Nancy Freedman-Smith, dog trainer and owner of Gooddogz Training, provides a place for dog owners to find positive training tips, canine-activities and places to visit along with the latest information on keeping your dog healthy and active. Nancy lives with her three young kids, Charlee and Finney the dogs, Yellow the parakeet and Tater-Tot the Hamster. Staying current, keeping fresh, and always learning new things is a must for Nancy and her profession because one thing that animals surely teach you is "the more you know, the more you know you don't know."
Latest tolls from Pet Connection
I have been trying to stop myself from obsessing about the horrific Menu Foods story of hundreds of sick and dead pets.
But I just can't.
While the self reporting data base over on Pet Connection is anecdotal, over 500 deaths have been reported by owners. Clearly not all posters claims will ever be able to be substantiated. Many never will able to prove foul due to time elapsed, and lack of physical evidence; bodies and food already disposed of. No doubt after reading the heart wrenching comments on the site, that the official death toll of 16 is insulting to all of us with brains in our heads. Clearly we have not heard a realistic number from the FDA.
Perhaps we never will.
Over on Icthmo they have done a rudimentary math analysis of the situation. Check it out, it is very interesting.
Do a goggle search for Menu Pets and click on any of the local media outlets covering their local Vet hospitals with sick and dying pets and law suits. The enormity will blow your mind as it has mine.
I am sickened that the official number is 16, with most of those being from the companies own test lab. We will be reading about this story for a long long time.
Thursday pet Connection update-
From the PetConnection.com database. 11:20 a.m. PT:
Total reports of sick or dead pets: 1715
Deceased pets: 845
Of those:
Cats, deceased: 500
Dogs, deceased: 345
Comments
Hi Nancy,
Here in Traverse City, MI. my girlfriends Springer Spaniel sicken and died in two days from eating Science Diet (she thought she was giving him good food and he was only 11). She's soo upset she has not posted Royce's death yet to any page. Also in this area we've lost one Cat (documented) and a Yorkie. I've now switched to Gold Seal or Wellness for my dog in the hope that they are safe!!!
Posted by MorganMarch 22, 2007 12:19 PM
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