How medical marijuana saved a dogs life
The day before Wendy Mansfield’s appointment to have her ailing senior dog put to sleep, she decided to try one last option: cannabis cookies. Unlike everything else she had tried, this worked, and Mansfield isn’t the only loving pet owner embracing this effective alternative.
Mansfield lives in California, where medical marijuana is legal. Kali, her 15-year-old rescued Lab mix, often licked her paws, a sign of pain, which lead to coughing fits from the amount of fur she was ingesting. After giving her a cookie, Mansfield said the licking stopped. Carefully monitoring her dog, she gave her a couple more of the edibles.
Surprisingly, the formerly morose and lethargic dog got up to have a drink of water and go for a walk outside, which is something she hadn’t been able to do without being in pain. Mansfield immediately canceled her vet appointment.
“Never in my wildest dreams would I have anticipated this,” she told Quartz. “It brought my dog back.”
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