My Dog ate something

Hi, I live in an apartment building in which we have access to a back hallway. My dog, while my mom was trying to get something, went in there and got a hold of what almost looks like the world's smallest almonds. Before we could get him, he ate a couple, but we managed to grab a hold of the rest. We're afraid it could be rat poison or something because our landlord likes to put things like that out without telling us.  I've attached a picture of what he ate. Any help would be appreciated!!

Hello!  We're not sure here what they are, but it may prove important to find out, especially if you know that there has been poison around.   I Bing- or Google- imaged 'rat poison' and got a few pictures which may compare.  Was this extremely recently?  If so, it may not matter: your vet could make the dog vomit and whatever it is would be brought up.   If you choose this, let the emergency vet know that you are coming and check the timings with them.  However, there is a finite time that this will be useful.

It is definitely worth calling, or asking the vet to call, the poisons and toxicology line, in case this can illicit further information - it may not be an uncommon scenario.  Of course, the most accurate method of finding out would be to call your landlord and ask directly if he can identify them; explaining that you are calling simply for identification purposes and not to attribute blame.

Whatever happens, if poison is a possibility then your vet may want to see you as soon as possible, so please do call them now and such identification phone calls could be made on the way to the surgery by someone who is not driving.   Best of luck - and I hope on your behalf that it is some innocuous spicing agent, or similar.

I wonder if it could be a type of pine nut?

My final thought (please excuse them coming through as I think them, but you may be in a hurry to get the information) is to let you know that making dogs vomit after suspected poisonings can be controversial in many cases (the risk of any kind of damage being caused by the act, has to be balanced against the possible toxin identity and likelihood of problems.)   There is always a balance to be found and this is a decision that your vet will take once they have as much of the available information as they can muster.