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Do not give children's toys to dogs - please read - could save your dog's life
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Shanti
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Do not give children's toys to dogs - please read - could save your dog's life
The following is an e-mail from my dog's breeder, a very reliable source. Please read: it could save your dog's life:
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.
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Posted 3/28/10 2:24 PM  |
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Re: Do not give children's toys to dogs - please read - could save your dog's life
Wow, how scary. The poor pup. 
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| Posted 3/28/10 3:32 PM |
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Goobster
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Re: Do not give children's toys to dogs - please read - could save your dog's life
OMG, Shanti!! Thanks so much for posting this. I cannot believe it. How awful and terrible. I never knew this and I am glad I now know. That poor dog.
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| Posted 3/28/10 6:32 PM |
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Smiles111
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Re: Do not give children's toys to dogs - please read - could save your dog's life
SO sad!!!
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| Posted 3/28/10 6:38 PM |
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