Sago Palm plants kill pups

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Marley

Boyfriend

Barked: Mon Sep 15, '08 5:58pm PST


	Beware Boxer owners...Sago Palm plants, if eaten, cause immediate liver failure in dogs. We had 2 Boxers in our family eat part of the plant. Long story short and $10,000 later, one died shortly thereafter and 6 months later the other baby died of heart failure. It broke our hearts!! Any part of the plant is bad! Our vet said he sees more emergency cases from Sago Palm than any other thing.

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The- canine- vacuum.

Barked: Tue Sep 16, '08 3:53am PST


	Thank you for the warning. I'm going to have to look one up, I have no idea what they even look like. I'm sorry for your loss

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Tigger

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Barked: Mon Sep 22, '08 10:20am PST


	I didn't know what this plant was either. I googled and found this article: http://www.tonyspencer.com/2007/10/03/this-plant-will-kill-your- dog-and-maybe-your-kids/ I calmed down a bit when I read (another article) that they are native to the northeast. However, this article also says it's being sold in local stores in pots. Yikes! What a horrible thing for your family to go through Marley. Hugs to you all.

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Max

Somewhere there- is something I- can eat..

Barked: Mon Sep 29, '08 4:45pm PST


	They are very common here. We specified to our builders a list of plants that were not acceptable to us (I found a list a long time ago of toxic plants for dogs) but I had forgotten about the Sago Palm. Good timing for your post- I went today to look for a few new plants to replace some old ones and the Sago Palms looked so nice plus the 5 gallon ones were on sale and then I remembered your post which I read last night... thanks again for the great timing!