Lorraine Kelly has spoken of her horror after her dog was poisoned. Speaking on her eponymous ITV show, Lorraine revealed that her pet pooch Ruby was left seriously ill after suffering poisoning from food she ate.Speaking today she said: “I had some chocolates wrapped up in a bag as a present. It was in my handbag. She [Ruby] managed to get in there in the middle of the night. She ate a whole bit of chocolate and was very, very ill indeed.”
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00:00 Because Dr Hillary, we had a drama, didn't we?
00:02 A really, actually very, very serious drama with our Ruby.
00:05 She managed... I had in my bag,
00:08 I had chocolates wrapped up in my bag as a present.
00:11 It was inside my handbag.
00:12 She managed to get in there in the middle of the night,
00:15 ate a whole bit of chocolate and was very, very ill indeed.
00:19 So we had to rush her to the emergency room.
00:21 The vets took such good care of her.
00:23 Look at the poor wee soul.
00:24 They had to give her a drip, put her on a drip,
00:26 which is why she's got that wee bandage on.
00:29 And it was touch and go and it was really, really frightening.
00:31 I mean, you saw the state I was in.
00:33 I mean, honestly, thank you for helping me.
00:36 But this time of year, you've just got to be so, so careful
00:39 because they're into everything.
00:40 You've got to be careful all year round.
00:42 But chocolate's really bad for them, isn't it?
00:43 It happens so quickly, so easily.
00:46 Apparently, treatment for poisoning in dogs is 75% higher
00:51 in festive season than any other time of the year.
00:54 And, you know, chocolate's everywhere.
00:56 And so they get to it.
00:58 They sniff it out and they eat it.
00:59 But it contains a chemical called theobromine,
01:02 especially dark chocolate.
01:03 And theobromine makes them sick.
01:05 It gives them vomiting, diarrhoea.
01:07 They can get an irregular, rapid heartbeat, seizures.
01:10 A rehab is going.
01:11 Rest.
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