Playful Puppy Nearly Dies After Ingesting Cigarette
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizona dust storms can be dangerous, but one recent gust carried something deadly into Corinna Lopez's backyard – a half-smoked cigarette and butt. Yes, we know cigarettes can be deadly to humans, but in this case the victim was canine. After her four-pound Shih Tzu puppy named Gizmo ingested part of the cigarette, he lost full control of his body movements, vomited and had a seizure.
- After her four-pound Shih Tzu puppy named Gizmo ingested part of the cigarette, he lost full control of his body movements, vomited and had a seizure.
- "One of the neighbors' discarded cigarettes must have blown into the back yard during a recent dust storm," Lopez said.
- "We were training Gizmo to go outside to pee, but when I went to bring him in, I noticed a cigarette butt stuck to his fur.
- We had no idea that a cigarette butt could be so dangerous to pets."