Does Coronavirus Put Dogs at Risk Because Hand Sanitizer Has the Same Ingredients as Antifreeze? Pet warnings are always popular, and COVID-19's link to hand sanitizer made sure that a claim that it was fatal to animals spread far and wide..
‘Blue Buffalo Dental Bones Hemorrhagic Gastritis’ Facebook Warning A Facebook user's post claiming that Blue Buffalo brand Dental Bones gravely sickened her dog Dallas was shared nearly half a million times in just a few days.
‘Water Intoxication in Dogs’ Warning A July 2018 Facebook warning about dogs suffering from water intoxication continued circulating in 2019, describing the unexpected death of an otherwise healthy pet: https://www.facebook.com/ourwesthoughton/photos/a.391077724575665/657483324601769/?type=3&theater This appeared to be a copy of an individual’s Facebook post to a page with a broader audience, in an account explaining that a day at the lake resulted in […]
Sparkler Ash Dog Death Warning On June 26 2019, a Facebook user posted the following story about the death of their pug Zoe, urging other users to be aware of the purported danger posed by spent firework and sparkler ash: https://www.facebook.com/james.copp.50/posts/1469037729905895 In part of the post, Copp said that Zoe had recently died, and added that the pet’s death was […]
