Hi Bill,   
      
   >> As for: Anyone ever run into this kind of thing with an older dog?   
      
   >> My MIL had two poodles (I called them Big Dog Bait) that got a special   
   >> diet of boiled chicken and rice (veggies too, if she had them). She was   
   >> the worst cook I've ever known (not Italian), but the dogs seemed to do   
   >> well on that.  As I recall, Ciello (the mother) went to the vet one day   
   >> for teeth cleaning and never woke up from the anesthetic. Mz Fracaroli   
   >> was devastated by that and met me at the door of our house when I was   
   >> off to the shop. Seemed to me that the loss of a dog was worse than the   
   >> loss of her husband. Dunno what Nancy did to help her get over her   
   >> grief, but all seemed well when I returned home. Don't remember what   
   >> happened to the daughter of Ciello, but she wasn't much of a dog to   
   >> begin with, IMO.   
      
      
      
   >The vet probably used Acepromazine for anesthesia.... it's deadly for Boxers..   
   > and I'm sure it's quite harmful to other breeds as well.   
      
   Wow.. didn't know that there were some that would affect a breed (or any dog)   
   like that.  That's scarey.   
      
   Take care,   
   Janis   
      
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