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Dog bones sold at Walmart ~ you need to know this 01-09-09 posted for Allena TY

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« on: January 09, 2009, 11:33:55 pm »

ALERT: Dog bones sold at Walmart ~ you need to know this

Just wanted to pass along this warning about a potentially dangerous dog bone sold at Walmarts. The incident with the bone appears to have happened in FL, but the bone is most likely sold at Walmarts all over the U.S.

Please pass along to the dog owners you know.

Personally, I've never liked bones like this and don't give them to my dogs but i know alot of people do, and are mis-lead by labels, thinking they are safe. I'd cringe when I'd seen someone purchasing 'Greenies' too.






I would like to warn all dog lovers out there to be very careful about the dog treats that you give your dogs. Last week I bought a "Real Ham Bone" made by Dynamic Pet Products of Missouri from Walmart. Here is what it looks like: . The label says it is made with "100% Food Grade Ingredients" and it isn't made from China. I thought that meant that this would make a good treat for my dogs. Boy was I wrong.


Trace, my dog, enjoyed chewing on this bone. It did not splinter or anything, in fact there is quite a large piece of it still left. Then in the evening she started vomiting. She spent the next day at a veterinarian' s office where she was diagnosed with a blockage of the colon. That night she endured a 4 hour surgery at Brandon Veterinary Specialists where the vet picked out small round pellets of the bone, up to the size of about a b-b. The next morning she was moved to Florida Veterinary Specialist critical care unit. Again in the evening she had another 2 hour surgery, because the blockage had caused poison in her body. She passed away at 4:30 the next afternoon.


Everyone who hears this horrible story immediately says "Well that sounds like a lawsuit to me". That is what I thought also. Since then, I have learned that is not that easy to sue on behalf of a dog. The lawyers say a dog is a possession just like a couch. So, so far, all I have been able to do is write a certified letter to Dynamic Pet Products of Missouri. In it I requested my vet bills to be paid and their product to be relabeled or preferably removed from the shelf. I don't know if I will get a response. If anyone else has any ideas about how I may address this issue, please let me know at djurgens12@aol. com.


In the memory of Trace, please pass this email on to all of the dog lovers that you know. This type of bone is sold in all of the stores under several different manufacturers names. I would assume they all may do the same thing. Even if they don't splinter, they can cause a blockage.


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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2009, 11:19:03 pm »

Cooked bones are not safe for our pets, feed them the raw meaty ones and see their teeth gleam and their stools become less and firmer and less stinky.
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