I just lost my five month old Great Pyrenese pup Koda Bear to a
horrible death. One that could have been prevented and that makes it
so much harder. Like most puppies he loved to chew,on just about
anything. And like most puppies he also liked to dig. We had a bed
of irises which of course were planted not far under the surface iof
the ground. He didn't have to dig far before he uprooted them. I
guess he liked the texture of the root because he chewed and
obviously ingested some of the root. He started vomiting later that
evening. At first I didn't connect the vomiting to the iris root.
Over the next day and a half he got progressively worse. We took him
to the vet where he was immediatly placed on IV fluids. The vet did
everything he could but it was in vain. My precious,happy Koda Bear
died during the third night at the vet.The iris root had caused the
lining of his intestines to slough off,his kidneys to shut down,and
his liver to hemorage.He died horribly.
I had no idea that these plants would do this to my dog. It kills me
that I could have prevented his death. I can't rewind time and save
my Koda Bear so I am putting this out in the hopes that some elses
dog won't suffer the same fate.
Here is a link to a good site that will give you a list of plants
that are toxic to dogs.
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/dogs/index.html
If you have these plants in your yard,please
make sure that your dogs can't get to them.
horrible death. One that could have been prevented and that makes it
so much harder. Like most puppies he loved to chew,on just about
anything. And like most puppies he also liked to dig. We had a bed
of irises which of course were planted not far under the surface iof
the ground. He didn't have to dig far before he uprooted them. I
guess he liked the texture of the root because he chewed and
obviously ingested some of the root. He started vomiting later that
evening. At first I didn't connect the vomiting to the iris root.
Over the next day and a half he got progressively worse. We took him
to the vet where he was immediatly placed on IV fluids. The vet did
everything he could but it was in vain. My precious,happy Koda Bear
died during the third night at the vet.The iris root had caused the
lining of his intestines to slough off,his kidneys to shut down,and
his liver to hemorage.He died horribly.
I had no idea that these plants would do this to my dog. It kills me
that I could have prevented his death. I can't rewind time and save
my Koda Bear so I am putting this out in the hopes that some elses
dog won't suffer the same fate.
Here is a link to a good site that will give you a list of plants
that are toxic to dogs.
http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/dogs/index.html
If you have these plants in your yard,please
make sure that your dogs can't get to them.
, RIP Koda Bear.
