Stuffed toy risk?

This post was passed along to me by a friend of mine. I tried checking if it is true through Snopes.com but I could not find anything relevant. I thought it might be a good idea to post, just in case!

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TOY WARNING!!!

Last night at agility class, a vet, who is a fellow agility student was
telling us about a case she had this week. The dog ate a child's teddy bear
and was very sick. When she opened the dog up to remove what she thought was
an intestinal obstruction she found a huge gelatin type mess inside and the
dogs intestines were black and the tissue dead. The dog will die no surgery
can fix him up there was no living intestine left from stomach to colon.

This was not an obstruction. .... so she called the manufacturer of the
Teddy Bear on a quest to find out what the gel was and what killed the dog.
Turns out the stuffing in children's toys contains ingredients for flame
retardants and mite control! It is designed to become a gel. It is highly
toxic. Now you would think a child's toy would be safe because it is for
children, but they don't expect a child to eat the stuffing of the toys...
huummmm that seems a bit scary too. But we all know dogs demolish stuffed
toys.

So do not give or buy your dog any children's stuffed animals... some people
get them at goodwill etc. The vet will be posting a warning and story and I
will send any other facts as needed and as I learn more. Maybe some
children's toys do not have this ingredient, but better to be safe than
sorry. So meanwhile, make sure all your dog toys are for dogs. Please pass
this on... it is a horrible death she described and one that can be avoided.
Permission granted to cross-post

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL PET OWNERS!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on April 5, 2010 at 1:52pm

That's really scary. I have to wonder why or how those chemicals would react to acid in such a way that they form a gel though. Like, what about that could possibly be helpful as a flame retardant. :|

Also: frick, I don't want to give my kids anything that's been coated in chemicals. Especially stuff they sleep with. Like, wtf.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on April 5, 2010 at 7:34pm

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/stuffedtoys.asp

Partially true and partially not true.

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Permalink Reply by Geri & Sidney on April 5, 2010 at 7:46pm

Thank you for finding it! I figured snopes would have covered it. You have excellent search skills :)

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on April 5, 2010 at 8:09pm

HAHA! My students that attempt to copy and paste their writing pieces never give me such compliments! LOL!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on April 5, 2010 at 9:18pm

I only buy my grandchildren toys stuffed with organic cotton and other non toxic toys! I believe that many of the toys may have things like this there are tons of lead recalls on childrens toys all the time! Scary!!!!!!!