Dog and Kitty Off limits Message 12

July 2, 2004

I wanted to expound on this as well. I have a small dog w/ a liver problem

(not formally diagnosed, too expensive). My theory w/ animals, dogs in

particular is that they hide discomfort EXTREMELY WELL. This I know from

my doggy sickness experience. They will seem fine and the next minute they

are throwing up the contents of there gutts and than they seem fine again.

Animals cannot communicate verbally pain to us and I beleive they accept it

as part of them every minute of every day ( unless they are obviously super

sick). And when an animal exhibits sickness you can guarantee they feel

really bad, seriously bad. But this may be brushed off by us as being

similiar to " under the weather " But my point is that an animal can be very

ill and not show signs. Does this make sense.

Pam

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Cheryl,

I totally agree. I know of several folks who have lost their dog due to

grapes/raisins. I don’t know what “Holes” there are and don’t really

care, the fact that dogs CAN have a problem with them is enough for me

to not risk it. My dog has ran across the road and not been hit by a car

many times, doesn’t mean running across the road is okay. Some dogs can

do fine for a while but then one day, where as they tolerated it before,

die from it tomorrow. That is what happened to the golden retriever next

door to my dads. The owner always told me, “awe, he has never had a

problem with it, dogs know what they can and cant eat”. Then his kidneys

failed and he died. So while some can dig in their heels and swear that

they have fed grapes with no problem, it would be a terrible tragedy if

those were wrongly convinced of the safety just to have a dog die from

something so easily avoidable.

Stacy

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