Black Walnut Poisoning in Dogs

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I noticed my dog walking around with the husk of a walnut in her mouth today. It’s been about 6 hours and she seems fine. The only symptom could possibly be panting but she was playing g hard with her sibling so I’m assuming that was the reason for the panting. She seems to be twitching a little in her sleep but she usually does that a little, I’m not sure if it could be considered a tremor or not because I’ve never seen what a tremor looks like in a dog. I’m just a worried dog parent..how long after ingesting walnut hulls would she begin to show symptoms of walnut poisoning? How long after could she begin to show them?

My dog just had a seizure and was having trouble walking. She also threw up. I didn't see any black walnut in her vomit but she did throw up them before. The vet ran a basic blood test and told us that they think it's not the black walnut. However this page says that a blood test would not tell if she is poisoned or not? They gave her anti seasure medicine and that was it. Anything I should watch for?

My golden retriever died 2 hours after she ate rotten walnuts in our garden. The veterinary couldn't save her.

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I've heard of using black walnut to help get rid of giardia in dogs. My 4 month old puppy is now going to be on her 3rd round of medicine to get rid of this stubborn giardia but I would like to give her something else in addition to knock this icky parasite out once and for all. She is 5lbs right and and from my research, they say one drop of liquid black walnut per 10lbs of dog. Do you have any recommendations? Is there a risk of her getting black walnut poisoning from using the liquid black walnut?

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our yard is full of black walnut husks and small brances which he walks on. Sometimes he chews on the sticks and is always walking on the brown or black husks from the walnuts.Comes in house and chews hard and quite long on all his feet.one foot even shows some blood at times

Hello. I am a researcher and I have devoted much of my life to formulate the 'Biomass Pathogenesis Theory', which describes a theory relating plant distributions to disease states. We have a dog that has suffered chronic health issues. One common unexplained aspect of this dog is that his feet have chronic sores. There are two Eastern Black Walnut trees in the yard. After applying an indepth study on this tree is has an allopathic toxin known as Jugalone that leaches into the ground. This substance is known to cause laminitis in horses. I think that this toxic substance is causing a problem with the feet of these dogs. Additionally, I think that the foot problem is just a small indicator of the true depth of the micro-toxicity demonstrated by this plant. This dog I have monitored now has a mastcell tumor. All the dogs that have lived at this residence have been rather unhealthy except the one that was not walked where the Eastern Black Walnut trees were located. Additionally, I have written a book, The Biomass Pathogenesis Theory, which describes many plant toxins and the association with human diseases. My recommendation would be to keep the animal, and the people, from being exposed to the soil where these trees reside.

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My dog licked a squished black walnut on the ground for only a second beforw i stopped her. This was only about 30 minuets ago and she has shown no signs of black walnut poisoning, but im still very worried about her. If she hasnt actually eaten it and only licked it for a moment, will she be okay? Also, about how long does it take for the first symptoms to appear.

Laminitis is a disease that horses suffer after exposure to the Juglone toxin of the Eastern Black Walunt tree. The scientific name of the Eastern Black Walnut tree is Juglans nigra. This is the source of the toxicity, and it is known to be an allopathic toxin. It leaches in the ground, and can even cause plants growing hear the tree harm by complex biochemical pathways to gain an evolutionary advantage.

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My little girl is usually full of life and super energetic but has turned lethargic over the last two days. She has vomited several times, licks her lips like she has a dry mouth and lost her appetite completely. She is still drinking water but there is definitely something wrong with her. We DO have black walnuts fall into our yard and I've seen her chewing on them in the yard. I immediately stop her but I'm thinking that she's been affected by them, especially after reading other people's accounts of their pet's toxicity. Please advise of treatment.

I have a 5 year old Pitt myself and recently removed a 30 plus year old fruit bearing walnut tree from the back yard. She too started chewing on them as a younger pup we would take them away from her then as she got older he started eating more and more of them. I talked with her vet and was told then it was “ok” and that was it. We didn’t think much more about it but still kept the buts raked up and the area clean trying to at least limit the intake. This last year she managed to eat more than before and we noticed a little sluggishness and that was all. Then a few months ago I took her to a vet because she was sleeping a lot more and just over all not doing too well. She also developed this odd order and patches of extreme dry skin. This vet (different than the one before) found after in office testing she had a bacterial infection. My dog was placed on some meds and that was that. Now 3 months later we are back to the smell this time it is all over her body and it turns my stomach. She is STILL leaning or starts to fall to one side while standing or walking so she tends to sleep a lot or just lay around the house. She will put her head down and just look at the floor or wall like she is spaced out then just try to lay down as her legs are stiff at times like poles. Her nose is wet then extremely dry, her eyes are goopy all of the time, it looks like she is again having the bacterial infection which all of this is going to be checked out by the vet today I think it could all be linked to long term exposure to the walnut tree and her “sneaking” snacks or even the exposure to the leaves because they stink too and when there is mold on them after rain etc even snow we get lots of snow here it’s a mess to deal with. After the removal of the tree I myself do not itch all of the time and can breath bettter so it was a family issue human and pup I think. If you leave the leaves on the ground, or the buts they will kill whatever is on the ground like grass or even weeds. When the buts are green they too are poisonous to humans , so bottom line for this family the walnut tree sucks and I hope and pray it is is not a slow death for my dog. I’m in tears even trying the comment.