tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22255560714220297082024-03-05T14:53:18.646-08:00Mushrooms911This is a blog to inform dog owners about mushroom toxicity. On August 17th 2010, I lost my sweet little Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, Donato, to a Death Cap Mushroom. I still have moments of disbelief and will forever ask the unanswerable question, "Why?"
Since that day, it has become Donato’s legacy and my mission to spread a warning about the danger of mushroom toxicity
Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-23961027028438652192021-01-09T10:47:00.016-08:002021-09-23T12:54:30.594-07:00<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;">SOME GOOD NEWS</b></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;">ABOUT DEATH CAP MUSHROOMS??</b></span></h2><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SC47lHeAhYps_S8uLiXwmTBwqxzRfUqcO8-VVQOOUYl6X9ewzzpbodw1RyeTHVm9txcIbIhnMCHLLkBbhXiXRfLseMpcYgAqXLZUyxLll2ubImln6OdsO3PwsjBa4zbrK0Y4m7Ny6J0/s879/Mushrooms.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SC47lHeAhYps_S8uLiXwmTBwqxzRfUqcO8-VVQOOUYl6X9ewzzpbodw1RyeTHVm9txcIbIhnMCHLLkBbhXiXRfLseMpcYgAqXLZUyxLll2ubImln6OdsO3PwsjBa4zbrK0Y4m7Ny6J0/s320/Mushrooms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><<<<<<<<<<<<< </span>UPDATE Jan, 25, 2021<span style="font-size: medium;"> >>>>>>>>>>>>></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>THERE IS AN EXPERIMENTAL </b></span><b style="font-family: georgia;">TREATMENT</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>The adapted Santa Cruz Protocol for dogs has been published into "The Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (JVECC)." </b></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Here is the link to the journal article, <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vec.13040">"Clinical recovery of 5 dogs from amatoxin mushroom, mousing using and adapted Santa Cruz protocol for people</a></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vec.13040">" </a></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Please share this information and link with your veterinarians...especially if your dog is suspected and/or diagnosed with mushroom toxicity from a Death Cap Mushroom. (read below in the blog for more information describing the treatment.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></b></div><div><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #333333;">Yes, you read that correctly. With the rainy season upon us, we must remain ever vigilant looking out for DeathCaps, but this year </span><b><span style="color: #333333;">we have a new tool in our arsenal to detect amatoxin! </span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>THE AMATOXtest</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I've been helping a group of people who are bringing to market a quick and easy way to test for amatoxin, the poison in Death Cap Mushrooms. Quoting from their press release, "</span><span style="text-align: start;">The <b>AMATOXtest</b> is revolutionary because it puts the ability to detect <span style="text-align: justify;">amatoxin</span> directly into the hands of clinicians, veterinarians, mycologists, and anyone who is wondering whether the mushroom in their yard is deadly."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: georgia; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #333333;">The <b>AMATOXtest</b> is </span><span style="color: #333333;">similar</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> to a pregnancy test and was developed by researchers at the USDA Agricultural Research Service</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOiMtodo0S-Zy4bmbogKf1zMqBnf8FKZuXhgqI8dkQfIvcK9KKczYpRjsPvegI9kP3yFIVm7Tzh3YLVXkDDaB9pwI1yeBAn-Qu2UXRamTQm20_Ge8wj9YnNDjhO5GrApwuiBCqFZuoyA/s1738/Screen+Shot+2020-12-28+at+5.31.19+PM+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1738" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOiMtodo0S-Zy4bmbogKf1zMqBnf8FKZuXhgqI8dkQfIvcK9KKczYpRjsPvegI9kP3yFIVm7Tzh3YLVXkDDaB9pwI1yeBAn-Qu2UXRamTQm20_Ge8wj9YnNDjhO5GrApwuiBCqFZuoyA/w473-h173/Screen+Shot+2020-12-28+at+5.31.19+PM+copy.jpg" width="473" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333;">What is it so fantastic? Because you can test a small bit of a
mushroom or urine from a puppy or human that is suspected of mushroom
toxicity and get a clear readout in a few minutes if there is any amatoxin present! Other tests
need to be sent out to a </span></span><span style="color: #333333;">laboratory
and require a lengthy wait for the results to come back. And as we all
know, time is of the essence when dealing with mushroom poisoning.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;">Here's the bottomline...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;">If you have mushrooms growing in your yard now you can break of a small piece and test it to see if it contains <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">amatoxin</span>.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia;">If you suspect your dog ate a Death Cap<span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> you and/or your vet can test his urine and know within minutes if it contains <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">amatoxin</span>. <i><b>This is huge!!</b></i></span></span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;">Check out the <b>AMATOXtest</b> website to learn more, read the journal reports and watch a video on how to do the test.</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;">www.amatoxtest.com</span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b>Let's all help get the word out!</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b>please tell your veterinarians about AMAToX</b></span></span><b style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: georgia;">test</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b>The faster we spread the word</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;"><b>The more dogs and people we can help</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOplBSrQ0a3maKYOwmmbDMPrUj1twsF5gJdR9_0MtC7oR1O5KpdVmo0mUyjtZRyBCNbk1e69Esktv-rEVzi3959mdzbuXKEzAnNfXEIfcluXUMyg_WUgEdr-XdvC33yfnjWxIFwfE1G4s/s1600/Mushroom+Warning+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1236" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOplBSrQ0a3maKYOwmmbDMPrUj1twsF5gJdR9_0MtC7oR1O5KpdVmo0mUyjtZRyBCNbk1e69Esktv-rEVzi3959mdzbuXKEzAnNfXEIfcluXUMyg_WUgEdr-XdvC33yfnjWxIFwfE1G4s/s400/Mushroom+Warning+2.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><h3 style="font-family: arialmt; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: normal;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;">A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF HOW A DEATH CAP KILLS</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: normal;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> poison contained in the mushroom enters the body through the mouth and is rapidly absorbed by the stomach and small intestine. A specialized transporter called OATP1B3 located on the surface of liver cells and intended for the recycling of bile salts pulls amatoxin out of the blood and into the liver where the poison shuts down cellular protein synthesis, leading to cell death. Once in the liver, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> is expelled into bile and concentrated in the gallbladder before being released back into the gut with the next meal. This recycled poison is once again absorbed by the intestine allowing the cycle to repeat. Circulating </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> is cleared by the kidneys and eliminated as long as urine output is maintained. If not, circulating </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> reaches the liver and continues to kill more cells. This cycle of repeated poisoning leads to acute liver failure and death within few days, even after a small ingestion. </span></div><h3 style="color: black; font-family: arialmt; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: normal;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;">Treatment</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">S. Todd Mitchell MD came up with a brilliant idea, referred to as the <i>Santa Cruz Protocol</i>. Basically flushing the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"> out so it cannot continue re-poisoning the liver. He provides enhanced IV hydration to prevent kidney injury and allow circulating </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"> to be eliminated in the urine. The patient is also given silibinin (an intravenous drug prepared from the common milk thistle) to bind the OATP1B3 transporter and prevent the liver from re-absorbing more of the poison. IV silibinin is readily available for human use in Europe but not in North America and nowhere for veterinary use. <br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">Mitchell collaborated with California veterinarians and successfully adapted the <i>Santa Cruz Protocol</i> to canine </span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;">amatoxin</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia;"> mushroom poisonings, including the enhanced IV hydration and substituting biliary drainage for the IV silibinin. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><<<<<<<<<<<<< </span>UPDATE Jan, 25, 2021<span style="font-size: medium;"> >>>>>>>>>>>>></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The protocol has just been published into veterinary literature in January, 2021. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">It describes "the clinical course, treatment and outcome of five dogs following ingestion of Amanita spp. mushrooms containing amatoxins using an adapted version of the Santa Cruz protocol." All dogs survived. </span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Here is the link to the study </b></span><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vec.13040">"Clinical recovery of 5 dogs from amatoxin mushroom, mousing using and adapted Santa Cruz protocol for people</a></span></b><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/vec.13040">" </a></b><b style="font-family: georgia;">with detailed information. Please share this information and link with your veterinarians...especially if your dog is suspected and/or diagnosed with mushroom toxicity from a Death Cap Mushroom. </b></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></b></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h3 style="font-family: arialmt; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""open sans" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: normal;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-transform: uppercase;">IF YOU SEE DEATH CAPS GROWING IN YOUR AREA</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><div><ul><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Pick them, bag them, splash them with bleach, and throw them out. Don't let your dog see you digging them up, for it will only peak their interest.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Go to "Death Cap Poster" in this blog's menu bar. Print out the poster and put them up where you've seen the mushrooms growing to warn others. Also take posters to your vets office and ask if they will post them at their front desk.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Call your local news stations and newspapers and ask them to do a story warning the public about DeathCaps and Mushroom Poisoning.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">Contact info@amatoxtest.com to help get the word out about flushes of deadly mushrooms across the country. They hope to become a center for </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: #444444; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">informa</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: georgia; text-align: left;">tion about these deadly mushrooms. Your contributions will help keep us all and our pups safe.</span></li></ul></div><h2 style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small;"></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0); color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"> </span></b><b style="font-size: 15px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">REMEMBER</span></b></span></b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 20px;"><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">If you suspect your dog or child has eaten a DeathCap Mushroom</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">the first 24 hours are critical...</span></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">it can be the difference between life and death.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><div><div style="line-height: 20px;"><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">IT IS MY HOPE</span></b></span></div><div><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>THAT LITTLE DONATO, BRUTUS, OTTO , COSBY, BELLA & TRUFFLES,</b></span></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">AND LITTLE DIXIE</span></b></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">WILL CARRY THIS MESSAGE </span></b></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">AROUND THE WORLD</span></b></div><div><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #cc0000;">AND KEEP ALL OF OUR PUPS AND DOGS SAFE</span></b></div><div style="color: #333333;"><b><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></h2></div></div>Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-80042813313179549322019-12-07T18:03:00.001-08:002019-12-07T18:03:36.858-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is California it's been raining. It's just a matter of time before we start seeing DeathCaps. North of us in Canada they are having major problems. Check out the links below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://www.abbynews.com/news/staff-close-woods-behind-delta-school-after-two-dogs-reportedly-died-from-poison/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amanitin enters the body through the mouth, is absorbed in the stomach and small intestine, and is transported directly to the liver, where it kills a bunch of cells. Some of it is flushed into the kidney, where it kills a bunch of cells and is pissed out of the body. Some is taken up into the gall bladder, where it gets dumped into the bile, which is released. That amanitin is again absorbed by the intestine, and goes through the same cycle. That's why it takes a few days for amanitin to kill the liver and kidney. It's the repeat exposure that kills.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Todd Mitchell came up with a brilliant idea: let's flush the poison out so it doesn't keep killing. He keeps people over-hydrated, so most of the amanitin is flushed out the kidneys, and gives them silibinin (or silymarin, the more crude extract of the milk thistle) that binds up the amanitin and keeps it from circulating. Unfortunately silymarin is not approved for use in the United States by the FDA. Todd MItchell heads a critical trial on the use of silibinin in the US which has become known as the Santa Cruz Protocol. Unfortunately this protocol is still a not available for dogs. Hopefully soon the FDA and the veterinary world will approve it for use.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #990000;">THAT LITTLE DONATO, BRUTUS, OTTO , COSBY, BELLA & TRUFFLES,</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On March 26, 2018 - In Wake County, North Carolin<span style="font-size: small;">a, Janna Joyner came home to find two of her dogs, Drago, a Saint Bernard and Adoni, a lab mix dead in her backyard. Blood tests showed Amatoxin in their system, the deadly poison of the Death Cap Mushrooms</span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: black;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And then on May 4, 2018 - In Santa Barbara, CA, Teslin Lemaster had to euthanize her chocolate lab, Cruz. He had gotten into some mushrooms on a walk in the Douglas Family Preserve Park. Unfortunately, they were Death Cap Mushrooms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Both Janna and Teslin now belong to a club no one wants to be member of...those who have lost a loved one to a Death Cap. Now, they too are trying educate other pet owners of this danger so it does not happen to anyone else. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amanitin enters the body through the mouth, is absorbed in the stomach and small intestine, and is transported directly to the liver, where it kills a bunch of cells. Some of it is flushed into the kidney, where it kills a bunch of cells and is pissed out of the body. Some is taken up into the gall bladder, where it gets dumped into the bile, which is released. That amanitin is again absorbed by the intestine, and goes through the same cycle. That's why it takes a few days for amanitin to kill the liver and kidney. It's the repeat exposure that kills.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dr. Todd Mitchell came up with a brilliant idea: let's flush the poison out so it doesn't keep killing. He keeps people over-hydrated, so most of the amanitin is flushed out the kidneys, and gives them silibinin (or silymarin, the more crude extract of the milk thistle) that binds up the amanitin and keeps it from circulating. Unfortunately silymarin is not approved for use in the United States by the FDA. Todd MItchell heads a critical trial on the use of silibinin in the US which has become known as the Santa Cruz Protocol. Unfortunately this protocol is still a not available for dogs. Hopefully soon the FDA and the veterinary world will approve it for use.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These Death Caps were found in Menlo Park, Ca in the woods by Alpine Road. I know people who picked five grocery bags of Death Caps today in Woodside California trying to make their property safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Please be careful if you go hiking in parks. Personally I would not let a dog run free right now. The Death Caps have a sweet scent that is attractive to our pups. After the mushrooms start to decay they smell like dead fish and are even more enticing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">THREE YEAR OLD BOY </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">DIES </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="color: #990000;">THAT LITTLE DONATO, BRUTUS, OTTO , COSBY, BELLA & TRUFFLES,</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">AND LITTLE DIXIE</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">WILL CARRY THIS MESSAGE </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It pains me to say, I just learned of Sweet Little Dixie, who lost her life to Mushroom Toxicity last October...and she lived in my very own neighborhood. My heart goes out to her owners who loved her dearly and are now part of a very sad club. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alerts also arrived for those up on Vancouver Island.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First spotted in Vancouver in 2008, the death cap is currently spreading throughout Vancouver and has been found on Vancouver Island and the Fraser Valley as well." My friends...please heed the warning!</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.cantechletter.com/2016/09/beware-death-cap-mushroom-warn-bc-authorities/">www.cantechletter.com/2016/09/beware-death-cap-mushroom-warn-bc-authorities/</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: start;">To top of the week... last night on a stroll thru Stanford Campus, but two feet from the sidewalk where everyone walks were three Death Caps. It's September...it's dry....and there they were. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: start;">It has been my mission to spread the word and though I keep trying there's more work to be done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Again, this is a great article about treatment to share with your vet.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://pacificvets.jbrmarketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pacifictide-2012-06.pdf" style="color: #cc6666; text-decoration: none;">http://pacificvets.jbrmarketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pacifictide-2012-06.pdf</a></span></div>
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One would think with the Dog Days of Summer upon us that we needn't worry about DeathCap Mushrooms...but it's just not the case. </h3>
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I just read this post from the Napa Valley Register. </h3>
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" CALISTOGA -- Wine Country Animal Lovers is notifying pet owners that in the last month, two dogs have been treated at the Calistoga Pet Clinic after ingesting the toxic and deadly death cap mushroom." </div>
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Please be careful out there. Though the temperature is up, remember people are still watering their lawns and gardens underneath oak trees....the favorite habitat for Death Caps. </div>
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It was on a hot summer day in mid-August that I lost my sweet boy Donato to a DeathCap mushroom growing in Carmel Valley. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://pacificvets.jbrmarketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pacifictide-2012-06.pdf">http://pacificvets.jbrmarketing.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pacifictide-2012-06.pdf</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">WILL CARRY THIS MESSAGE </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I just saw the post about Dwayne the Rock's pup, Brutus, who ate a toxic mushroom and has crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The story is all over Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and the News.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Read his story:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was so hard for John to do. He lost Otto but a week and a half ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A HUGE THANKS TO YOU JOHN!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pacificveterinaryspecialists.com/newsletters/Pacific-Tide-June-2012-Amanita-Mushrm.pdf">www.pacificveterinaryspecialists.com/newsletters/Pacific-Tide-June-2012-Amanita-Mushrm.pdf</a></span></div>
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Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-27763462564610671752014-07-02T07:32:00.000-07:002014-07-05T10:04:53.547-07:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was just about to go to class tonight when I got a very sad email about Otto, a 6 month old German Wire Haired Pointer. He lived in Nipomo, California which is in San Luis Obispo County. Otto loved to go to Avila Beach and to the Eagle Field Drags. But basically, Otto loved to go anywhere his owner went...and they went everywhere together. Otto was a happy, active, people loving puppy dog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart goes out to his owner. He rushed Otto to the vets not knowing what made him so sick, but the vet suspected it was mushroom poisoning. They tried to save him but Otto didn't make it. Afterwards, Otto's owner searched and found the mushrooms that killed him. It was a dried up DeathCap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been warning people since I lost Donato, telling everyone that in California, Death Caps are associated with Coast Live Oak trees, in Oregon with Chestnut or Filbert trees and on the East Coast with Pines. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many watch for mushroom during the rainy season...but we need to watch all year. If you have irrigated gardens or heavy fog, mushrooms can come up during the hot dog days of summer....and then there's the dried up mushrooms. Unfortunately, the amatoxins are still there and will still kill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please pass the word...tell your friends to be careful. Print out the flyer on this website and post it in local pet shops. Though we're in the middle of a drought...the mushrooms are still coming up. There have been too many dogs lost this last month. Please, protect our furry friends.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #990000;">THAT LITTLE DONATO, OTTO , COSBY, BELLA & TRUFFLES,</b></span></div>
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Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-22071985080605386272014-06-13T08:51:00.000-07:002014-08-11T12:22:19.814-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">It was approximately 3 weeks ago that Diane rushed her two Newfoundlands and two Shiba Inus to the vet. Unfortunately, intensive treatment was not started immediately.</span><br />
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Crosby, the mother was just a few months away from becoming a veteran and her daughter, Bella was but one point away from her Grand Championship. Bella was Diane's first bred by Champion....but more importantly they were family. I am so sad to say two beautiful Newfoundlands....a mother and daughter lost their fight. The Shiba Inus were gravely ill but survived. It is thought they must have eaten less of the mushrooms.<br />
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It is not known if it was a Death Cap or Death Angels, but the necropsy reports came back showing liver failure due to amatoxins. We all think its so dry...how can there be mushrooms now? But we need to remember, people are watering their lawns and gardens. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Death Caps can be found at all times of the year. Though they are most abundant during the fall and early winter rainy season, the can also appear through late spring and even during rainless summers in areas of coastal fog drip or in stands of irrigated oaks.<br />
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After losing Donato, I pledged to make his life help others... my goal has been to spread the word so others would not suffer.... to educate both pet owners and veterinarians. I'm saddened to say another has joined the cause. Now, Diane is also doing everything she can to warn others and figure a way to keep our loved ones safe in memory of her girls.<br />
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Our suggestion....patrol your yard even during these dry months. Pick, bag and throw out the mushrooms. AND...the next time you go to your vet, ask them if you came in with a dog who had just eaten a mushroom. What would they do? How aggressive would the treatment be? The most promising treatment for mushroom toxicity is intravenous Silibinin, a derivative of milk thistle. <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Silibinin dihydrogen given in injectable form has been shown to increase survival rates</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">in some human patients</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">, but is not</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">yet </b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">available in the US.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">The oral form of this compound, which is derived from milk thistle</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">, may have similar properties but is less bioavailable in patients that are</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">vomiting and dehydrated from systemic mushroom poisoning</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">. Still, therapy with silymarin</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">may provide the liver with the support needed to outlast the deathcap toxins.</b></span><br />
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Amazing as it seems both my Donato and Diane's dogs did not have aggressive treatment when we brought them to the vet. I went to a 24 hour emergency hospital. Diane went to an emergency/upper level hospital. One would think that both of these places would know the treatment for mushroom toxicity. When I brought Donato in, I even had the vulva cup of the DeathCap and showed it to the vet....and still they did not treatment aggressively. Would it have changed the outcome? I'll never know. But if I knew then, what I knew now I would have demanded the treatment or have gone to another hospital.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remember, I lost my sweet Donato on August 17th to a Death Cap Mushroom. Who would have thought mushrooms would grow in the heat of summer</span><span style="background-color: white;">? But they do. Please, be careful out there!</span></span></div>
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Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-72157346329855537632012-12-01T11:20:00.000-08:002012-12-01T18:03:25.479-08:00IT'S BEEN RAINING FOR DAYS...<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">AND NOW THE MUSHROOMS ARE GROWING!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just this morning I went out in my yard and found mushrooms, mushrooms and more mushrooms. After losing my dear Donato to a DeathCap Mushroom, I'm ever vigilant before I let my boy, Tesoro, out in the morning. Tesoro is now two...an age where I hear people say, "Oh my dog doesn't sniff at mushrooms. He's full grown. You just need to watch the puppies." </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NOT TRUE!!!</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In July in Alaska, a beautiful two year old Bernese Mountain Dog was lost to mushroom toxicity. His name was Romeo. His owners miss him more than words can say. They've given me permission to post his picture here, so he too can help spread the awareness. It's not just the puppies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>In the Bay Area</b>, many have probably heard of the four elderly people who have died at a nursing home when the chef picked wild mushrooms (Death Caps) and made a soup for the residents. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>In Northeast Ohio</b>, a state that wasn't on my map of where Death Caps grow....doctors have issued warning after toxic wild mushrooms were blamed for hospitalizing a dozen people. In one of the incident three people went to intensive care after a friend served them chicken cacciatore made with Death Cap mushrooms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I write this blog in hopes of raising awareness of keeping our pets and loved ones safe. It really does seem to be working. Recently I received this email about a dog named Chopper. "Your blog made it to me somehow and I cannot thank you enough! You may have possibly SAVED MY DOGS LIFE! These mushrooms have started to appear in my back yard...Because of reading this blog today I will make sure he NEVER goes outside before I check the yard as they appear overnight."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So please, comb your backyard every morning and keep an eye out when you walk your dog at the park. My mantra is to pick every mushroom. I'm not taking any chances. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Click on the above link...it's a news video/story from last Fall,</span><br />
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Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-37388424768826069612012-07-31T20:14:00.000-07:002012-07-31T20:15:45.854-07:00Dog on Long Island Nearly Dies After Eating MushroomA friend sent this to me....thankfully the pup is okay. But it's a warning for those on the east coast...especially on Long Island and New York State! Mushrooms are coming up!<br />
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<br />Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-75488861186722939212012-07-17T10:36:00.006-07:002012-07-17T10:48:19.829-07:00Dog poisoned by Death Cap Mushrooms SAVED by New Procedure<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">here just might be some hope if your dog eats a Death Cap Mushroom. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">There is a new procedure that provides instant draining of the toxins from the gallbladder. I suggest we should all get this information to our vets. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Please click on these two links below:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/16/new-procedure-saves-bay-area-dog-poisoned-by-mushrooms/" style="color: #1e66ae; line-height: 1.22em;">http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/07/16/new-procedure-saves-bay-area-dog-poisoned-by-mushrooms/</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21087718/berkeley-dog-poisoned-by-death-cap-mushrooms-saved" style="color: #1e66ae; line-height: 1.22em;">http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21087718/berkeley-dog-poisoned-by-death-cap-mushrooms-saved</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">We don't think mushrooms in the summer...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE NOW!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">I lost my sweet pup Donato on August 17th. And unfortunately, just recently I heard of two older dogs that ate mushrooms and died. It's not just the puppies.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">But at least now, if your pup eats a Death Cap...he has a chance to survive.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><br style="line-height: 1.22em;" /></span>Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-75265306495421076022012-03-09T12:47:00.002-08:002012-03-09T12:49:41.525-08:00Donato's Message Warning of DeathCaps was on the Evening News!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>Dear Friends,</i></span></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>This past week another dog in the area died of Mushroom Toxicity. Someone got in touch with our local news station and they decided to do a story on Death Cap Mushrooms and pets. The reporter called me yesterday afternoon to ask if I'd do an on camera interview. You know the answer ....of course I would do it. So Tesoro and I rushed over to the park to meet the news crew.</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>It wasn't easy being asked to remember those last moments of Donato's life...but that's part of the message....we don't want this to happen to others. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>The spot aired last night at both 10 and 11 and they even used it in the promo for the news.</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>Here's the link below. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>Donato's Legacy not only lives on but continues to grow. </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>Bless your heart...my little silver angel. You'll never be forgotten. You are a very important little dog. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i>Please continue to spread the warnings about DeathCaps and keep our fur kids safe. If you want to order quantities of Mushroom Alert Cards please contact me.</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Calligraphy';"><i><br />
</i></span></div>Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-10878981136377916262012-02-28T15:46:00.002-08:002012-02-28T15:50:11.443-08:00Protect our Pups!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3,000 Mushroom Alert Cards </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Donated to Bernese Mountain Dog National Specialty</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm so proud to say "The Friends of Donato" have made it possible to donate 3,000 Mushroom Alert Cards to the BMDCA National Specialty. Donato's message will be put in every Welcome Bag at the BMDCA National Specialty and packets of 10 cards will be available to breeders to give to their puppy people. We are asking if breeders could give a small donation so we can pay it forward and continue to print more cards. The cards are 3 x 4 inches and printed on high gloss card stock. The .jpg files for the card and also Donato's poster are also available on this website. (see the above tabs.)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, just this morning I got an email about another pup in Menlo Park, CA that died from mushroom toxicity. So our work is not done. I challenge other breed clubs to help spread the word. Please contact me if your organization or club would like to order a quantity of Mushroom Alert cards. We make no money on this...only pay it forward so we can continue to print more cards. (see Contact tab above.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Donato would have turned two years old last week. He would be a big boy now...and though he is only with us in spirit his message has spread the globe. My little silver gent, how he has grown and become a very important boy dog. </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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Darvin DeShazer, founder of and science advisor for the Sonoma County Mycologial Association is quoted, "... it is a total weed in Sonoma County. On a good days walk I can spot at least two or three thousand death caps. Thirty years ago I couldn't find one."<br />
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The article also brings to light other dangerous mushrooms and something I had never heard of....<i>scleroderma</i>....which look like little brown balls. Check out this link to see what they look like.<br />
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The New Year is almost upon us....here's hoping in 2012 more and more people become aware and help spread the word. Let's not lose any more pups to DeathCaps.Diana Gerbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12814999562698518886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2225556071422029708.post-41535103321388232232011-12-07T09:00:00.000-08:002011-12-07T12:48:45.851-08:00DeathCaps are Making the News in Northern CaliforniaIn the last week there have been several articles about Deathcaps.<br />
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</div><div><a href="http://sfbay.ca/2011/12/06/your-best-mushroom-could-be-your-last/">http://sfbay.ca/2011/12/06/your-best-mushroom-could-be-your-last/</a></div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/us/death-cap-mushrooms-growing-in-abundance-in-the-bay-area.html?_r=1&ref=sanfranciscobayarea">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/us/death-cap-mushrooms-growing-in-abundance-in-the-bay-area.html?_r=1&ref=sanfranciscobayarea</a></div><div><br />
</div><div><a href="http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/tis-season-toxic-mushrooms/">http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/tis-season-toxic-mushrooms/</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I truly wish I could wave a magic wand and make DeathCap Mushrooms disappear....or even better yet, I wish dog pee would kill them. But that's not the case.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My friend in Carmel Valley, CA has picked several bags of DeathCaps in the last week. ( I was at her house when I lost Donato. ) In the last two months we've had too many dogs die on the San Francisco Peninsula. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friends in Woodside and Menlo Park have found DeathCaps in their yards. I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> personally know of several dogs who died in Atherton due to mushroom toxicity. I've been talking at dog classes, posting fliers and now I'm starting a blog. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The California Health Department has issued an alert....and I was stunned to see the statistics from 2009 - 2010.</span><br />
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<div style="font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.independent.com/news/2011/nov/21/avoid-wild-mushrooms-state-public-health-director-/">http://www.independent.com/news/2011/nov/21/avoid-wild-mushrooms-state-public-health-director-/</a></span></span></span></div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>According to the California Poison Control System (<span class="caps" style="line-height: 1.22em;">CPCS</span>), 1,748 cases of mushroom ingestion were reported statewide in 2009-2010. </i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Two individuals died.</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ten individuals suffered a major health outcome, such as liver failure leading to coma and/or a liver transplant, or kidney failure requiring dialysis.</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>964 were children under six years of age. These incidents usually involved the child’s eating a small amount of a mushroom growing in yards or neighborhood parks.</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>948 individuals were treated at a health care facility.</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>19 were admitted to an intensive care unit.</i></span></li>
</ol><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So upon that...I made a small card to hand out. Friends are helping with the printing costs. In the next few days the card will be sent to the printers. And then Eureka....it seemed that I needed a way to update and send out alerts....so that's the story on starting this blog. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hug your dogs. Keep them safe. If you see mushrooms in your yard... the best thing is to pick them all, bag them and throw them out.</span><br />
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