who could possibly hate dogs so much that they would scatter broken glass all over a dog park ?

CANADA: Gee…who could possibly hate dogs so much that they would scatter broken glass all over a dog park ?

Dog walkers say someone appears to be intentionally placing thousands of pieces of broken glass in the ground all around Dave Bartlett Park, an off-leash dog park in Manotick.

CTV News via VladTepesBlog Dog walkers fear someone is deliberately trying to harm their dogs. “Nobody thinks this is an accident,” said Dana McPhail. “There was 50, 60 people here yesterday everybody was upset and everybody was saying somebody doesn’t want this dog park here; somebody wants to hurt dogs.”

McPhail and other concerned dog owners placed signs and caution tape around the affected areas warning others of the threat of broken glass on the ground. McPhail said city crews arrived Tuesday and Saturday to clean the mess. Bartlett Park covers nearly 40-acres of land along the Rideau River in Manotick and serves as one of the city’s few remaining off-leash dog parks.

POSSIBLY RELATED? Islamic group takes responsibility for strewing beaches in North Toronto with broken glass bottles, needles, nails, and other dangerous objects. Some bottles were buried in the ground with the jagged edges deliberately facing up.

INN A letter was sent a few weeks ago to a local newspaper with a message from the “Revolutionary Islamic Force” claiming responsibility for sabotaging beaches north of Toronto and warning that similar operations would be carried out on other beaches throughout and north of Toronto.

The letter notes the motive for the action is Canada’s refusal to embrace Islam and continued following of the “Great Satan,” the United States.

“Infidels, you allow your women to walk on the beach naked and disgraceful. Your women are prostitutes,” the letter said, threatening to destroy tourist sites, attack people, carry out attacks on trains, poison drinking water, and burn forests. The letter recommends that Canadian citizens convert to Islam and follow the dictates of Muhammad.

I had a 2 lb, 9 week old puppy that ate an entire Costco double chocolate muffin in about 4 minutes. I couldn’t believe he ate the whole damned thing!

He lived to 18 1/2 years.

Chocolate *might* kill *SOME* dogs.

Our first dog got into a bag of candy bars - ate them all. We freaked out and the vet said to give him ippecac to make him throw up. “They can’t stand the taste so you’ll have to force it down.”

Not our dog - he lapped it up. Nothing happened. He was 70 pounds or so. After the third bottle (we had little kids) the vet told us to take him to the emergency room. The dog was fine. Pooped wrappers for a few days.

He ended up getting into some chocolate again but we didn’t notice it for a day or more. I guess he was one of those dogs not bothered by chocolate.

Pumpkin is another one that I guess can be bad if too much. Somebody told us to give our dog (another one) some pumpkin to help with something (rash?? ). So we gave him a small can with his food and he gulped it down. Did that for a few times. Rash was still there.

So I looked it up online. Something like: “Some rashes can be cleared up with pumpkin. Give him a tablespoon with his food, but never give more than 4 tablespoons in a day. Too much pumpkin can cause death.” (Okay - maybe not death - but it was something pretty serious).

So in a panic we call our vet again. “Two cans!? Oh - that is a lot. Is he showing any signs of x,y or z? NO!? Boy you have another one with a strong constitution! Well, just watch him, but I’m sure he’ll be fine. But cut down on the pumpkin!”

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