Hello, my name is Emily. I just lost my two-year-old English bulldog, that I adored a week and a half ago. My spirit is broken.
It's kind of a long story but I want to share the story of how he died, so it won't happen to another dog.
I bought him The Pet Cooling Pad, from Keepdoggiessafe.com It is a pressure activated cooling pad with this gel pack cooling stuff inside. One day while I was at work he chewed up the gel pack/ cooling stuff inside the pad, swallowed it, and threw it up. He threw up big chunks of the gel pack cooling stuff, so big I don't know how he managed to get that out of him without choking to death. When I came home from work he was having seizures. So I rushed him to the ER, They gave him a Valium and sent us home. When we got home he was still having seizures, still throwing up, and I was worried that he was too sedated to be able to throw up so I rushed him back to the ER. They kept him in ICU overnight, the seizures still wouldn't stop, so they gave him anesthesia and a breathing tube. His heart stopped in the hospital the next day.
I tried to get a hold of the manufacturer of the pad, and they would not tell me the chemicals or ingredients that were in it. They would say oh I'll call you back in 15 minutes, never did. I'll email it to you, never did. Oh we are in the middle of moving, we can't get the ingredients right now. So I had to have an attorney email them, I don't know if it had anything to do with it but the next thing I know they emailed The chemicals to me. It turns out it had a lot of sodium, which can cause swelling on the brain, which can cause seizures, which could have killed my dog. I don't know if it did for sure, but if you do have a cooling pad just make sure you're supervising your dog while they are around it.
I'm so devastated, so I've been looking for puppies. I've always loved the Cane Corso. So I called up my friend that has one, asked him if he knew a breeder, he does, she has two week old puppies right now!
I'm wondering if you guys think it's a bad idea for me to get one, because I live in an apartment. And, I also want another bulldog, I can't get the Bulldog until about December though.
Are Cane Corsos still happy living in an apartment?
It's kind of a long story but I want to share the story of how he died, so it won't happen to another dog.
I bought him The Pet Cooling Pad, from Keepdoggiessafe.com It is a pressure activated cooling pad with this gel pack cooling stuff inside. One day while I was at work he chewed up the gel pack/ cooling stuff inside the pad, swallowed it, and threw it up. He threw up big chunks of the gel pack cooling stuff, so big I don't know how he managed to get that out of him without choking to death. When I came home from work he was having seizures. So I rushed him to the ER, They gave him a Valium and sent us home. When we got home he was still having seizures, still throwing up, and I was worried that he was too sedated to be able to throw up so I rushed him back to the ER. They kept him in ICU overnight, the seizures still wouldn't stop, so they gave him anesthesia and a breathing tube. His heart stopped in the hospital the next day.
I tried to get a hold of the manufacturer of the pad, and they would not tell me the chemicals or ingredients that were in it. They would say oh I'll call you back in 15 minutes, never did. I'll email it to you, never did. Oh we are in the middle of moving, we can't get the ingredients right now. So I had to have an attorney email them, I don't know if it had anything to do with it but the next thing I know they emailed The chemicals to me. It turns out it had a lot of sodium, which can cause swelling on the brain, which can cause seizures, which could have killed my dog. I don't know if it did for sure, but if you do have a cooling pad just make sure you're supervising your dog while they are around it.
I'm so devastated, so I've been looking for puppies. I've always loved the Cane Corso. So I called up my friend that has one, asked him if he knew a breeder, he does, she has two week old puppies right now!
I'm wondering if you guys think it's a bad idea for me to get one, because I live in an apartment. And, I also want another bulldog, I can't get the Bulldog until about December though.
Are Cane Corsos still happy living in an apartment?
