Black Walnut Poisoning in Dogs

We are about to move into a new home with a black walnut tree located in the fenced backyard. We believe we can effectively prevent the dog from chewing on branches and nuts (he’s not generally one for chewing on things in the yard). My question is regarding his safety walking on the ground where we have cleaned up rotten shells/husks. Would stepping on a rotten husk we might have missed present a potential problem (he does like to put his led in his mouth)? Or might even walking on wet ground where these rotten husks have been cause a similar problem? Finally, he is a bit of a sniffer; as such, I have concerns with the inhalation of mold remnants from the rotten husks...just overall concerned that careful raking of the area and keeping those rotten things out of his mouth might not be enough. The yard is rather large and the tree does not appear to be particularly virulent in the number of nuts it produces. It will be easy to keep him away from the tree itself. Nevertheless, we want to be sure that taking appropriate “no chew” steps will be enough to reasonably assure his safety. Inhalation of spores and absorption of toxins through his paws are a concern... advice? Thanks!!

I have an English bulldog who is 7.5years old. He is currently producing excess fluid in his abdomen- very aggressively. The specialist we are going to is having trouble diagnosing him. We have many many mature black walnut trees in our yard. One of which I have caught my dogs from chewing on many times. It has a lump/growth at the bottom of the tree that they have chewed into through the outter bark and down into the wood. Also lots of sticks fall from these trees and they really love chewing sticks. Could this in anyway be related to my bulldogs ascites? We are waiting on some liver function tests results. But could this kind of poisoning cause liver damage without many of the other symptoms?

My poor wittle teacup chihuahua almost died in my arms . She loves to chew on black walnuts shes just a baby. I never seen anything like it when she was having her violent seizures and foaming at the mouth. I know why now... I'm gonna need to police up.the entire yard

Hi my dog started to throw up brown thick saliva with a bit of chuncks in it. Shes done this 4 times now within 20 mins and then took a poo. It looked normal but very dark brown(almost black) but when i picked it up it was very wet. She is very sleepy and I am getting a bit worried. I have a black walnut tree in my backyard and I think its from those because she plays with them all the time.

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?

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?

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

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.

We have a rescued basset hound who is approximately 9 years old. She is heart worm free and we have been giving her Trifexis. I want to stop the Trifexis because to administer it to her I have to place it in the back of her throat and massage her throat until she swallows it. She is lethargic and has loss of appetite for several days afterwards. I visited a local pet store and was given Black Walnut as a heart worm preventive. She weighs around 46 lbs so they recommended 1/4 tsp 3 times a week in her food. Yesterday was her first dose and last evening she was panting a lot. She seemed fine this morning. What do you recommend for heart worm prevention?

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 believe my dog chewed up very little of a walnut hull. She took a normal bowel movement this morning, but noticed she was squating to poop and nothing came out. But just awhile ago she dribbled( diaharea) very small amount and had little slim in it. She is just laying around now, doesn't look like she is in any pain at all. What I was wondering is how much would she have to injest to get sick?

Today our dog who is a half pug half Boston or a Bugg was out side we were playing and running around I was in the garage working and i kept hearing a crunch sound so i poked my head around the corner and he's eating walnuts that have fallen from the neighbors tree and it's been raining quite a bit. Well I went to our store and then came home two hours later and he's not acting right at all and I am a wood worker and know that walnut can be harmful so i don't know what to do wait it out until the morning and go to our local vet or take him to the animal hospital

We have a boxer mix that was diagnosed with black walnut poisoning after chewing on sticks from the tree. He stayed with the emergency vet overnight and is now home. He was napping and very difficult to wake, similar to his behavior provoking the trip to the vet. I am nervous about continuing to give the muscle relaxer prescribed because of this. What exactly is the muscle relaxer given for in this situation? Would you recommend continuing this medication?

I have a puppy that almost died from consuming Black Walnut. She was nursed back to life with IV fluids and hand feedings after seeing the vet. She has in coordination. Will she always have this? She walks a little funny and some times she just falls down. But she is otherwise sweet, happy, and playful. It doesn’t seem to bother her.

My dog has been chewing on black Walnut husks for the past couple of weeks.(throwing them around like a ball and eventually chewing them down). She has been just a little more lethargic than usual. I didn't know that they could be poisonous (until I read this). Should we get her checked out? Is it always poisonous? She is a boxer-English bulldog mix and about a year and a half old.