my son sprays insecticide on our puppy
By chylle1006
@chylle1006 (8)
Philippines
March 16, 2009 10:52am CST
i have a six year old son who is naughty at times.One day i discovered that he sprayed our household insecticide to our puppy.I just discovered this because i saw a vomitus in our floor then i asked him about it ,my son told me that he sprayed an insecticide to our puppy.I rushed to checked on her and also found out that her eyes were shut ,got affected by the chemical spray,i immediately brought our puppy to the bathroom and washed her several times especially her eyes .After several baths i brought her immediately to our vet.thank god our puppy is safe .but her eyes still shut.the vet said it would return to normal in a few hours to days.thanks to my quick thinking.
5 responses
@psspurgeon1 (1109)
• United States
16 Mar 09
There is absolutely no way that a six year old should have access to an insecticide. Especially knowing he's prone to being mischevious. That is something that is potentially fatal to human beings and animals. It should be locked in an outside storage facility or locked in a container way out of reach.
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@chylle1006 (8)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
yup thats exactly true .and have learned from it.hope this wont happen again even to anyone.thank god they're both safe.
@okkidokitokki (1736)
• United States
16 Mar 09
The big question I have from your post is:
WHY CAN YOUR SON REACH THE POISONS IN YOUR HOUSE????
I understand your concern for your pet, I would have done the same thing, but so you realize that what will hurt your dog could also potentially KILL your child?
Please, Please, Please move this stuff so your child cannot get to it (even if it means buying a padlock). you may not be so fortunate next time.
@chylle1006 (8)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
i know that dangerous products should be kept out of reach of children ,but there are some situation we cannot avoid ,i admit i had a negligence there and learned myb lesson well.i hope others will learn from this too.
@Galena (9110)
•
16 Mar 09
poor thing.
six years is far too young to be left unsupervised with an animal, though. one or the other can easily come to harm.
I hope he was made to understand how cruel his actions were, and how much he's caused the puppy to suffer. even that he could have killed her.
@chylle1006 (8)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
i explained to him how bad he has done and made him understand that he mus'nt do such things .and aslo explained to him the danger it could cause also to himself.
@trillan_20 (183)
• Canada
16 Mar 09
#1, these people are right when they say your son should not even have access to poisons, and #2, at 6 years old your son knows better than to be doing this kind of stuff to animals. I would beat my sons butt if he ever hurt one of our dogs like that. Kids do bad things at times, but that is ridiculous.
@chylle1006 (8)
• Philippines
17 Mar 09
yeh i know that insecticides should be out of reach but sometimes you cant avoid things like this to happen .due to his curuiosity my son had done that but now promises to avoid doing those sorts of things. and i learned a lot through this.
@ButterflyBear (39)
• United States
18 Mar 09
First of all, why does a six year old even have access to insecticide? Just to give you a heads up on this one, that is considered child abuse in this day and age. Second of all, do you realize what kind of damage it could do to your six year old son should he ingest the insecticide? In this day and age, an incident such as this is considered animal abuse. I would strongly suggest that you make sure all dangerous and poisonous items be high up and completely out of reach of your six year old.
I am happy though to hear that your quick thinking saved this puppy. Remember though, the only way this puppy is really safe is if you do what should be done to make sure your six year old son has absolutely no access to items such as this. You sound like a responsible pet owner though and I am sure you have already done what needs to be done to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.
