Here is a heads up for those of you who feed kibble. Go to the Fox 2 Detroit web site and click on Problem Solver: Dog Food Websites. There is new found information that pentobarbital is being used in making dog food. This is the same drug that is used in euthanasia agents to put dogs and cats to sleep. They have files that can be opened with Microsoft Word and it gives a listing of the foods contaminated if you go to the Dog Food Samples portion of this site.
We had many calls at the clinic today about this subject. However I know many people that feed products such as Purina to their family dog.....and what a surprise (not!) tons of Purina products are listed as well as some of Nutro and Nature's Recipe. Check it out to see if yours is on the list. They are finding that dogs are coming up sick which has caused them to investigate, dogs that are perfectly healthy are getting ill with no known cause as to why they are sick. However they have found traces of this drug in the dogs blood work (when given a specific test) and have been able to link it to this drug. It is a long list so if you are running dial up, be patient for it to load. Kelly Weir http://home.twmi.rr.com/skylinebmd/index.html/hopeindex.htm
