Help-Frogs..
 

Hi
I have noticed there is quite a few frogs in the garden this year,and one of my yorkie dogs wont leave them alone!! anyway tonight he has killed one :(
but i have been told they can be poisonous :confused: he claws them and tries to bite them,has anyone else had the same problem? I dont like them myself either.

Yes frogs and toads can be poisonous. I would be very concerned. Is your little one acting ok? Did he actually kill it with his mouth or with his paw? If it were his mouth, I would be trying to find out what kind of frog this is and if it's deadly. Please let us know....

I think he just ragged it but dont know if it was with his mouth or claws/???
He is fine though,but he is wanting to go outside all the time and he is looking for them...its the 5th frog ive had this week.

I've noticed more frogs this year as well,thinking it has to do with the floods. My lil one chases them but has yet to catch one.. i hope yours remains safe

A few years ago we had a yorkie that was playing with a frog. The frog was all foamy looking. I called the vet (on a Sunday). He said the foamy stuff was the frog's defense system and that it was poisonous. He told me to pour some salt down the yorkies throat until he vomited. Then to give him all the ice cream he wanted to get the taste out of his mouth. He said frogs are poisonous esp to little dogs. After that whenever we saw a toad/frog in the yard, we either killed it or took it down the street to someone's yard that didn't have pets.

Be Careful!
 

Better to be Safe than Sorry, be careful! I have 3 Yorkie's and Luckily only 1 out of the 3 chases and catches Frogs. Artie & Abigail have no interest in them @ all, but their daughter Pom Pom chases them any chance she gets,
I have to constantly tell her "No" or "Leave it" depending on how close she is to it? I have seen many small Dogs @ the Vets. Office b/c they swallowed a
Frog (s**t-zu or Maltese's) They looked pretty sick & miserable from it.
Pom Pom's almost 2 yrs. old, I'm sure she will grow out of it.

Frogs are different than toads, Toads are the ones you have to watch out for.
Young dogs-those less than 18 months old, in particular-seem fascinated by toads, and they often try to pick them up. All toads secrete mucus through the skin that's noxious and causes strings of saliva to spill from a dog's mouth, but the Colorado River toad, and the marine toad can kill. Catching any toad in his mouth can cause a pet to salivate and paw his mouth. But poisonous toads produce many substances that are absorbed through the mouth tissues and affect the heart and nervous system. A poisioned pet develops seizures, collapses, and can die within 30 minutes. See the veterinarian immediately if you live in or travel to places where there are poisonous toads and your pet licks or mouths a toad.

When you see your dog mouth a toad, don't wait for him to start to drool. Immediately rinse his mouth out to get rid of the nasty taste of nonpoisionus toads, and reduce the toxicity of deadly ones. Use the garden hose or sprayer from the sink and run water into his mouth for at least 3 minutes. A squirt gun or plant sprayer also works, but you will need to continue for longer.

Toad poisoning is a medical emergency. Don't fool around if its a poisonous toad--once you've rinsed your pet's mouth, get him to the veterinarian immediately.

My old dog did this!
 

My first dog I ever had would eat frogs:p yuk! He was an outside dog and would find them in the backyard every now and then, and they would make him hallucinate. He would jump at the wall of the side of the house all night, after he would eat one.
He was a beagle/sheltie mix so he was medium sized, for a Yorkie I would be concerned because they are so much smaller, I would think the frog would have a harsher effect on them.

Thanks for the advice,im gonna bring him in the house in future if i see him with a frog,and remove the frog out of the garden!! they are defo frogs and not toads.I must admit he has been a little quiet today-but he is eating and drinking ok,so i shall keep my eye on him anyway.:animal-pa