Kathleen wrote:
> Every Thanksgiving my vets sees a rash of cases of pancreatitis among
> dogs. Owners with only the best intentions allow the dog to share in
> the feast by allowing Fido to gorge on a pile of fatty turkey scraps,
> possible doused in gravy (still more fat).
>
> The pancreas attempts to cope with the overload by releasing a surge of
> digestive enzymes, causing the pancreas to become inflamed. Symptoms
> are abdominal pain, lack of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, a
> crouched, hunched up posture, dehydration, and in the later stages,
> irregular heart beat, sepsis, and if left untreated, death.
>
> A few bites of lean meat won't do your dog any harm, but make sure any
> guest you may have know not to feed scraps to the dog, and make sure
> leftovers meant to be discarded are bagged up and taken to an outside
> trash container with a dog-proof lid. A trip to the emergency clinic
> will take a lot of the fun out the long weekend.
>


Canines in my house do not get turkey anymore. They haven't had it since
the time my wife gave our two dogs some leftovers before we went out.
What a stinking mess we returned to. The kitchen light was one and
looking into the kitchen through a glass panel on the door I saw that
our bone coloured ceramic tile floor was brown. I don't mean brown pile
or a few brown spots. It was brown. I don't know which dog did it, or
whether they both contributed to the mess, but almost the entire floor
was covered. thank goodness we had put up the baby gates to keep them in
the kitchen. Ceramic tile is easy to clean, though it took a strong
stomach to cope with the smell. Thank goodness it didn't happen on the
carpets.