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While this is all cute, dogs should be discouraged from eating food they find in the street! It could be poisoned. You never know whether there's someone who re

While this is all cute, dogs should be discouraged from eating food they find in the street! It could be poisoned. You never know whether there's someone who really hates dogs in the neighborhood, or if someone tries to solve problems with rats. Unfortunately, my friend lost a dog that way.

kennyadam 2y ago
No doubt this happens, it must be so rare for someone to put out poisoned half-eaten sausage rolls with the aim of killing a random dog that finds it, I think this is perhaps a teensy bit paranoid.
- throwaway48540 2y ago
  It's so rare, but it actually does happen, and the people doing it actually try to conceal it like a half eaten sausage that "just fell". But this isn't even about this particular half eaten sausage. A dog doesn't know the difference between a pristine sausage and a half eaten one, to them it's just meat. And the point is that dogs should be taught to never eat any meat on the street - because they can't think "uh, looks half eaten, probably fine".
- Snild 2y ago
  We've had this problem in Malmö, Sweden recently: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/nya-hundbullar-hittade-i-malmo-pvwc69 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/nya-hundbullar-hitta... Bread rolls with bits of glass or metal in them, found in parks or along other pedestrian paths. They caught one woman doing it, but it is believed the news might have inspired other nutjobs.
- stevesimmons 2y ago
  It does happen. My sister lost two dogs from poisoned meat someone put in their local park. They ran into the bushes, must have eaten something, started frothing at the mouth, and 15 minutes later both were dead. Apparently a number of other dogs died near that location the same way.
petepete 2y ago
Oh she's never encouraged. But, Labs being Labs, she'd find a crisp in a field given two minutes.
torstenvl 2y ago
#embed "whaleeyes.jpg" All food must go to the lab for testing!

kennyadam 2y ago

No doubt this happens, it must be so rare for someone to put out poisoned half-eaten sausage rolls with the aim of killing a random dog that finds it, I think this is perhaps a teensy bit paranoid.

throwaway48540 2y ago
It's so rare, but it actually does happen, and the people doing it actually try to conceal it like a half eaten sausage that "just fell". But this isn't even about this particular half eaten sausage. A dog doesn't know the difference between a pristine sausage and a half eaten one, to them it's just meat. And the point is that dogs should be taught to never eat any meat on the street - because they can't think "uh, looks half eaten, probably fine".
Snild 2y ago
We've had this problem in Malmö, Sweden recently: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/nya-hundbullar-hittade-i-malmo-pvwc69 https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/nya-hundbullar-hitta... Bread rolls with bits of glass or metal in them, found in parks or along other pedestrian paths. They caught one woman doing it, but it is believed the news might have inspired other nutjobs.
stevesimmons 2y ago
It does happen. My sister lost two dogs from poisoned meat someone put in their local park. They ran into the bushes, must have eaten something, started frothing at the mouth, and 15 minutes later both were dead. Apparently a number of other dogs died near that location the same way.

petepete 2y ago

Oh she's never encouraged. But, Labs being Labs, she'd find a crisp in a field given two minutes.

torstenvl 2y ago

#embed "whaleeyes.jpg" All food must go to the lab for testing!