parvofaq.htm

Great link. It explains the chlorine solutions to water. Chlorine/clorox you say dad-gom potato I say poTAHto. The end.

^and evidently you fail to understand statistics. That's what the sole purpose of "ramdom sampling" is for. You can't test an entire population. So 50 samples is no better than 1 sample. No offense, but you just proved yourself wrong.



[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 2:52 AM. Reason : .]

10/27/2006 2:26:33 AM

^
PM sent. We'll take the technical argument elsewhere. Thanks for the link.

[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 8:54 AM. Reason : .]

10/27/2006 8:48:02 AM