Marijuana.

[Capone22]

I was also a "party animal." I knew dogs who ate the stems from mj, I knew cats that's rubbed against your face when you smoked and seemed to like the smell and I have heard of people blowing it in the dogs or cats faces. None of them freaked out, acted un happy or became messed up. They acted like normal cats and dogs. Not saying it's ok, but I think for cancer it would be nice if they did research to see if it could help our pets. There are other ways of ingesting it, that may be healthy and beneficial for a sick dog/cat.


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[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

They have other medications that help reduce nausea and increase appetite for pets.

[blehmannwa]

Believe me that if I thought that it would have helped Felony I'd have done it. I asked her regular vet, her hospice vet and her oncology vet about it and they all said, "No". It doesn't have the same effect on them as it does on people and even in people the experience varies.

[GusGus]

Thanks for all the info guys! I'll do some reading. Stuff like this just is so interesting to me. There's just something about science articles. Haha. What. A. Nerd.

[dazedtrucker]

Originally Posted by Capone22

I was also a "party animal." I knew dogs who ate the stems from mj, I knew cats that's rubbed against your face when you smoked and seemed to like the smell and I have heard of people blowing it in the dogs or cats faces. None of them freaked out, acted un happy or became messed up. They acted like normal cats and dogs. Not saying it's ok, but I think for cancer it would be nice if they did research to see if it could help our pets. There are other ways of ingesting it, that may be healthy and beneficial for a sick dog/cat.


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I totally agree. I've never seen marijuana hurt anything, and I feel if it hadn't been made illegal and demonized, and someone discovered the plant today, there would be research going on about all the beneficial qualities... for every living being...

[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

Your own personal feelings and opinions for marijuana for people are one thing. For animals it's another - they don't have a choice.

[wildo]

Originally Posted by JeanKBBMMMAAN

They have other medications that help reduce nausea and increase appetite for pets.

Originally Posted by JeanKBBMMMAAN

Your own personal feelings and opinions for marijuana for people are one thing. For animals it's another - they don't have a choice.

So we should dope them up on synthetic drugs instead of natural plants? I'm failing to see the logic. I also think it would be good if universities were able to do studies on the benefits of medical marijuana usage in animals. There's no reason to think that if it can help humans (which it's been proven to do so) that it shouldn't be able to help other mammals.

[RocketDog]

I totally agree Jean. It's one thing to give dogs medicine or even painkillers. And I can certainly see why people would want to explore anything that might be beneficial for their pets. But it's a fact that marijuana is a psychedelic drug. Not all painkillers will give animals a mental state change but marijuana certainly would.

When I had Rocket neutered recently, he had double retained testicles. They searched and searched for the second one and found not a sign of even the cord of the second one. Because he had an abdominal incision, and they had searched for over an hour and 15 minutes for the second testicle, he definitely was on painkillers. However by the start of third day, it was obvious to me that they were making him dazed and confused. To me I knew that whatever little pain He would have by then was probably preferable to him being dazed. I took him off and he acted much better. In fact, he didn't really act much different than his normal self. A little quieter. I definitely made him rest of course. But after watching that I don't know how anybody would want to purposely put their dog into that sort of state.

[ankittanna87]

I don't know about marijuana but one of my acquaintance's labrador puppy ate some of his hash he had lying around & died a really painful death.. blood in stools, puking blood, loss of appetite, it was horrid!
I smoke cigarettes but I avoid doing it in an enclosed space with my puppy!

[JeanKBBMMMAAN]

Originally Posted by wildo

So we should dope them up on synthetic drugs instead of natural plants? I'm failing to see the logic. I also think it would be good if universities were able to do studies on the benefits of medical marijuana usage in animals. There's no reason to think that if it can help humans (which it's been proven to do so) that it shouldn't be able to help other mammals.

I am going to guess universities don't have the funding for things like that. High Times doesn't fund a lot of pet research is my guess.

Just because something is natural doesn't mean it is going to be good for a dog. I have a dog going in for surgery in 2 weeks and I've taken her off all her joint supplements and fish oil.

Like Rocket said, it's a hallucinogen. And like blehmannwa said in talking to vets and vet specialists, it doesn't act in the same way in dogs as it does in humans. I am sure they have considered it. Here is some info from vets: Colorado Vets See Spike In Cases Of ‘Stoner Dogs’ CBS Denver

At this current time, there are really good meds for nausea and to increase appetite. They are generally not used long-term and most are crossover drugs from humans. These are not drugs that dope up dogs, they are for dogs who are having serious issues that cause them to not feel like eating, or feeling nauseous, and provide relief until the dog is back on their feet, or has to be let go if they are unable to recover (terminal illnesses where the drugs help the dogs maintain a quality of life - palliative care).