A B.C. dog who was featured in a film about survival had a real-life brush with death in a 91原创 park.
Raleigh, a seven-year-old yellow lab who appeared in starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba, has recovered after barely surviving an encounter with a poisonous mushroom in McLeod Athletic park in November.
He was rushed to the (AECFV) in 91原创 after developing severe symptoms that included weakness, salivating, and abdominal pain.
Pieces of the poisonous mushrooms he consumed were identified when he vomited them up.
AECFV owner Dr. Nadine Koreman described it as 鈥減robably the most severe confirmed mushroom toxicity [case] that I鈥檝e seen.鈥�
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Severe vomiting and diarrhea led to liver failure, and over several days, Raleigh underwent what was described in a Facebook posting by the clinic as 鈥渆xtensive鈥� treatment, including numerous lab tests and medications, multiple ultrasounds as well as a plasma transfusion.
鈥淯ltimately Dr. Koreman aspirated his gallbladder, which not commonly performed in veterinary medicine, which she feels helped considerably with his recovery.鈥�
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Dr. Koreman said the clinic sees around five serious cases a year of mushroom poisoning involving dogs, usually when the weather gets damp and more mushrooms appear.
Dog owners should keep a watchful eye on what their dog tries to eat while out on walks, and if their pet develops severe symptoms, they need to get to a vet quickly, Koreman advised.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of mushrooms that doen鈥檛 cause problems, [but] there鈥檚 a lot that do,鈥� Koreman observed.
Humans need to be careful, too.
鈥淚f they are poisonous to dogs, they are poisonous to people.鈥�
Raleigh is credited as one of two yellow labs who play the unnamed heroic dog in the 2017 film about two strangers stranded by a plane crash on the mountain of the title.
When a promotional trailer for the film featured intense images of the dog challenging a mountain lion, it upset so many viewers that the production company, Twentieth Century Fox, felt the need to released a follow-up video to assure everyone that: 鈥渟poiler alert: the dog lives.鈥�
In the movie, the dog belongs to the plane鈥檚 pilot, who has a heart attack in the opening minutes of the film.
鈥淭he Mountain Between Us,鈥� based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Charles Martin, was filmed at Invermere and Panorama Mountain Village in January of 2017.
Released to mixed reviews against 鈥淏lade Runner 2049鈥� and 鈥淢y Little Pony: The Movie,鈥� it made $62.3 million, with a production budget of $35 million.
Raleigh鈥檚 Instagram page, , recorded his recovery, commenting that 鈥�2020 sure has been a doozy.鈥�
dan.ferguson@langleyadvancetimes.com
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