Serious danger - snowglobes!

[Twisterdog]

If any of you have those snow globes .... a glass dome filled with water and sparkles .... beware! It's really not water in them, but a type of anti-freeze.

If the snowglobe falls and breaks, and your dog licks up the antifreeze, it can kill him!

I just read a letter in the latest Dog Fancy magazine about this. A woman's dog died after licking up the "water" out of a broken snowglobe ... AFTER she dried most of it up with a towel

It says a TEASPOON of anti-freeze can kill a FIFTY pound dog!

[lovemyshiba]

Thank you for posting this.
I too had read the article, and had been meaning to post it, but have been incredibly busy.
I would never have know this without reading the article--I have a couple of snow globes I put out at Christmas time, but that's it.

[Sudilar]

Thank you for posting that very important information. I had no idea!

[Cincy'sMom]

Thank you for posting this. I have several music box snowglobes and I never would have guessed.

[anna_66]

Thanks so much for posting this, I had no idea.

[K9soul]

I have to echo that I had no idea. Thanks for posting this! I don't have any snow globes but at least now if I ever got one or received one as a gift, I will know this. :)

[trayi52]

I'm glad I don't have any of these around, but I will sure pass this on to my daughter. I know if anything happened to her little dog, I think the whole family would go into such a deep dark depression. They think of their little one as one of the family.

I will also pass this on to my mother. Thanks for posting this, because I had no idea! I thought it was only water in those snow globes.

Willie

[micki76]

I have several musical Christmas snowglobes, and though I never thought about them containing anything other than water, it makes sense.

Thanks for the info.

[ramanth]

Oh my goodness! I had no idea. Thank you for posting this. How sad for that woman. :(

[primabella]

Thanks for posting this. :eek: We only have about, 3, at the most snow globes but at least now I know I need to be more careful around them. Thanks Twisterdog.