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by Alyson R on 15 April 2010 - 10:04
This was sent to me by someone who has one of our puppies - it was sent to him.
WARNING FOR ALL DOG OWNERS - RE CHILDRENS TOYS FOR DOGS
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 intesti...nal obstruction she found a huge gelatin type mess inside and the dogs intestines were black and the tissue dead. The dog die no surgery could 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.
WARNING FOR ALL DOG OWNERS - RE CHILDRENS TOYS FOR DOGS
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 intesti...nal obstruction she found a huge gelatin type mess inside and the dogs intestines were black and the tissue dead. The dog die no surgery could 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.
by Keith Grossman on 15 April 2010 - 13:04
by steve1 on 16 April 2010 - 06:04
Just to think that in my days when i was young the Toys were painted with a lead based paint they did not know any different in those days, However they never did me much harm as i never had a lot of Toys when i was a Kid we used to make our own, however i guess it did some Kids harm
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