Posted on 03/26/2009 10:25:24 AM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion
PORT PERRY, ONT. and TORONTO -- An hour and a half after walking Cally at the nearby park Monday evening, Kim Reeves noticed her poodle was shaking. She jumped in the car and drove Cally to the emergency veterinary clinic in Whitby.
"She kept getting worse and worse. It was horrible," Ms. Reeves said. "She was getting non-responsive almost. Her eyes were closed. She was curled up. ... She was just lying there. Her head kept kind of flopping around. She couldn't stand any more."
Six-year-old Cally was one of three dogs poisoned by tainted chocolate cupcakes and brownies at a popular park in Port Perry, about 75 kilometres northeast of Toronto.
She survived the ordeal. As did Hazel the beagle and Abby the black miniature schnauzer.
Durham Region Police are now looking for the culprits who left the tainted baked goods under a tree near the entrance of the park. They were laced with cannabis, antifreeze or a combination of both, said police spokesman Dave Selby.
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Why would you allow your dog to eat chocolate, much less
food left lying around in public?
No chocolate for dogs period.
It’s bad enough for the dogs, but HUMAN FOOD ? Some kid could have eaten one !
Well, if the dogs are galloping around in a park, they find things you don’t know about.
Obviously they don’t have leash laws in Toronto.
Chocolate alone could cause a dog’s death.
What STUPID OWNER would have let their dogs eat chocolate?
Well, some parks are designated places where you can let them off the leash.
I was thinking the same thing. Then again, why would someone leave out poison randomly like that. Even a child could have eaten in.
I wonder if this was a dog park? I never go to them (too worried about bad dogs) but if so I suppose the dogs are allowed to be off leash.
amen
Sounds like the revenge of a park patron against the non pooper scoopers
Yeah, I have a dog park by my house.
Don’t the police have something better to do than chase down people who help clean up parks by putting dogs to sleep? For crying out loud, they’re dogs!
Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
After all, chocolate is rather poisonous to dogs. This could have been someone's leftovers, no attempt to poison anyone need have been intended.
For instance baking chocolate has a huge 450 mg of theobromine per ounce - if the cupcakes were home-made, they are like dog-landmines.
The toxic dose of baking chocolate is 0.1 ounce per pound body weight.
This means that two one-ounce squares of 'baking chocolate' is toxic to a 20-pound dog; one ounce for a 10-pound dog.
That is a very odd remark. You think it’s ok to leave poisoned food at a park? What if a child had found it, would that be OK since it could be considered “cleaning up the park” by putting children to sleep? Sheesh!
Ok, I bothered to read the article :0)
The cupcakes had cannabis and antifreeze as well.
We went to one and it turned out that our dog was the bad dog. All the other dogs were either playing fetch with their owners or running around together in a well-behaved manner.
Our dog (mid-sized) hadn't been around other dogs very much and a few times he over-reacted when approached by other dogs even though they obviously just wanted to play.
It seemed to me that the dogs who were regulars at this park were socialized to get along, which is probably the behavior enforced by their owners. We were obviously causing a disruption so we left.
Does this surprise anyone? Women have babies and through them in the trash. It doesn’t surprise me that people who are willing to kill their own flesh and blood have no regard for any of God’s creatures.
Shame on you.
My dogs thought that the world was a lovely, happy deli that was filled with yummy, delicious treats. And snacks were even more exotic and delicious when they were found aged by weeks or months.
It’s still a good warning to dog owners.
Another one: xylitol will dramatically lower your dog’s blood sugar and send them into diabetic coma.
Grapes and raisins will destroy your dog’s liver.
Good stuff to know about foods that are pretty much harmless to humans.
We take our dog to our vet’s location where they have a terrific doggy day care. She loves it and it’s nice when she comes home exhausted. Also she doesn’t mind going to the vet cause she thinks she’s going there to play.
A tired dog is a good dog. LOL
Oh and if you take your dog there for short periods and gradually lengthen the amount of time you stay, I think your dog will learn how to play with the other dogs.
Good on you for being a responsible pet owner and not blaming others for your dog’s behavior. You must be a conservative!
They’re dogs, they now sleep the eternal sleep of the dead. If children had eaten those cupcakes then it would be 1st Degree Murder w/special circumstances.
No offense intended to dog lovers out there, but they’re dogs ok? They eat their own puke.
You must be kidding!
Or you must not have a lab.
Or you must not have a dog, period.
Bubba, the hundred pound black lab, has a head that moves like a snake if he sees something edible.
If I was forewarned ahead of time I could steer him away from the goodies, but it would be iffy.
May you never have the love and comfort of a dog !
I’m sure most of the dogs who are regulars are fine. I hear the occasional bad story tho. My golden retriever would love to go.
The same is true of making snippy, judgmental remarks about a situation you know little about.
Reference bump. ;-)
Dogs bark a lot.
I know they’re dogs. I know they’re not human. I never said that. I said, what kind of person would leave food that was poisoned, in a park? You’re just being obtuse. Do you think it’s ok to poison dogs? Sorry, but that’s cruel.
Sure, some miscreants left poisoned food in a park and it’s society’s good fortune that it was eaten by dogs. That is the reason G-d put dogs on this earth, so they could serve man. Of course, I do feel bad for the emotional pain of the dog owners. A real bummer.
Methinks you are a curmudgeon and I fell for your jibes. LOL
Can you add me to your doggie ping list? Thanks.
When it comes to food, dogs can warp time and space getting it down their throats. Even if the dog is on a leash, if you don't spot the food before the dog you are at a severe disadvantage, to put it mildly.
I almost laugh at that one. I was at one here in Houston one time and saw a little dog being chased by big dogs. I had to go over to the owner and tell her that this was not a game of chase. Those big dogs thought the little one was prey like a rabbit. People just don’t understand. She had no idea.
Truth is, it takes a lot of chocolate to do that. Especially milk chocolate.
Yeah, I see there’s a lot of that going around.
Couldn’t people just bother to train their dogs to not eat anything that they find laying around? I’ve heard it can be done.
Yup....
Yup. Certainly if they were on a leash, which is where they
should have been.
I almost had to shoot a guy’s Doberman once cause he refused
to leash him, “oh he’s trained.” he kept saying.
I told him, “He moves another paw and he’s dead meat.”
It can be done. Just many of us don’t make enough effort. Hell, most don’t make the effort to make sure they don’t run over furniture.
And this is why, in a fenced in yard, most of the times I walk my guys on a leash.
Evil is walking around in flesh form.
I hope they catch the baseborns and feed them the tainted cupcakes as well.
grrrrrrrr.
Pretty evil.
I’d look at the local peta chapter first.
I’ve never taken dogs to dog parks. It’s a good place for dogs to pick up viruses and parasites.
That too, but since I show my dogs they are already pretty exposed.
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