Dog owners BEWARE!!

[Lankyrob]

I have just read this on Facebook and thought it was just a silly hoax but searching online it seems its true!

ROAD GRITTERS ARE SOAKING THEIR SALT/GRIT MIX IN ANTIFREEZE


Soif you walk your dog on gritted roads/paths PLEASE washtheir feet offso that they dont lick the antifreeze of their feet and poison themselves!!M

[marvelfreak]

Man there are some sick SOB out there.

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

Man there are some sick SOB out there.

I guess it works for their purpose of clearing snow and ice but they havent thought further down the line.

Imagine coming off a bike and getting gravel rash with antifreeze mixed in apart from the poor animals both sild and domesticated that will be affected

[Gungirl]

Some places use a different type of anti freeze that is not as harmful as regular car anti freeze. Not to say it is good but it won't really do much harm. They don't use anything like that in my state though.... not yet anyways.

[BarelyBreathing]

It's illegal to do that here, but still, in winter anti-freeze is EVERYWHERE! The dangerous part is that because its smell mimics natural sources of food, dogs are attracted to it.

[jarich]

Almost. The main ingredient in antifreeze is ethylene glycol, essentially an odourless, sugary alcohol. So dogs go for it because of the same reason kids do, it tastes sweet.

[TeaNinja]

Originally Posted by jarich

Almost. The main ingredient in antifreeze is ethylene glycol, essentially an odourless, sugary alcohol. So dogs go for it because of the same reason kids do, it tastes sweet.

that's what i was going to say lol, it's sweet. one of my friends cats years ago found some anti freeze at a neighbors or something and drank some and died. sad.

[BarelyBreathing]

Not true. Antifreeze smells sweet. It's been said that it smells similar to the pheramones that bees give off which makes the animal think that it's natural honey, though I can't find a link. I heard that information on, of all things, Monster Quest.

Antifreeze Poisoning in Dogs | Pet Emergency Care - Pet360 Pet Parenting Simplified

Antifreeze is a Sweet But Deadly Poison for Pets : The Humane Society of the United States

[jarich]

It's a common misconception that since it tastes sweet it must also smell sweet; funny that the HS got it wrong. Ethylene glycol is absolutely odorless though.

Ethylene Glycol | Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Web site | US EPA

[BarelyBreathing]

ANTIFREEZE as a whole is not odorless. I just smelled the stuff in my garage. I can definitely smell it, though it isn't strong.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

ANTIFREEZE as a whole is not odorless. I just smelled the stuff in my garage. I can definitely smell it, though it isn't strong.

Ethylene glycol which is what tastes sweet is odorless.

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Corey209

Ethylene glycol which is what tastes sweet is odorless.

Dogs can smell carbon monoxide- and "odorless" gas.
Dogs can smell cancer cells.
Dogs can smell a single flake of cocaine in a suitcase.
Dogs can smell neurological changes in the brain.
Dogs can smell a trail a week old across different terrain from a lost human.


So talk to me again about dogs not being able to smell something because it is odorless. That's funny.

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

ANTIFREEZE as a whole is not odorless. I just smelled the stuff in my garage. I can definitely smell it, though it isn't strong.

This may be wrong but i asked a mechanic friend and he said they add a smell to antifreeze as a "warning" for humans so that "idiots" dont drink it.

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

This may be wrong but i asked a mechanic friend and he said they add a smell to antifreeze as a "warning" for humans so that "idiots" dont drink it.

I don't know whether that's funny or sad....