[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Important Warning
- From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
- To: Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx, Show List GSD <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:52:56 -0700
Checking it out...
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?p=1186394
STormy
On Mar 26, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Kmgraphic2@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Received the following from a friend of mine with permission to
> cross post:
>
>
> FYI. Received the below email last night and it was suggested that I
> should post here...good reminder to manage/supervise our dogs when
> they are
> playing with toys..any toy.
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> Last night at agility class, a vet, who is a fellow agility student
> was
> telling us about a case she had this week. The dog ate a child's
> teddy bear
> and was very sick. When she opened the dog up to remove what she
> thought was
> an intestinal obstruction she found a huge gelatin type mess inside
> and the
> dogs intestines were black and the tissue dead. The dog will die no
> surgery can fix him up there was no living intestine left from
> stomach to colon.
> This was not an obstruction. .... so she called the manufacturer of
> the
> Teddy Bear on a quest to find out what the gel was and what killed
> the dog.
> Turns out the stuffing in children's toys contains ingredients for
> flame
> retardants and mite control! It is designed to be come a gel. It is
> highly
> toxic. Now you would think a child's toy would be safe because it
> is for
> children, but they don't expect a child to eat the stuffing of the
> toys...
> huummmm that seems a bit scary too. But we all know dogs demolish
> stuffed toys.
>
> So do not give or buy your dog any children's stuffed animals... some
> people get them at goodwill etc. The vet will be posting a warning
> and story
> and I will send any other facts as needed and as I learn more.
> Maybe some
> children's toys do not have this ingredient, but better to be safe
> then sorry.
> So meanwhile, make sure all your dog toys are for dogs. Please pass
> this
> on... it is a horrible death she described and one that can be
> avoided.
>
>
>
> Diane Silver-Strasser
> Silstra German Shepherds
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