Here is info I wanted to pass on true or not, you can all make your own
judgment.


Steve Parsons
480-993-9797
http://www.familydobes.com
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Subject: FW: Dog bones sold at Walmart ~ You need to know this

Steve,
I tried verifying this on Snopes, but couldn't find anything...it's worth a
glance through if it might save a four legged friend.

Lisa

ITA Member Jeannie Watanabe shares the following notice:
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> Subj: dog bones sold at Walmart
>
> *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.
> *
>
> *----- Original Message -----
>
>
> *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.*

> THE PURPOSE OF LIFE,
> IS TO LIVE A LIFE OF PURPOSE
>
> Cathy Allred King
> credking@gmail.com
> 435-640-9095
>