Notice to all residents of German/Merion Villages:

You may know that I work part-time at the German Village Veterinary Hospital. I've worked there for almost 12 years and I live Merion Village. Needless to say, I personally know a good portion of the 4 legged residents on the south side of the city.

One of our clients at the Vet. hospital recently found 2 rather neatly constructed portions of meat in her back yard and because of the way it was wrapped (bone with hamburger and ham around it tied with a rubberband), decided to have it analyzed. She took it to the Dept. of Agriculture and later found out it had rat poison in it. Her dogs are on medication and are okay, but I wanted to bring this story to the attention of as many people as possible in the area. This client lives in the northeast corner of German Village.

According to petcaresuite101.com and dogsymptomscure.com, here are some signs of poisoning:

-fatigue or excitement

- drooling

-muscle tremors/incoordination

- depression

- anorexia

-distended abdomen

- difficulty breathing

- pale gums or bruising of the gums/inner ears that resemble spiderwebs

- vomiting or diarrhea

- bleeding

Here is a link to the story that 10TV did...

www.10tv.com/live/content/video/10tv.html?referralObject=ka:988794