There is so much "stuff" out there on the internet these days. I dunno about your inbox, but even though I get very little spam, I still get the occasional forward from a well meaning friend or collegue that warns me about potentional dangers in our world. From the *77 feature on your cell phone, to the how to not be kidnapped in a parking lot, to the dangers of the Swiffer duster. In the past, I would have bought every word of it, forwarding the e-mail onto everyone in my inbox to make sure I passed the info on. Who know what kind of hoax *that* is! As the plethora of information grows on the internet, I have come to the realization that not everything you read is true...DUH! I know, I know. You should know that I once fell for that stupid joke when someone asks you, "Did you know that the work gullible was taken out of the dictionary?" Yeah, that would be me. But a smarter me, today, I take everything that I read with a grain of salt. I keep the info in the back of my head, not discounting it, but not taking it for gospel either.
Anyways, getting to the point. And today, a precaution of this sort crept into my inbox. A warning against rat poison in hotel rooms. The story was about an alleged show dog owner who was at a dog show, staying in a local hotel, who discovered that boxes of rat poison which was left in the rooms was ingested by her dogs. The story seems valid, she mentions a specific hotel in a specific city, during a specific dog show. She confirms that there are boxes of rat poison in hotel rooms under the bed. Anyways, whether this story is true or not, it planted a little seed in my head. If we ever book a room and have Riley with us, I will simply have to ask if there are any toxins in the room. Better safe than sorry, right?
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No, they received medical treatment right away and there were reportedly very few symptoms of poisoning. She did confirm through their stools that the poison pellets were ingested and passed through.
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