A Washington Heights dog owner, who had to put his puppy down, suspects rat poison is to blame — and is now warning others.
Ralph Edwards was over the moon last summer when he brought Cali, an adorable 3-month-old Rottweiler puppy, back to his Washington Heights home. She quickly became a beloved member of the family.She wasn’t eating, was acting lethargic and even “looked very sad,” Edwards, a 42-year-old building superintendent told The Post. He took Cali to the vet, where she was put on antibiotics and underwent several tests.
“The only other thing that could have run through her so rapidly was poison they told me,” Edwards said. “She was a puppy, we didn’t really bring her anywhere or go out of town or anything like that. Just neighborhood walks and that was about it. I just put all the pieces together.” “It basically gives you an overdose of vitamin D, which then ultimately can lead to high calcium and kidney failure,” Zollo told The Post.
“It was a very sad thing that happened [to Cali],” he said. “Now it’s about raising awareness and this is a neighborhoods where dog owners are looking out for each other.”
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