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Danger for dogs!
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Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if
you don't have a pet, please pass this to those who do.
Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab
mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in
their garden. The dogs loved the way it smelled and
it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden.
Their dog (Calypso) decided the mulch smelled good
enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited
a few times which was typical when she eats something
new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way. The next day,
Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk.
Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.
Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label,
upon further investigation on the company's web site,
This product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.
Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they
claim that "It is true that studies have shown that 50%
of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm
to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog).
However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it."
*Snopes site gives the following information <http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp> *
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's
Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores contains
a lethal ingredient called 'Theobromine'. It is lethal to
dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really
attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several
deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks.
Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or
baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean
shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine,
a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and
theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of
garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed
severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis
of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean
shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
**PLEASE PASS THIS ON**
Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if
you don't have a pet, please pass this to those who do.
Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab
mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in
their garden. The dogs loved the way it smelled and
it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden.
Their dog (Calypso) decided the mulch smelled good
enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited
a few times which was typical when she eats something
new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way. The next day,
Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk.
Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.
Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label,
upon further investigation on the company's web site,
This product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.
Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey's, and they
claim that "It is true that studies have shown that 50%
of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm
to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog).
However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it."
*Snopes site gives the following information <http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp> *
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's
Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores contains
a lethal ingredient called 'Theobromine'. It is lethal to
dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really
attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several
deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks.
Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or
baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean
shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine,
a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and
theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of
garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed
severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis
of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean
shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
**PLEASE PASS THIS ON**
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Permalink Reply by Catherine Carter on
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Hi Susan,
Thank you for adding this....what I posted may not have been 100% accurate....on the other hand it still seems something to be aware of.....
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