Danger - Eating Acorns - Sad Story

Forwarded message - please reply to CrazyDogLady@MarysHouse.us

From another list I am on , this lady had asked about her dog eating
acorns and I told her NO, it's not fine. And she went on to search to
find this. I was just thinking of intestinal blockage. I do know that
cows get sick from acorns.

After posting my question about my Oliver eating the insides of
acorns and getting some good info from group members...thanks. I did
some investigating about it. Here is a story I found on another forum
from a devastated pet owner about losing all 3 of her fur babies to
their consumption of acorns. So, so sad...

Hello fellow pet lovers. I want to share my heart break with you, in
hopes of saving you from going through the same thing. In the past
month, I have had 3 of my babies go to The Rainbow Bridge. I have
lost my Yorkie mix Boo, my pug NayNay and my pug Harley. They were
indoor dogs that loved to play outside. I have a fence up so I would
just open the back door for them and they would play until I heard
them at the door wanting in. I live in the woods with tons of trees.

Well bed time one night, all was well. When I woke up, Boo was dead.
She was still in her little bed "asleep" with a little vomit around
her mouth. Of course I was devastated. They have always been utd on
vaccines etc. I jsu could not explain it. Well a couple of weeks
later, the same with Nay Nay. I checked everything. I had even gotten
paranoid that maybe some cruel person had poisoned them. So, I only
let Harley out on a leash or in the back if I could stay at the
window and watch. Harley seemed fine all day. Then early afternoon
she started stumbling, had poor balance. I took her to our vet asap!
She passed away shortly after arriving at the vet. He did not perform
a necropsy but from the blood work when she first arrived, he told me
that she and probably the others died from acorn poisoning.

I knew that they played with them. One would take one in her mouth
and the chase was on with the others. It was their game. I did fuss
and tell them to drop it when I seen them. I did not even think of
poisoning, I was just afraid in their excitement that they could
choke. I certainly didn't know that they were chewing them up and
ingesting them. I knew that squirells eat acorns, so I just never
even thought that it was hurting my girls. I have searched on the
internet. Seems acorn poisoning happens a lot with horses and cows,
but I found some other instances with dogs. I feel so guilty, I
should have known. So, I am just passing this on.

Just in case anybody else is like I was and had no clue of the
dangers. Please be careful if you live around oak trees.

Thanks for listening

Posted on SHARE Yahoo group Sep. 9, 2006