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May 30, 2023 | 3:54 p.m
Don’t stay where you eat…or where a dog might eat.
A San Francisco dog owner warned other local pet parents after her pooch Pockets became ill from eating marijuana and opioid-contaminated human feces in a city park — a fetid situation that her vet said was “fairly common.”
As Jackie Shepard was playing with her one-year-old Himalayan Sheepdog-Poodle mix Thursday in Fort Mason, she noticed her pup started eating something uncomfortable — poop.
“I noticed she was eating something so I ran over to see what she was eating and unfortunately it was poop,” Shepard told ABC 7 News.
Jackie Shepard said her pup Pockets ingested human feces contaminated with marijuana and opioids at a San Francisco park. KGO
Since dogs tend to eat whatever they can get their hands on, Shepard wasn’t overly concerned about Pockets — until the pup started getting sick hours later.
“Around 8 o’clock she was wiggling and her tail was pointing down. There was definitely something wrong with her,” Shepard said.
A few hours later, the young pup appeared ill. @pockets_doodle / Instagram
The Himalayan shepherd-poodle mix ate the contaminated feces at Fort Mason, near the Golden Gate Bridge. News Licensing / MEGA
Shepard took the pooch to an ambulance, who ran tests that showed Pockets showed symptoms of marijuana poisoning. There were also opioids in her body.
“Basically, the doctor that night told me that this was fairly common and that she sees it a few times a week,” Shepard said.
Luckily, Pockets didn’t ingest so much contaminated feces that she needed Narcan and quickly reverted to her playful self.
Fortunately, Pockets didn’t ingest so much contaminated feces that he became seriously ill. @pockets_doodle / Instagram
A healthcare professional said the situation was more common than one might think. @pockets_doodle / Instagram
A healthcare professional told ABC 7 that Shepard did everything right – saying Pockets could have suffered kidney or liver damage at a higher dosage.
“There are so many people with dogs who probably don’t know that this poses a threat to their dogs, so I wanted to share it to raise awareness that people can really be careful and watch out for symptoms of this type,” Shepard said.
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