Mr Hyde
New member
I don't if you guys heard about this but I recieved an FYI e-mail from a Chesapeake website, and I thought you guys should know
...here is the original story:
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 as there is 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, but
they don't expect a child to eat the stuffing of the toys...
Hmmmm 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 their dog toys at goodwill etc. Don't.
Maybe some children's toys do not have this ingredient, but better to
be safe then sorry. In the meantime, 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.
...here is the original story:
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 as there is 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, but
they don't expect a child to eat the stuffing of the toys...
Hmmmm 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 their dog toys at goodwill etc. Don't.
Maybe some children's toys do not have this ingredient, but better to
be safe then sorry. In the meantime, 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.