Warning on Dog food Bags

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by Nulle

The new Purina dog food bags have string like plastic fabracation and if your dog eats it you are in for big problems. The dogs guts get impacted with this junk and it may die.
A friend of mine just lost one of his English Setters and the mother of my pup to just such an incident. Incompetant Vets didn't help either and it was too late when a good Vet found the problem.
I plan on sending an email to Purina on this issue also and maybe take it further then that.

That sucks. While there is the issue about leaving the bag where the dog can get it, I believe it is completely foreseeable that dogs will get into dog food bags and the company should have known better. Kind of like the requirement for warning labels on lawnmowers that tell people to keep their hands and feet away from the bottom of the mover and that serious bodily injury can result if they fail to do so.

I'm sure we all know about dogs getting into food, especially a dog food bag. I leave my empty dog food bags in the garage to dump my papers shreddings in for recycling. Nitro smells them whenever he is in the garage and I am pretty sure that the only reason he doesn't get into them is because I am present at the time.

Nulle, I am sorry to hear about the passing of your pup's mother. Now, go give Purina a piece of your mind and then some.

[Mr. 16 gauge]

While there is the issue about leaving the bag where the dog can get it, I believe it is completely foreseeable that dogs will get into dog food bags and the company should have known better.

Getting into the food bags, sure......eating them is another thing altogether! I used to work for a veterinarian and have seen dogs eat all manner of crap and had it pass through without incident, including things that should have caused a great deal of damage (fish hooks, safety pins, nails, straight pins, needles, ect). I have also seen dogs eat things that should have passed through and didn't, such as throw rugs and sponges. I suspect that there is something more to this than just eating the strings from the bag.

Kind of like the requirement for warning labels on lawnmowers that tell people to keep their hands and feet away from the bottom of the mover and that serious bodily injury can result if they fail to do so.

Ah, yes.....we pay because stupid people are STUPID!!! Another item that the tea parties should address! You can bet if there is a warning label on something telling you not to do a specific thing (such as drying off your pet in the micro wave), it's there because some STUPID moron did exactly that! Sorry, but it drives me nuts.....

Sorry to hear of the loss of the pup..........