i just gave my dog a ham bone and woke up dismorning to a very sick dog i dont what to do as i have no money for a vet right now is there any advise?

i feed my dog ham a lot of times he doesn't get sick or anything. although my friend said he gave his dog ham before almost died from it. maybe some dogs may get sick from ham, dogs are like people there all different.

I just found out tonight that ham is bad for dogs. I gave my dog a slice of fresh ham and within minutes she had a seizure. She's had seizures before and we suspected epilepsy but it wasn't happening often enough to require medication. Friday night was the final straw, I remembered that had seized once before when I gave her ham and thought maybe it could be a trigger. I was embarassed to ask the vet a "silly" question this evening at a check up and said what the heck - better to be safe than sorry. He said absolutely NO MORE HAM! She was diagnosed wiht epilepsy and my feeding her ham was a likely trigger. For the last 6 of her 7 years that she's been having seizures, I've been contributing. I'm mortified know this, kicking myself - my poor baby :(

I learned the hard way too. We gave our boxer pork products and we were cleaning diarrhea for an entire week. Not to mention, the vet bill's of taking her back because she started with blood in her stools. The best rule to follow is "no table scraps" EVER. Strictly dog food.

thankyou i think i just found out what is making my dog sick

I wish I had known about ham & dogs. Thank God I was lucky. My boyfriend had bought my dog her OWN ham since she appeared to like the taste he had givin her. I made small portions, and froze it and once a week would grind it up and mix it with her dry food. As I said Thank God she didn't get sick or diarrhea or anything. But I won't take the chance again and give her any ham.

Thank you Karen Goodhue for sharing your story with WITN. I had this problem with my bulldog last year but couldnt figure out why he got so sick. I gave him some spiral ham fat this year for NEW YEARS and wouldnt you know he got really sick with diarrhea and vomiting. This clicked in my mind and made me google a search regarding DOGS EATING HAM. Your WITN article was the 2nd one that came up. Thanks to this website and you sharing your information I was able to confirm my suspicion.

Wish I had known this! We are dog sitting over Christmas for a dog that his owners occassionally give a scrap or two to, so my husband thought he would give him a tiny piece of ham fat for a treat. He happily devoured it, but almost right away he started coughing like he was going to throw up, he didn't though so we thought it was just the texture or something. The next morning we woke up to poop smell - the poor thing had crapped in his kennel overnight and has had diarrea all day, the poor thing, we feel terrible!! Thankfully it is slowing but the gas coming from that dog is still gut wrenchingly awful. I hope it's out of his system tomorrow!!

I wish I had read this sooner. I fed my dog a half a dish of ham and came home to diarrhea all over the house. I feel so awful, I wish I could console her. She's not pooping blood and will most likely need a vet visit.

yup, not just dogs but humans too =)

Eating ham or pork is bad for people too! Pigs eat garbage, meat, feces, etc... Let them clean up after you, but don't eat them! :o)

WHY BE SILLY AND SAY NO TO SOME MONEY WHEN EVERYBODY NEEDS IT .NOW JUST BE GLAD THERE IS A chance you can use the money.

my beagle grabbed a bit of ham just freshly cut from a ham out of the oven. ie didn't seem to bother her at first but, later we found several spots with a light mixture of flem and ham. she was a sick lookin' puppy for a couple of days

i had a very sick bulldog from eating scraps at a pig pickin asked my vet about it and was told there was no reason the pork should have made my dog sick. it was after the second pig pickin that i figured it out for myself. no more pork for my dog.