Save Your Dog this Thanksgiving
Written by Jan Ferrante on Mon, Oct 13, 2008
My Maggie girl died on Sunday from eating chicken fat and skin.
She had pancreatitis, we didn't know until it was too late.
You can save your dog from a painful and heartbreaking death by throwing your chicken or turkey fat and skin, and your ham scraps in the garbage on Thanksgiving.
We fed my dog Maggie chicken skin and fat last Sunday thinking we were giving her a treat.
I had to take her to the vet on Tuesday. She started with gas on Monday, then diarrhea, then vomiting – first her food, then any water she tried to drink.
If you see these signs and your dog seems unusually ill, take her to the vet straight away, it may save her life.
When she started vomiting water, I watched her for a few hours to see if she was improving but she didn't, so I took her to the vet.
I will have more about it later, but for now to make a long story short, Sunday morning she died.
I didn't know that she was sick or that it could be so dangerous to feed your dogs (or cats) chicken fat and skin.
Prolonged fat in a young dog's diet can make him prone to this disease in his older years as well.
So just a head's up.
Remember Maggie, she was a gift from the day she arrived, her passing was heartbreaking beyond measure.
Keep your pet safe and give thanks for the blessing of having him (or her) in your life.
And have a Happy Thanksgiving weekend.
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Tags: dog acute pancreatitis, feeding dogs fat, unnecessary dog death
October 14th, 2008 at 1:31 am
I’m sorry to hear about Maggie. I hope that you can get over it soon.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:51 am
Sorry to hear about your dog. It must be devastating to lose a beloved pet. Thank you for the tip on what not to feed a dog.
October 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I’m so sorry to hear about your Maggie girl… thanks for sharing this so others will know to be careful.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Jan, I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing this lesson so that others can learn from your experience. I’m sure we’ve all shared unhealthy food with our pets over the years and this shows that they need to eat healthy just like us.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:25 am
I had a friend feed my dog sausage once and he (the dog) got pancrititis. He almost died. We are very careful now. This is important information and I am so sorry about your poor doggie.