Doesn't sound to good does it!
Looks like more than someone repeating someone else's contentions.
Thanks--looks like I have a lot of reading to do.
Dave

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:52 PM, zoew <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> its not the gum Dave.  Xylitol is very deadly to dogs.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/xylitol.asp
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-18-xylitol-sweetener_N.htm
>
>  1.
>     snopes.com: Xylitol Deadly to Dogs
>     May 16, 2007 ... Can the sugar substitute Xylitol be harmful to dogs?
>     www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/xylitol.asp - Cached - Similar pages
>  2.
>     Popular sweetener is toxic for dogs - USATODAY.com
>     A sugar substitute found in a variety of sugar-free and dietetic
> cookies, mints and chewing gum is proving highly toxic, even fatal, to
> snack-snatching ...
>     www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-03-18-xylitol-sweetener_N.htm -
> Cached - Similar pages
>  3.
>     Xylitol kills dogs! So kill the Xylitol in YOUR diet! | PetMD
>     I think it's great that you are trying to make people aware of the
> dangers of xylitol to dogs, and I will certainly be more aware of where I
> place my purse, ...
>     www.petmd.com/blogs/dailyvet/2009/May/26 - Cached - Similar pages
>  4.
>     Dog Owner Alert Email - Xylitol Sweetener Toxic to Dogs
>     Dec 5, 2006 ... Email forward claims that dogs can become critically
> ill or die after eating sugar-free gum or other products that contain the
> sweetener ...
>     www.hoax-slayer.com/xylitol-dog-warning.shtml - Cached - Similar pages
>  5.
>     How to Avoid Xylitol Poisoning in Dogs: The Xylitol Sugar ...
>     Xylitol toxicity in dogs can be deadly. Xylitol is a sweetener used in
> gum and candy and Xylitol can kill a dog by triggering a drop in blood
> sugar.
>
> petcare.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_avoid_xylitol_poisoning_in_dogs -
> Cached - Similar pages
>  6.
>     Xylitol Dogs Toxicity
>     It had been previously reported that only large quantities of Xylitol
> would harm dogs. However, recent reports suggest that quantities as low as
> two sticks ...
>     www.healingspringsanimalhospital.com/2006_08.htm - Cached - Similar
> pages
>  7.
>     Xylitol Toxic to Dogs. | The Pet Dish - syracuse.com
>     Dr. Dunayer also stated that there appears to be a strong link between
> xylitol ingestions and the development of liver failure in dogs. ...
>     blog.syracuse.com/pets/2008/08/post_27.html - Cached - Similar pages
>  8.
>     Cases of xylitol poisoning in dogs rise - October 1, 2006
>     To learn more about xylitol ingestion in dogs, turn to page 1113 for
> "Acute hepatic failure and coagulopathy associated with xylitol ingestion in
> eight dogs ...
>     www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/oct06/061001b.asp - Cached - Similar pages
>  9.
>     I Need More Cowbell *: Xylitol: Sugarless Gum Can Kill Your Dog
>     Dogs metabolize Xylitol much differently than we humans do. We process
> the stuff slowly. Dogs' bodies metabolize it all once. Xylitol tricks the
> dog's body ...
>
> needcowbell.blogspot.com/.../xylitol-sugarless-gum-can-kill-your-dog.html- 
> Cached - Similar pages
>  10.
>     [PDF]
>     Xylitol is a sugar alcohol used as a
>     File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
>     dogs, intravenous xylitol caused a dose-related release .....
> travenously administered xylitol in dogs. Metabolism 1966;15:1149- ...
>     www.aspcapro.org/animal-poison-control/.../ze-vetm0207f_095-100_.pdf -
> Cached - Similar pages
>     by EK Dunayer - 2006 - Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 5 versions
>
>
>
> Dave Darrin wrote:   By what method does it do that? I have read that
> chocolate does the same and my dog loves it, with no noticeable problems.
> Since I also sweeten with Xzlitol I would suspect he has eaten some from
> precleaning my dishes. Are you sure it wasn't the gum that killed the dog?
> I would really like to know.
> Dave
>
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