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LONDON (AP) \u2014 Christina Bluhme was high on the flanks of Britain\u2019s tallest mountain with her dogs and one of the hounds was a lot higher \u2014 and not in a good way.<\/p>\n

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Tokyo, a 5-year-old black Labrador retriever, had apparently ingested cannabis along the trail and had to be rescued after she began to sway like she was drunk and then couldn\u2019t walk at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had a very bad trip,\u201d said Bluhme, who was mystified at the time about what nearly doomed her dog during the July 5 hike. \u201cIt was a very terrifying experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bluhme knows a thing or two about dogs, having worked as a canine trainer for 25 years. But she never suspected Tokyo might be stoned.<\/p>\n

While cases of cannabis toxicity in pets<\/span> is rising in the U.K., it\u2019s an even bigger problem in the U.S., where marijuana has been legalized in many states and is available as a medical option in others. Marijuana and other drugs entered the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals top 10 list of toxins for pets for the first time in 2023. Its poison control center said 10% more calls were related to potential marijuana ingestion than the previous year, and they had increased nearly threefold over the past five years. <\/p>\n

With the dog collapsed, Bluhme, her son and two dogs were more than three hours into their climb and near the peak of Ben Nevis, the 4,413-foot (1,345 meter) mountain in the Scottish Highlands. The weather, which had been clear at the start of the day, had turned to rain and the temperature had plunged to 5 C (41 F). <\/p>\n

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She told her son, Magnus, that their quest to reach the summit was over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, listen, we\u2019ve got to turn around and get her down,\u201d Bluhme said Monday. \u201cThere\u2019s something completely wrong here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Her son called for help but police said they weren\u2019t sure they could send a rescue crew.<\/p>\n

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Luckily for Bluhme and Tokyo, though, a crew from the all-volunteer Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was already making their way down from the peak after helping a helicopter airlift an injured hiker. The crew put the 55-pound (25-kilogram) dog in their stretcher and quickly carried her down the steep, slick, rocky trail, making it to the trailhead in about an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were almost running,\u201d Bluhme said. \u201cI was clinging on to the stretcher. They were so agile and so fast. It was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Police had called Crown Vets in nearby Fort William, and a veterinarian was standing by when Bluhme arrived. <\/p>\n

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