"That was kinda dumb."
Posted on 03/27/2007 7:20:16 AM PDT by CheneyChick
OTTAWA, March 27 (UPI) -- An Ottawa woman trying to trick her terrier into trying a new kind of food ate it herself and developed symptoms, including foaming at the mouth, of illness. The stunt-gone-wrong began earlier in the month before a North American recall of moist pet foods was issued, but Elaine Larabie suspects she and her new 1-year-old pet, Missy fell victim to tainted food, the Ottawa Citizen reported Tuesday.
She said once her dog started eating the food, she stopped, but both fell ill, and for three days she experienced foaming at the mouth, problems urinating, vomiting and loss of appetite.
The dog required veterinary care but will recover. Larabie is awaiting lab results from her hospitalization, the newspaper said.
Larabie said when she contacted Iams, the company confirmed the food she and the dog ate was affected by the recall and likely was contaminated with rodent-killing chemical sprayed on Chinese wheat. She said the company assured her they will cover her medical bills and she hasn't decided yet whether to sue, the Citizen said.
Dave Barry summed it up nicely . . . why do dogs hate it when you blow in their face, but insist on sticking their heads out the window while you drive?
I wonder what the trial lawyers think of the fact that under Canada's public health care system it is very difficult to sue doctors or hospitals.
Prolly has to do with the bad breath...
I'm with you Al. I haven't kept up too well, but i thought it was some kind of gravy and bits kind that was contaminated.
And if she's eating the dog food, trying to get Rover (or Missy) to eat, she's a liiiiiittle bit too invested in this dog's behavior! My dogs eat or they don't, i'm not going to beg them! Get a life, and I don't mean by suing some company you're trying to shaft.
She'll get herself a bulldog legal-beagle. Both of them will spitz on our legal system.
These types of gold-digging jackals will hound the company till the owners become basset cases and the business itself goes into retrievership.
Her story is just so much shih tzu.
Leni
(P.S.....I always KNOW I should never start cockermamie word-plays. I deserve a good whippeting, LOL........)
Leni
Can i tell you something? If your dog is hungry enough, he will eat.
sheesh. Pretending to eat for a chihuahua. (rolling eyes)
Am awaiting copy "cat" case in the States....
"That was kinda dumb."
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LOL - you are a holy terrier when you get on a roll.
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Tard ping
A man runs into the vet's office carrying his dog, screaming for help. The vet rushes him back to an examination room and has him put his dog down on the examination table. The vet examines the still, limp body and after a few moments tells the man that his dog, regrettable, is dead. The man, clearly agitated and not willing to accept this, demands a second opinion. The vet goes into the back room and comes out with a cat and puts the cat down next to the dog's body. The cat sniffs the body, walks from head to tail poking and sniffing the dog's body and finally looks at the vet and meows. The vet looks at the man and says, I'm sorry, but the cat thinks that your dog is dead too. The man is still unwilling to accept that his dog is dead. The vet brings in a black labrador. The lab sniffs the body, walks from head to tail, and finally looks at the vet and barks. The vet looks at the man and says, I'm sorry, but the lab thinks your dog is dead too. The man, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks the vet and asks how much he owes. The vet answers, $650. $650 to tell me my dog is dead? exclaimed the man.... Well, the vet replies, I would only have charged you $50 for my initial diagnosis. The additional $600 was for the cat scan and lab tests. |
So instead of going meow meow meow meow she went barf barf barf barf.
Who hasn't ried a milkbone?
hee hee
I was wondering the same. Does she stick her nose right up against people's crotches?
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