Dog hops toxicity - please read!!!

[HItransplant]

i was gonna say, i've seen the sticky in the gen. board since the first day i came on here.. i figured every last single user of this board would have seen that at some point and would have known about the danger of hops to your pets..

I guess not.. sorry to hear.

im on here every day and this comes as a complete shock to me.. so Id say its not visible enough. Maybe the mods can sticky this in the beginners section too.

OP, so sorry for your loss. It makes me feel sick to my stomach that Ive just been dumping hops in the back where all manner of animal has access to it.

I will certainly pass this along... and it will be the first "tip" I give any new brewers.

thank you for sharing what cant be easy to talk about.

 

[Rev2010]

theres a sticky in general beer discussion but not beginners section

Whoops, I'm a dufuss. Sorry about that, didn't even know it was there as so far I'm mainly sticking around the beginner section. My bad.


Rev.

 

[ChshreCat]

Just so the correct info is out, it causes hyperthermia, not hypothermia.

And since someone is sure to mention it... not all dogs are sensitive to that effect in hops. But I don't know if my dog is one of them so I sure as hell package them up and get the out to the dumpster as soon as I'm done with them. Always better to be safe than sorry.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

 

[gb043075]

Yes hyper not hypo like my phone apparently corrected for me.

I've been reading the forum pretty hard for a while and didn't see that sticky.

Maybe something in beginner section.

Ive come across dog treat recipes using spent grains and dont recall seeing there either. It definitely would have caught my attention.

Thanks for everyones kind words.

 

[pernox]

So sorry for your loss. Condolences from my family to yours, gb.

If you don't mind my asking, did the vet (or anyone else who may care to chime in) mention if inducing vomiting would increase the survival chances of a dog that had ingested a quantity of hops?

 

[gb043075]

She threw up a couple times last night, which isn't terribly uncommon so I didn't think anything of it. After I figured it out this morning I gave her hydrogen peroxide and she puked again. Called ASPCA poison control and they told me to go to emergency vet. They had to tell the vet what to do when I got there.

 

[PerpetualBuzz]

This is heartbreaking. Many condolences to you and your family.

 

[Randar]

To avoid any possible issues, we dump the spent hops down the garbage disposal and sticks the nylon bags in the dishwasher.

Really? I tried the garbage disposal once and never again. What a clogged up disaster of a mess (whole hops, mind you)... I imagine pellets would be no issue, though.

I dump straight into garbage or into compost bin (not accessible to the dogs)/


Sorry for the OP's loss. That really really sucks. Sounds like a great companion that will be dearly missed.

 

[oskee]

Really? I tried the garbage disposal once and never again. What a clogged up disaster of a mess (whole hops, mind you)... I imagine pellets would be no issue, though.

I dump straight into garbage or into compost bin (not accessible to the dogs)/


Sorry for the OP's loss. That really really sucks. Sounds like a great companion that will be dearly missed.

Good to know, I guess we've been very lucky as we've dumped pelleted and whole hops for the last 5 years.

 

[marcycaulkins]

So sorry

 

[BeerOfThePeepHole]

That is horrible, really sorry.

 

[DMace]

Sorry to hear about your pup. Thats gotta be tough.

I heard about this a while ago in a hop growing video, but haven't heard anyone mention it since. Its definitely good to get the word around. I'll make sure to bring it up to my friends. Thanks for the reminder.