Dogs with Addictions. 03/31/2010
 Indigo is addicted to love :-). Yes I know dogs can have addictions because we owned a poodle who was addicted to alcohol and was always looking for the opportunity to raid a wine glass, if you were not watching. This poodle was 'like that', when we got her, we always wondered if her former owner had given her wine as the dog went crazy when wine was poured. Of course we never gave her wine and we were careful to try to keep her away from it, but like an alcoholic, she was clever enough to find ways to get her fix. She made her own private stash of home brewed fermenting fruit in the garden and we discovered her one day, blind, snarling, drunk under the apricot tree and with a massive hangover the next day to sleep off. Since then I have been careful to clean up all fallen fruit beneath trees and be more aware of the toxins in plants in our garden and how they could affect dogs. I do not grow toxic plants in the courtyard garden where Indigo is allowed to go unattended. I have heard of crazier addictions in dogs. This was in the news.:- Dog Eats Cigarettes, Dies. A 24-year-old Dachshund's habit was to eat half a pack of cigarettes every day since he was a puppy. 17 years ago he was adopted by a new owner after he was abandoned. Wolfgang Treirler in Graz, Austria, said he noticed the dogs addiction to cigarettes, promptly. Almost every day they used to walk to the tobacconist's shop. But unfortunately, the dog has died because he dashed out in the road in excitement, getting hit by a car. A vet said the dog became addicted to nicotine, which usually poisons them. My comment is, L, Fancy giving your dog cigarettes. O think they use derogatory names for cross-bred dogs, I know what I think of anyone who would give dogs cigarettes. Even the cigarette butts that dogs sometimes find in the street or park can be enough to harm them. I hope that if people who want to smoke do switch to the e cigarette, it will do away with the risk of poisoning of animals due to discarded cigarette butts. I have to wonder at that story, a twenty four year old dog? Not only 24 but enthusiastic enough to be running across streets at that great age? I wonder what the owner was addicted to and if this is a true story even if reported in the world news. Regardless of the truth of the story, just because a dog can have an addiction, does not mean we should pander to it, if we really love our animals we would apply the basics of 'tough love', the love that shows we actually care about those in our protection and not the selfish love of someone who just wants to win a popularity contest of being the one the animal loves the most. Comments Your comment will be posted after it is approved. Leave a Reply | Follow me on Facebook, Kathy Shell
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