they drop them, usually fine, and put them back outside.

I never heard of frog desease though. I hope your dogs are okay.

dog doesn't bother them but the cats have brought in a few. I wonder if it affects cats also?

I don't think you're being a worry wort, better to be sure than sorry. Sounds like you did all the right things and if they haven't thrown up, as the article says, hopefully they are alright.

Let us know how they are, I understand about them being like your 'babies'. So hoping no harm was done and they will be fine by tomorrow.

I hope they are not in pain

I know how to deal with this because flvegan's dogs had the same thing happen. He took them straight to the vet, and he knows enough about dogs that he wouldn't have done so if it wasn't necessary.

Of course they're in pain. It's a neurotoxin. Call the damn vet.

thank you

they said to use garden hose to wash mouth out and rub gums to ensure nothing slimy was still in their mouth. Since they are not seizing or disoriented or crying or pawing at their eyes it is likely the poison is in their mouth. The female is a hunter. She has brought snakes, birds and toads in the house before. This frog was a little bigger. Said to keep them comfortable, make sure they have water to drink but don't force them to drink. Do not feed them as they will likely vomit. If they do not vomit, overnight, to gently ease eating in the morning. If they start vomiting, more than once, call them back.

Sending good vibes to you and your "kids". In all likelihood they will be fine in the morning and wonder why you were acting so strangely last night.

its times like this vaping isn't quite cutting it

A vets reassurance might. I know how you feel, sometimes hard to believe the things our "kids" (human or otherwise) can get into. And it is always when the urgent care or vets offices are closed.

I've had dogs grab frogs and do the drooling/slobbering/hacking. Mine must not have encountered that type of frog as they all recovered fine.
Are you sure it is that poisonous frog?
Good luck and maybe they will have learned their lesson ( don't count on it lol).

Toads have poison sacs on either side of their heads. It might help if you could ID the species, although your region will help. The Pet Poison Center is at http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/poison/toads/ and they can tell you if the really dangerous ones are in your area.

If they are, then it's emergency vet time NOW for supportive treatment.

Good luck to you and your doggies.

years ago my parents dog did the same thing he grabbed a toad in mouth and moments later spit it and started foaming , my parents rinsed his mouth out and kept him quiet comforted him ect, he came through it just fine with no vet intervention, he was a bit bigger though-Great Pyrenees/German Shepherd mix

that is the difference betwene life and deatnh. Our vet said if we waited an hour, our dog would be DEAD.

please update when you can.

The poor pups! How are they doing this morning?

dog just picked up an American Toad. When that happens, they exude a very bitter substance through their skin. That causes the foaming at the mouth and distress. That will pass soon. There's an old saying about a dog picking up a toad in its mouth. It has something to do with that dog only doing that once. It's the toad's defense against predators.

If you are in Florida, there's an off chance that it's an invasive toad that has a toxic exudation from its skin. If you're not in Florida, give he dogs plenty of water and keep an eye on them. The problem should be resolved fairly quickly.

The good news: your boxers aren't going to do that again. They've learned something about toads.

the female has brought in a snake, two different toads, a mouse and a bird. She is a hunter.

The two toads she has brought in she never hurt them, just carried them in her mouth and when she got in, she opened her mouth and out popped the toads. She never foamed like that before.


The snake was about the size of a pencil. Scared the crap out of me!

If so, I wouldn't worry too much.

I just worry too much.

I'm glad they're doing OK. I expected that. I've seen dogs grab toads. They taste really, really bad, apparently. I'm pretty sure yours will leave toads along in the future.

Angus's daddy weighed 100 lbs and his granddaddy was almost 90 lbs.

Daisy has paws that are huge and I suspect she will weigh a lot when she is full grown and filled out.

Daisy has been fixed since before she was 1 and we got Angus neutered last winter because we read that boxer males are easy for tumors.

we had thought at one time about breeding them but we didn't want to go through all of the hassle associated with that. However, hubby has been saying he wants another one. He thinks a white one would be cool to add to our brindle and our fawn.


I am not sure I want to add another one to the mix right now.

but I checked on them @ every 30 minutes till about 5:30 and I just couldn't stay awake any longer. I will be watching them closely today. They both ate a little bit this morning but now they are sleeping again. (That's pretty normal)

I was so scared.

I was pretty scared last night

Sometimes dogs catch some weird prey.

she had it in her mouth and the ends were hanging out of both sides. I couldn't see it clearly and had thought she was just out eating grass. I reached down to sweep her mouth and it moved. She dropped it on the kitchen floor and the thing curled up and started hissing. I screamed and my husband came down got some plyers and took it outside. I am pretty sure he killed it but I didn't ask.

Plus, she likes to bury the "body of the loved one" so as to age it before eating. Majorly gross.

NPR even did a story on it.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6376594

so then I posted a FB link but then people could go through it all so I deleted that as well.