Karen,
Sorry for your loss. How wonderful for you to be able
to identify the source of her toxin to benefit the
list. My prayers are with you and Larry.
Best Regards,
Terri Easterbrooks
--- "Karen B. Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >This was passed on to me and I wanted to share it
> with the list:
> >
> > ><< PLEASE CHECK YOUR YARDS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> > >
> > >I write to you with a very heavy heart as we lost
> our beautiful Rory
> > >(Ch
> > >Rivermist Wrap'd In Rainbows) on Friday night.
> She was 20 months
> > >old, and
> > >was planning to leave next week to stay with
> Robin Cameron to work on
> > >her
> > >Canadian championship before a US specials
> career.
> > >
> > >Thursday morning, I let Rory in the yard while I
> packed the van for a
> > >dog
> > >show -- she was unattended in our yard for less
> than a 1/2 hour. We
> > >are VERY
> > >careful about the yard and what is in it. I left
> at 9 AM and she was
> > >bouncing around, happy and just fine. My husband
> came home from work
> > >that evening to find Rory in shock in her crate.
> > >
> > >She was taken to the emergency clinic and put in
> critical care. My
> > >vet went with her and sat by her side through
> very nearly the entire
> > >ordeal. Rory ate a mushroom in our yard. It was
> white with a red
> > >inside and has been taken off to the lab in
> Michigan for analysis.
> > >When I have a name for it, I will be sure to let
> you know.
> > >
> > >When I tell you that EVERYTHING was done for her,
> please rest assured
> > >that
> > >everything under the sun was done for this dog.
> This is my
> > >profession, these are my friends... and they
> walked to the end of
> > >the earth for Rory and it was not enough to save
> her. After 2 days
> > >and nights of very intensive medical work-ups,
> Rory's heart stopped
> > >beating and she could not be resuscitated. I
> never said good bye to
> > >her and I never knew that leaving for that dog
> show without her was
> > >the last time I would ever see her. She was the
> > >absolute joy in my life.
> > >
> > >Watch your yards for mushrooms! They pop up
> overnight. Here's some
> > >symptoms
> > >that you have a problem... and I can tell you
> that by the time there
> > >are symptoms, it is too late to be corrected....
> dialated, fixed
> > >pupils, depressed respirations and heart rate,
> sub-normal body
> > >temperature, and decreased blood glucose. If you
> see your dog eat a
> > >mushroom - induce vomiting immediately. Use a
> tablespoon of hydrogen
> > >peroxide and GET IT OUT OF YOUR DOG'S SYSTEM. It
> could save her
> > >life.
> > >
> > >We are still entirely grief-stricken over the
> loss of our Rory.
> > >Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to
> share this with you. I
> > >can only imagine how long it will take to heal
> our hearts.
> > >
> > >Update:
> > >
> > >Just spent the day at the Plant Pathology lab at
> Rutger's State Univ
> > >with Dr James White, a mycologist. Between Dr
> White, poison control,
> > >and the Toxicology Lab at the Univ of
> Pennsylvania, we have all the
> > >information we can get about Rory's death.
> > >
> > >The name of the mushroom she ate is called
> "DESTROYING ANGEL"
> > >(amanita
> > >virosa). How befitting the name is this is what
> it did to our lives.
> > >They thrive on roots of oak trees and therefore I
> need to tell you
> > >that ANY white mushroom located near an oak tree
> is suspect to be a
> > >variety of the very highly toxic Amanita variety
> of mushrooms. Dr
> > >White informed me that this mushroom kills adults
> - a 3x3" mushroom!
> > >He only has one other reported care with a dog -
> a lab ret and the
> > >outcome was the same as Rory's. Life expectancy
> > >for an adult is 3-4 days after consuming the
> mushroom. It is shorter
> > >in children or pets (in Rory's case, 2 1/2 days)
> because of their
> > >small size.
> > >
> > >characteristics:
> > >mushroom is all white -- white top, white stem,
> white "gills"
> > >underneath" has a "crumbly" texture -- fragile
> and may fall apart in
> > >your hands mature mushrooms have a flat, round
> cap that is 2-3 inches
> > >wide mushrooms is 2-4 inches tall
> > >immature -- still deadly - mushrooms have a more
> "ball" appearance to
> > >the cap
> > >the stem tapers to a fat base will be found near
> oak tree or roots of
> > >an oak tree
> > >cannot be irradicated with commercial fungicides.
> > >
> > >I have some hopes for this knowledge as well as
> aspirations for Rory.
> > >I hope you will take this information, cross post
> it, and pass it on.
> > >I hope that she has died so that others may live.
> Maybe the life she
> > >has saved will even be my son, who is as apt to
> put something in his
> > >mouth as any dog would be. I hope that you will
> all remember how
> > >very special she was. I have scanned pics of the
> mushroom if anyone
> > >wants them, just email me and I will send
> > >them privately.
> > >
>
>**********************************************************************
>
> Karen. B. Bernstein
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Natural Holistic Pet Care Taras Cavaliers
> 751 N.E. 168 Street North Miami Beach,
> FL 33162
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> www.tarascavaliers.com
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> interrupt the person
> doing it".
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