Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area

Permission to cross post. I received this from my Washington 4H
Leaders list and wanted to share. I know here in the Portland area
went through something similar this past summer.


Just got this from one our former 4-H'ers (and a heck of a dog
handler!). She works with a vet clinic/dog day care. Ruby is an
Australian Cattle Dog. Watch your dogs....

Chip Taylor
Swan Creek Weimaraners

From: Megan
Subject: Ruby almost died, WARNING!!!

Ruby spent all of last night and half of today at the
Durango Emergency clinic in Tacoma because she ingested
rat bait in the Pet Smart parking lot on South Hill. I
have heard of similar situations lately so be alert to
anything in a parking lot any of your dogs might
ingest. It sounds to me like stupid kids doing mean
things (why else would RAT BAIT be in a pet store
parking lot?) We had a women come in to work not long
ago and her pet didn't make it after eating 'something
strange' in a PetCo parking lot down in Puyallup. Make
sure to ALWAYS watch your dogs when going into public
areas and do not let them eat or drink ANYTHING off the
ground.
Ruby's symptoms included extreme drooling, vomiting,
refusal to eat/drink, vomiting bloody contents,
vomiting straight blood, tremors, and ultimatly
seizured twice and didn't wake up from the second one.
She was moved to my work this morning and is doing
better but still has rear leg weakness and an inability
to hold her urine.
If your dog eats ANYTHING strange and/or exhibits ANY
of these symptoms take them to the vet right away!
Please pray Ruby pulls all the way out of this one!!





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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.

what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this really
make me angry.

i'll pass on this info at work. thanks, Shelly.

-kelly

"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.

what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this really
make me angry.

i'll pass on this info at work. thanks, Shelly.

-kelly

"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.

what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this really
make me angry.

i'll pass on this info at work. thanks, Shelly.

-kelly

"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.

what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this really
make me angry.

i'll pass on this info at work. thanks, Shelly.

-kelly

"culprit" wrote in message
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.


laugh Oh my gosh, so that's pretty much a common term
of "endearment" for Tacoma, isn't it?
I lived there for awhile after getting out of high school. 9 mos.
was all I could stand.
No kidding. I went up to get my apartment on a Monday or Tuesday,
came back that Friday to start moving my things in and the neighbor
on one side had completely burned the next set of apartments down
trying to kill his sleeping girlfriend.
A few months after living there, I saw the police do a drug bust/
search & seizure complete w/ dogs on my right-next-door neighbor.

And I didn't even live in a really crummy area (near Lake City, south
part of Tacoma). I only ever drove up to N. Tacoma once. In
the daylight. They're probably the only city that even comes close
to Portland in number of strip clubs per square mile! laugh


what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this
really
make me angry.

Yep, it's sick. A great reason to demonstrate how important it is
for your dog to know a "leave it!"
Shelly & The Boys

"culprit" wrote in message
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
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Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.


laugh Oh my gosh, so that's pretty much a common term
of "endearment" for Tacoma, isn't it?
I lived there for awhile after getting out of high school. 9 mos.
was all I could stand.
No kidding. I went up to get my apartment on a Monday or Tuesday,
came back that Friday to start moving my things in and the neighbor
on one side had completely burned the next set of apartments down
trying to kill his sleeping girlfriend.
A few months after living there, I saw the police do a drug bust/
search & seizure complete w/ dogs on my right-next-door neighbor.

And I didn't even live in a really crummy area (near Lake City, south
part of Tacoma). I only ever drove up to N. Tacoma once. In
the daylight. They're probably the only city that even comes close
to Portland in number of strip clubs per square mile! laugh


what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this
really
make me angry.

Yep, it's sick. A great reason to demonstrate how important it is
for your dog to know a "leave it!"
Shelly & The Boys

"culprit" wrote in message
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
...
Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.


laugh Oh my gosh, so that's pretty much a common term
of "endearment" for Tacoma, isn't it?
I lived there for awhile after getting out of high school. 9 mos.
was all I could stand.
No kidding. I went up to get my apartment on a Monday or Tuesday,
came back that Friday to start moving my things in and the neighbor
on one side had completely burned the next set of apartments down
trying to kill his sleeping girlfriend.
A few months after living there, I saw the police do a drug bust/
search & seizure complete w/ dogs on my right-next-door neighbor.

And I didn't even live in a really crummy area (near Lake City, south
part of Tacoma). I only ever drove up to N. Tacoma once. In
the daylight. They're probably the only city that even comes close
to Portland in number of strip clubs per square mile! laugh


what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this
really
make me angry.

Yep, it's sick. A great reason to demonstrate how important it is
for your dog to know a "leave it!"
Shelly & The Boys

"culprit" wrote in message
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"Shelly & The Boys" wrote in message
...
Subject: Warning for the Tacoma area


ahh tacoma, the arm pit of washington.


laugh Oh my gosh, so that's pretty much a common term
of "endearment" for Tacoma, isn't it?
I lived there for awhile after getting out of high school. 9 mos.
was all I could stand.
No kidding. I went up to get my apartment on a Monday or Tuesday,
came back that Friday to start moving my things in and the neighbor
on one side had completely burned the next set of apartments down
trying to kill his sleeping girlfriend.
A few months after living there, I saw the police do a drug bust/
search & seizure complete w/ dogs on my right-next-door neighbor.

And I didn't even live in a really crummy area (near Lake City, south
part of Tacoma). I only ever drove up to N. Tacoma once. In
the daylight. They're probably the only city that even comes close
to Portland in number of strip clubs per square mile! laugh


what kind of jerk would want to poison random pets? people like this
really
make me angry.

Yep, it's sick. A great reason to demonstrate how important it is
for your dog to know a "leave it!"
Shelly & The Boys

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 06:37:41 -0800, "Shelly & The Boys"
wrote:

I only ever drove up to N. Tacoma once. In the daylight.

HankHill
"Let's get a move on! We need to get in and out of Dallas before the
gangbangers wake up!"
/HankHill

They're probably the only city that even comes close
to Portland in number of strip clubs per square mile! laugh

You say that like it's a *bad* thing. :-)

Lee