My eight month old Shiloh Shepherd Frog was poisoned at a SniffSpot in Michigan on August 17, 2025. The yard was about 1.5 acres and there was a lot stuff in the yard, e.g. toys, a larger pool, a shed, fertilizer bags, bags of grass seed, etc. We were there five minutes when I looked over and saw Frog, with his face buried in a bag. I ran to him and saw he was inhaling the small, round colorful balls of rat poison. It was fish flavored. I pulled him out and he was confused as I was trying to remove what was remaining in his mouth.

We confronted the owner, who was in her front yard, and she argued with us. She called us hysterical and said her dogs knew better to stay out of the rat poison and that my dog was not well trained enough to know better. She grabbed the bag of poison from my hands and drove off in her car.

Immediately we took Frog to the animal emergency, where they induced vomiting, gave him activated charcoal, and Frog vomited 4-5 times. The Vets gave him a Vitamin K injection, and did blood work. Frog’s blood clotting ability was almost non-existent before the Vitamin K injection. Frog was discharged and we were instructed to give him 30 days of daily oral Vitamin K and monitor him for signs further vomiting, lethargy and signs of internal bleeding.

Frog was less playful and lethargic, but didn’t throw up for 30 days and was eating; we were cautiously encouraged. After Frog’s 30 day course of Vitamin K, on September 18th, he vomited in the middle of the night. It was food and some blood. Then he began continuously vomiting copious amounts of blood and was too weak to stand. We rushed him to emergency and he immediately got an anti-nausea medication which he continued to vomit through, they X-rayed and ran an Ultrasound to see there was an obvious obstruction or place where there was free fluid (blood) was in the abdomen. No obstruction was seen, but his intestines were inflamed and it was difficult to tell where the blood was coming from. They gave him stronger anti nausea medicine and fluid and he stopped vomiting. They discharged Frog and we were advised to continue to monitor him at home.

About 8 hours later he began vomiting blood again, we scheduled surgery for September 19th. We took him in and they rechecked him with X-rays and they saw improvement with the Vitamin K, but he must have another 30 day Vitamin K as the Vet thinks that type of rat poison and amount he ingested was particularly long acting.

We are unsure at this point what Frog’s continued, long term medical regime will be, but we are hopeful this won’t end in ultimately losing Frog, or debilitating long term effects. We will keep everyone updated.