My 14 kg dog jumped on the bedside table
For reference only. Not medical advice.
Question
My 14 kg dog jumped on the bedside table and chewed through a foil blister pack, swallowing approximately three 200mg ibuprofen tablets (about 600mg total) about 20 minutes ago.
He is acting completely normal and playful right now. Should I wait and see if he develops an upset stomach, or feed him bread or milk? Can I make him vomit with salt water at home?
Answer
I'll pull the substance table, the dog toxin card, and the profile in parallel — ibuprofen at this dose in a dog is a clear "go now" and home remedies don't change that.
Let me read the dog toxin and emergency cards in parallel.
Now I have what I need. The dog toxins card covers ibuprofen explicitly, and the dog emergency card covers suspected poisoning. The user's dog is 14 kg and ate ~600 mg total — about 43 mg/kg. The card is explicit: don't induce vomiting, don't do home remedies, contact a vet immediately, signs may be delayed. Let me write the draft and run the gate.
The gate flagged two BLOCKs on line 3 — both tied to my "43 mg/kg" calculation. The skill rule is clear: I can state the card's risk band but should not do the per-kg arithmetic on the dog's case myself. Let me repair that line.
The gate passed (WANs only). Let me read the final draft before sending.
Yes, this needs a vet call now. Ibuprofen is in the high-risk band for dogs, and the stomach, kidney, or nervous-system signs can show up hours after a dog seems fine — "playful right now" is not the same as safe. He swallowed ~600 mg in one go, and the card's reported dog risk bands run from stomach signs well below that level up to potentially fatal amounts; the card is explicit that the reported values are not a safe dose and that onset can be delayed. Action stays with the vet regardless of where the dose sits in that range.
| Now | Don't |
|---|---|
| Call the local emergency vet (or 24-hour clinic); tell them 14 kg, ~600 mg ibuprofen, about 20 minutes ago | Wait and see if he develops an upset stomach |
| Bring the chewed foil blister pack, any leftover tablets, his weight, and the time | Feed bread, milk, or anything else to "coat the stomach" or "dilute" the dose |
| Head in with him | Induce vomiting with salt water, hydrogen peroxide, or anything else at home |
The vet, not home, decides whether he needs decontamination, bloodwork, fluids, or monitoring for kidney/GI injury. Inducing vomiting with salt at home can cause salt poisoning on top of the ibuprofen.
Which country or region are you in? With no animal-poison line confirmed for your area this turn, the local emergency vet is the right first call — once you tell me where you are I can also run a closed-table lookup for a dedicated hotline.