Helen Graham of St. Antonin has contacted us with more information... read on
"Just a couple of comments in relation to the article on Mop. As you may
know, David and I have a wealth of experience with dogs, having owned, bred
and judged them internationally for a great many years and having also been
involved with dog rescue organisations , canine health committees and much
else.
Our bitch Dede was poisoned the day after Boxing Day last year and her life
was saved by the prompt action of the vet.The kind of poison used was
different to that which killed Mop as Dede suffered convulsions so severe
that she was literally at the point of death when the vet arrived. He
believes the poison used was a rodenticide of the kind used to kill moles,
rats and mice.
However, the point I wish to make in relation to the piece on Mop is that a
Labrador would need to eat a pretty huge piece of very dark chocolate and
even more onions in order to be poisoned and the symptoms would be totally
different. Moreover, it would have been most unlikely that she could have
ingested large enough quantities of either without her owners knowing. If
it would be of any help, I can provide a full list of poisons affecting dogs
and the treatment they require.
Having said which, the nature of the poison that killed Mop doesn't appear
to fit any of the known categories of poison and by the time it was realised
that she was ill it was almost certainly too late to be able to help her.
This is what makes the recent cases of poisoning so alarming and why animal
owners should be backing James in his attempts to bring this to official
notice".
