This was posted on another dog list to which I belong. Who would have thought this could happen from a child's stuffed toy?!! So very sad...
Last night at agility class, a vet, who is a fellow agility student was telling us about a case she had thisweek. The dog ate a child's teddy bear and was very sick. When sheopened the dog up to remove what she thought was an intestinalobstruction she found a huge gelatin type mess inside and the dogsintestines were black and the tissue dead. The dog will die no surgerycan 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 outwhat the gel was and what killed the dog. Turns out the stuffing inchildren's toys contains ingredients for flame retardants and mitecontrol! It is designed to become a gel. It is highly toxic. Now youwould think a child's toy would be safe because it is for children, butthey don't expect a child to eat the stuffing of the toys... huummmmthat 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. Thevet will be posting a warning and story and I will send any other factsas needed and as I learn more. Maybe some children's toys do not havethis ingredient, but better to be safe then sorry. So meanwhile, makesure all your dog toys are for dogs. Please pass this on... it is a horrible death she described and one that can be avoided.
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