The other day, my dog ate Ibuprofen.
She’s a 50 lb 2-year-old mixed breed dog. She ate a 200 mg Advil liquid gel capsule. (You know… those green or blue gel capsules with fast-acting Ibuprofen inside.)
It was right after I’d let her out of her crate in the morning, and she had used the bathroom outside.
I noticed that she was licking her lips a lot, and she was looking at me like she was up to something.
So I looked at the floor near her and noticed that she had found an Advil/Ibuprofen gel capsule that hubby had accidentally dropped when he was treating his headache earlier that morning.
The gel capsule itself had puppy teeth marks in it, and most of the Ibuprofen liquid inside was gone.
It had clearly happened within the past 30 minutes. I knew I had to do something quickly!
Here’s what I’ve learned about Ibuprofen toxicity in dogs…