Most products (and IIRC D-Con) are "anticoagulent" rodeniticides, which have no secondary toxicity. What this means, is that it takes 2-4 days to kill the mouse/rat after it eats the bait by interfering with the rodent's blood clotting ability. There is no "secondary" toxicity, because the product has been metabolized and is gone, when the dog or cat eats the dead mouse. The only time these types of product cause problems, however, is when the mouse/rat goes back and eats the bait every day. When it then dies with a full stomach of undigested bait and your dog or cat eats the dead mouse/rat, the pet is effectively eating the "fresh" bait in stomach. This is actually pretty common.
Since you took the product away, you are probably fine since the vermin won't be able to keep going back and eating it daily until it croaks. But to be safe, monitor your dog's gums, stomach, and the pink tissue inside the eyelids for any sign of bruising or pin-point red spots. If you see anything suspicious, take the dog to your veterinarian or the local emergency clinic IMMEDIATELY. No joke, once a bleed starts in the chest or abdominal cavity, they can bleed out in a very short period of time and...die. After a week, if you don't see anything, you're fine and you can quit worrying.
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