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My dog ate my natural plant-based diet pills. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Bulldog | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 2 months old | 44 lbs

I have an English bull dog who happened to get into my dietary pills and I estimate he swollowed about 22. The packaging states they are 100% natural from extracts of plants. What can I do ?

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 5th, 2017

I am sorry to hear that your pet ingested some of your diet pills. Even though the diet pills are from plant extract, you never know if this could potentially be harmful for your pet. I would recommend calling pet poison helpline to talk with a toxicologist and determine what, if any, treatment is recommended to care for you pet. Pet poison helpline is 855-764-7661 http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/

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    Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

    Veterinarian

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    There are certainly plants that are toxic to dogs, so without knowing the exactly ingredients of your dietary pills, I can't say if Mclovin will be ok or not. You are a few options. The best option would be to make him into a vet immediately to get a shot to include vomiting if he ate them within the past two hours. It's best to have them out of his system. You can call the APSCA Poison hotline at (888) 426-4435 with the name of the dietary pills and ingredients, and they can advise you further. There is a fee for it. Finally, you can request a consult with an expert online at Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach, and they can go over the ingredients with you, and they can advise you further.

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