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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