Heartache as poisoned dogs die
A DISTRAUGHT woman has told of her heartache after her beloved pets were poisoned in their own garden and had to be put down.
Carol-Ann Carson, 38, and her family have been left shattered following the death of Duke, aged two, and one-year-old Daisy within 12 hours.
The playful pups ingested the poison in the family’s communal back garden.
And despite vets battling to save the pair, they both had to be put to sleep in Carol-Ann’s arms.
Carol-Ann, from Clydebank, said: “They were wee characters. My son’s like a wee lost soul, they were such a big part of his life.
“The house is so empty, it’s left a big hole in the whole family. It’s hard, it’s so hard.”
Vets have st ated the young dogs’ deaths are down to poisoning by slug pellets and Carol-Ann is on a mission to find out what could have been done to prevent the tragedy.
Carol-Ann had returned home from work around 10.30pm on July 15, just a few hours after her fiance had taken the dogs out to the garden.
When she arrived home Duke – a Jack Russel and Lakeland Terrier cross – was shaking.
But things took a turn for the worst when the dog began to violently convulse.
The couple rushed their beloved dog to the emergency vets but by the time they arrived Jack Russel and Westie cross Daisy had also began to experience convulsions.
Carol-Ann said: “They took them away for what felt like forever. Because Daisy was so small she wouldn’t survive, so we had to let her go.
“We held Duke as he went to sleep.”