i'm so sorry for the loss of your granddogs and truly sickened by the story. i am fighting back tears as i type this, i just can't imagine losing my entire furkid family in one fell swoop. this is completely outrageous and i applaud you for taking immediate action.

as Eric said, parks can be very dangerous for pets because of toxins, bacteria from non vaccinated animals and anything humans can leave behind for animals to find. a dog in my local park nearly died just weeks ago from eating some marijuana she found by a park bench. the owner didn't see what her dog had eaten and it was probably such a small bud it wouldn't have been noticed anyway. the blood panel came back with the evidence and the owner warned us all to keep a closer eye on what our dogs are doing when we walk.

while you are on the subject of city poisons Lloyd, have you ever seen a city vehicle spraying some kind of weed killer along the roadsides? on my residential street i saw one moving slowly like a street sweeper and spraying something over the grass and dirt surrounding palm trees. Kira's puppy used to love to grab the palm seeds from those areas when he was younger and i had no idea at the time that city vehicles were spraying something on them. i should have tried to find out what that was and move on it like you have with the rat repellent. thanks so much for your post

I think you are a little confused.

You might think so.

That is the article that initiated our involvement

Damn...damn...damnit.

This thing has legs. My mother raises show dogs in California and I forwarded the article onto her to share with her colleagues. Last check, it has been shared 211 times on just her Facebook page. Some of the comments too. People are outraged!

This is just terrible Lloyd. Very sorry this happened to your daughter's dogs, she must be pretty torn up. I know I would have been if something like this had happened to my old dog back when he was alive. And I'd be pretty pissed.

And it's not just that dogs might eat the stuff. Since it's sprinkled freely like that they can get it on their paws. It may come as a surprise to those that don't know, but dogs lick their paws a lot.

Every pet lover should be sharing the shit out of this story on facebook. If this was going on in Winnipeg and people's pets here started dying there would be holy old hell to pay from whomever was responsible for doing it. Heads wold roll at city hall for allowing it. We'll bitch and moan every time our taxes are raised, but dying pets are a whole other matter. You just don't mess with people's pets.

Those dogs are so gorgeous in the pics I just want to hug them. This story makes me outraged and sad.

Tell her we appreciate it, this has definitely grown legs. Over 7k "Likes" and 30,000 views in the last couple of days.

Sorry for your family's loss.

Motherfucking assholes.

Off to share this on FB.

fiddy dead birdz

Awww. I feel so sorry for you. They are so beautiful.

My dogs trainer is very well connected in California. I informed him to spread the word.

Here is his response to me:"I have passed your information on to everyone I know that interacts with dogs. Thank you so much for that very pertinent information. "

He is a member of a lot of dog trainer and humane society associations and accredited agencies.

Hopefully that helps some too.

Thanks Eric; pass along my thanks to Jaxon for his support as well.