There is a consumer warning for pet owners about a sugar substitute called Xylitol that is harmless for humans but can be fatal to dogs.
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Also known as birch sugar, it's a sugar substitute gaining in popularity in products that are marketed as sugar-free. It's in gum, mints, some peanut butter, and ice cream. "What happens with animals is that they metabolize things a lot differently than people do," said Dr. Taylor McConnell, with Westwood Regional Veterinary Hospital."It can happen super quick, so pets become hypoglycemic...They'll sometimes collapse, and they can even have seizures."
That's what happened to Cody, Nina Pineda's brother's 7-year-old husky mix, which died last month after eating Ice Breaker's Ice Cubes gum. Despite thousands of dollars spent on emergency plasma treatment, Cody's liver shut down.
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