> I would worry about what the mouse ate...before being eaten by your
> dog. My friend Linda had a dog...who ate a mouse, the mouse has
eaten
> rat poison and Linda's dog almost died. That would be one of my
> concerns.
> Raven
>Yes, that worries me too, except I don't know where the mouse would
>get the poison because the mice are in back pasture. I suppose they
>could find their way to someones house but I just can't tie my dog up
>for that possibility--this is the first time in her life she's been
>able to run free when we go for walks and the joy in her face and
body
>is a thrill to watch.
>V
The dogs usually have to eat quite a few poisoned mice/rats in order
to die from secondary toxicity - I have never seen one affected that
way although I have treated many who just marched up to the bait boxes
and snacked away. Not all of those survive.
My dogs hunt and eat all the varmints and birds around here. I don't
mind about the varmints but I do wish they would leave the birds
alone. I keep them on interceptor which kills a nice variety of
intestinal parasites as well as heartworm. Look at it this way,
Virginia, they get nice fresh raw meat and that's a trendy item these
days, each mouse meal decreases your dog food bill and you have fewer
mice in your barn. Oh - and I doubt that you are going to stop him from
doing it, anyways - dogs being dogs. I just look away...
Penny
