{"id":583551,"date":"2026-07-13T15:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/583551\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:37:13","slug":"i-genuinely-thought-i-was-going-to-lose-her-dog-rescued-after-eating-discarded-cannabis-on-ben-nevis-hiking-trail-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/583551\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I genuinely thought I was going to lose her\u2019: Dog rescued after \u2018eating discarded cannabis\u2019 on Ben Nevis hiking trail \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dog<\/a> has been rescued from Ben Nevis after falling ill from eating cannabis discarded on the mountain trail.<\/p>\n

Christina Bluhme was halfway up the UK\u2019s<\/a> highest mountain last weekend when her black Labrador, Tokyo, lost the use of her legs and began drifting in and out of consciousness.<\/p>\n

Lochaber mountain rescue team stretchered an unconscious Tokyo down from the 4,413ft (1,345m) peak to a local vet.<\/p>\n

Bluhme said the dog made a full recovery the following day and that vets believe she ingested cannabis left on the trail, the BBC<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

The dog trainer, from Esher, Surrey, described the experience during a trip to Scotland<\/a> as \u201cone of the most frightening days I\u2019ve ever experienced\u201d, adding: \u201cI genuinely thought I was going to lose her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout the incredible Lochaber mountain rescue team, there is simply no way I could have got her safely off the mountain,\u201d Bluhme said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarrying a 25kg Labrador down Ben Nevis was impossible on my own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bluhme said she felt \u201cincredibly lucky\u201d that Tokyo had survived and thanked the rescue crew and vet team for their \u201ccompassion and dedication\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were there when we needed you most,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cA little reminder to fellow dog owners \u2013 please be aware that discarded drugs and other toxic substances can sometimes be found even in the most beautiful outdoor places.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was something I never imagined we would encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lochaber mountain rescue team said it was pleased that Tokyo had made a full recovery and praised the local vet team in Fort William.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s now suspected that Tokyo, a usually very fit and active working dog, had ingested something that made her critically unwell,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany thanks to Crown Vets for their support, and to Tokyo\u2019s owner for the update and photos.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Vets Now, dogs\u2019 brains have more cannabinoid receptors than humans\u2019, so marijuana tends to affect a dog more than it would a human.<\/p>\n

When dogs ingest cannabis, symptoms can appear within 30 to 90 minutes and may include loss of balance, stumbling, inability to stand, dribbling urine, dilated pupils and glassy eyes.<\/p>\n

In a similar case in Somerset in 2024, two dogs, Margot and Willow, were left unwell and unable to stand after consuming human waste that contained cannabis while walking in the Winscombe nature reserve. \u2013 Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A dog has been rescued from Ben Nevis after falling ill from eating cannabis discarded on the mountain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,13,14,6,11,12,15,16,5,3092,23550,7,8,1294,65,66,67],"class_list":["post-583551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-pets","tag-scotland","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-uk","tag-world","tag-world-news","tag-worldnews"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116913415592294569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}