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by Melissa on 1/2/2010 at 10:17 AM in Pet Owners - Pet Safety

I just wanted to pass on the sad news about our Min Pin Princess in hopes that it may help save someone the hearth ache we experinced.

We had Princess for 12 years. She was so much a part of our family. If Princess was not allowed some where, we didn't go there. We even rented her a Motel room to say in while we were at Silver Dollar City, lol.

Anyway, on Dec 6 of this past year, she was chewing on a Raw Hide chew bone and began chocking. She had ate several of them before with no problem. Loved them !

Anyway, I tryed to slap her on her back, I tryed the several things including reaching down her throat with tweezers to rempve it. I couls get a hold of it but it was to slick to remove. We live in the counrty and going to the vet was not an option.

I guess you have figured out by now, we lost Princess on the 6th of Dec. Oscar has brought much needed joy to our lifes, but will never be able to replace Princess.

I wanted to share this story in hopes that everyone who reads it will use care when giving your pet a treat. Never leave them un attened while chewing a treat.
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by Bentley on 10/19/2009 at 2:53 AM in Pet Owners - Pet Safety

I was so terrified last night that I almost cried.
Bentley was playing outside the entire day & at around 17:00 when I went to bring him in I got a shock.
Around his nose & upper lip had swelled to about 6 times the normal size. It looked so painful & scary.
& as being a Sunday I didn't know what to do because every vet or clinic was closed
It was so bad that it totally covered his lower mouth. His nose was completely extended forward , far past his lower mouth.
His eyes were closing slowly & then opening again whilst he was standing, he never did that before.
I gave him plenty of water & made a treat soft meaty meal for him as I was afraid his nose would get hurt trying to east his chunks.
I was so terrified I just held him in his blankly & monitored his heart beat.
I quickly googled it & checked that it has happened to dogs before & owners say that it could have possibly been an insect bite or spider bite.
I barley slept, I heard him howling in his room this morning. I fed him & let him out again.
When I left him this morning he seemed to be jumping & back to his adorable active self again.
His eyes were clearing up & the swelling was almost gone. I was so relieved. I didn't want to leave him today but I had to be at work.
I played with him allot this morning & he seemed much more active than last night. It was just such a shock to have seen that, it looked like out of this world.
I am just glad that he is O.K. & I pray that this doesn't happen again

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