BEEN ASKED TO SPREAD THIS WARNING ROUND

Just taken this off Dogweb

this has been posted on other forums because the author wanted the info widely distributed.

This message came to us from Ali Taylor, Head of Welfare, Battersea DH.

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Yesterday one of our dog agility friends experienced a tragedy and wanted me to pass a special message along to all of my dog loving friends and family. Please tell every dog owner you know.

Over the weekend the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. They loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden.

Their dog Calypso decided that the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats something new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mum woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk. Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.

Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company's website, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.

Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they claim that "It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can
suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it."


Also included was the following information -

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Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called "Theobromine". It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die.
Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of caution, check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of what your gardeners are using in your gardens.

Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.


PLEASE GIVE THIS THE WIDEST DISTRIBUTION!!!

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i feel so sorry for them

and feel others should know not to buy it

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mia the Utonagan

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http://www.nuadalseurope.co.uk/

omg. how sad.
very good post as we are all thinking of gardening at this time of the year.

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poor dog must be terrible for the owners to , very sad

ive copied it and gonna e.mail it to my family and get them to forward it to as many peeps as poss.

When i worked at the garden centre, i had to clean Sid the garter snake out, the boss gave me coco shells(he was too tight to supply new bark) to replace the bark. Sid died within 48 hours

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You never own a cat unless the cat owns you!

omg thats sad some people just try cut corners and dont think of the consiquensis (sp )

Guess the boss also thought it was so similar to the bark that it would be ok! shame, sid was a lovely snake....

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You never own a cat unless the cat owns you!

some dont even care not saying in this case, but in some

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i have heard of this before,,but why are there not warnings written all over it,!!!!!mad:

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it should have warnings on it.