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From: Katie Walter <katie.walter@att.net>
Date: Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Subject: OFF TOPIC - Children's stuffed toys are Deadly for dogs!
To: Katie Walter <katie.walter@att.net>


Sent: 3/25/2010 11:36:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Children’s stuffed toys - Deadly for dogs

  

   

PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FELLOW FURKID PARENTS!


Just got this and I know many pick up stuffed toys at thrift shops, for dog toys.   Might want to re-think that.

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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, as 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.