In places where marijuana is legal, veterinarians have seen a number of dogs coming in with THC toxicity from eating human feces on hiking trails.
With cannabis legalization spreading across the U.S., veterinarians have reported seeing more dogs with marijuana toxicity. While many cases are due to pets getting into their owner's stash, some dogs are getting high from a strange source: Human feces.
Dogs who have been on hiking trails or forests in Colorado are being brought in to see vets with a variety of symptoms. Experts believe the dogs are ingesting poop left by campers and hikers who have ingested enough marijuana to give the dogs a contact high. "Seventy to 80 percent of people say they have no idea where their dogs got [marijuana], but they say they were out on a trail or camping. I can't believe that the owners are lying," Dr. Scott Dolginow. Dolginow owns Valley Emergency Pet Care in Basalt, Colorado, and sees between three and 10 dogs a week with marijuana toxicity.
For better or worse dogs have a penchant for eating poop and Dolginow says most would be happy to eat human poop if given the chance. He pus the blame for marijuana toxicity on feces laced with THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana. "It's unlikely that many people toss an edible or a roach on the side of the trail. It also makes sense from the level of toxicity we see," Dolginow said.a slowed heart rate, dilated pupils, disorientation, nauseousness and,Vets say often the best course of action is to let the dog sleep off an unpleasant marijuana high.The condition is generally treated by letting the dog ride out the high. In some particularly bad cases, the dogs are sedated and given fluids.
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