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There is something that could be on your farm that has the power to kill. You may not even remember that you own it. You may not realize how dangerous it is.
We didn’t realize when we purchased it 4 years ago and then forgot about it.
Until our puppy found it. Listen to hear this warning tale.
In this episode, we discussed
Jack Biddle and 3 Cedars Retrievers
Bromathalin – WARNING if pet ingests this, make the pet vomit IMMEDIATELY, multiple times. Then rush to the vet for activated charcoal treatment. DO NOT treat with Vitamin K, it is not an anticoagulant
All About Boone
We miss you #forboone…this was such a moving podcast, dad and I listened to it together, very powerful, and so moving. Lotsa love m&d
Wow, very moving. Sorry to hear about your loss. Was extremly glad we don’t have any poisons at our place.
Thanks Terry, keep it that way…
Wow! That was an amazing tribute to Boone. I am WAY too old to be crying like I did while listening. Thank you so very much for not only taking the time to put such a wonderful podcast, photos, and videos together, but to share it with us so openly.
Thanks Toni, it was tough, but needed to be shared.
Just found your podcast yesterday and listened to this episode today. It had both my wife and I in tears on our drive. It sucks so much that this happened and I’m very sorry for your family’s loss.
Thanks Talbott, the support from our audience has been incredible.
This episode was so heartbreaking and so powerful. I’m still sobbing for your loss. :'( We’ve lost many precious companion animals over the years and I really appreciate you recording this even though it was so heartbreaking to listen to and must have been so painful for you to record. What a treasure of a companion! And of course I am beyond thrilled for your yet again “one more.” Sincere condolences from Breezy Pines Homestead. <3
Thanks Breezy Pines,
The hardest part about homesteading is no doubt dealing with the unexpected loss of animals. This one was especially tough, thanks for your support!
Thank you for sharing about Boone. I haven’t cried in years, but I just did.
Chris,
I hear ya. I cried every time I listened to it. 🙁
I just listened to this deeply moving episode and I wanted you to know that as soon as it was over I went out to our barn and got the rat poison we had in our tack room and threw it away. Even though I’d taken precautions to make sure that room couldn’t be accessed by any farm animal, I realized it wasn’t worth the risk. I’ll find a different way to keep mice out of there. Thanks for this episode (and the great podcast). I’m deeply sorry for your loss. RIP Boone. #forboone
Bill, thanks so much for that. Every time someone tells me that they were moved to get poison off their farm, it makes me feel as if Boone has helped protect one more animal from going through what he did. It means a lot. Thanks so much.
Aww, Austin, I just finished this one. Matter of fact, I had started it before I commented here, then finished it this morning. I have to say that I was bawling at the end, and I went to look on our garage garden shelf to make sure we didn’t have any rat poisoning on it or any of the others. We don’t. I should have known, because my husband is always (what I always thought was too) cautious about things like that. Who knew that putting a poison like that on a high shelf could be an issue? I’m so sorry it was for you and Kendra, and especially for Boone. We have a special girl that we got last year in September, and she eats EVERYTHING, so I wouldn’t put it past her to eat poison for sure. I can’t tell you how often I have watched her bowel movements, her mannerisms, moods, etc. to make sure she is ok. I can only imagine that I would feel the same way that you and Kendra did when you lost Boone, and Bella isn’t even my dog (she was my husband’s birthday gift last year). Still, she is my partner in all I do here, and like Boone was with you, she is with me—my sidekick on my daily morning and evening chores. Again, I am so very sorry for your loss, and so overjoyed to know of Kendra’s answer to your question of “just one more?” Bless you guys and your new pup from Mas and Babe. What awesome fortune that Jack was also doing “just one more”.
Thanks Kristi, Were so excited, our little pup is going to be here in just a few weeks. We miss Boone a ton, I still talk about him a lot, but I’m excited to get his lil bro or sis soon.
I just happened upon your site and I’m glad I did. This is the first podcast of yours that I listened to and really wish I would have saved it for when I got home, I had to actually pull over, I was moved that much by it. Thank you for sharing this, and thank you Boone, his story may have saved more lives than you will ever realize.
Dave, I hope so. Every dog he may have saved makes it a little better for us.
I recently found your podcast and I’ve been binge listening to your podcast over the last week. I really like it. Thank you for sharing this heartbreaking story. I know what it’s like to lose a dog to an accident. Year and a half ago I lost my dog, Riley, to an auto accident. He’d escaped the fenced in back yard of my in-laws and I watched in horror as he was run over by car. Though I rushed him to a nearby 24 hour vet, there was nothing they could for his broken back and I had to make the agonizing decision to put him down. He was just shy of his fourth birthday. I’ll never get the image the accident out of my head.
I pray the new puppy will help you and your family heal, but I know there will always be a hole in your heart that can never be fixed.
Adam, Its weird. We were just talking yesterday about him and how I still miss him. Sorry about your loss, Its an awful thing to go through. Thanks for your kind words.
Thanks for letting your heart shine through, tears and all, and for sharing Boone’s story. The joy of getting any new animal is always tinged a tiny bit by knowing that we will most probably outlive them. I’m so glad another puppy became a part of your family. Just know that we were thinking about putting out poison (mice droppings in the silverware, no thanks!!) Traps haven’t worked at all. But I think this will just confirm our need to get a kitty instead :). #Boone RIP
Lori,
Thanks for your kind words, and for letting Boones story guide you away from Poisons. It means so much to us to see how his story has influenced others to make their homesteads a safer place!
I am so sorry for your loss.
I am a vet student and treated my first rat poison case two weeks ago. It is habit to jump to vit K since many of the rodenticides on the market are anticoagulants, although habit doesn’t always make it the right thing to do. You and your wife did exactly the right thing for Boone, and you really did do everything in your power in help him. Although your story is incredibly painful and tragic, I will keep Boone in mind when treating patients in the future for rat poisonings and promise to always check the labelled ingredients of the poison.
As a quick (and not terribly important) aside- I couldn’t tell from your podcast but IV is in the vein which generally involves placing a catheter. Most of the time when we send fluids home with clients it goes under the skin (called SQ or sub-cutaneous), although your vet may have sent you home with IV fluids.
I wish you luck with your next dog if you do end up getting one from the next litter!
K,
I’m thrilled to see how far reaching Boone’s influence will go, knowing Vets in the future will be thinking of him! 🙂 Thanks for listening, and your spot on about what our Vet sent us home with, It was under skin, not in a Vein.
Just listened to this episode. We are approaching the anniversary of our Sydney’s death. After several years of countless tests, auto-immunity, rubber gloves, Eastern medical supplements and specialized diets she died in my arms. It was not a calm passing at the vet’s but sudden heart failure at after rising from her bed and collapsing. It is so hard and I can completely relate. We are moving to a farm soon and will have larger dogs and other animals… and barn cats! Thank you for sharing this, and all the best.
So sorry for Sydney! look forward to you getting on your farm and getting some new (bigger too!) pups!