Dog poison in Peckham Rye park

[kingkenny]

Some fellow dog walkers warned me this morning. Dogs falling gravely ill having been off lead. Word is the poison's been laid in the areas clearly marked "DOGS ON SHORT LEAD". Beware.

[Earl Aelfheah]

'the word is'

[robbin]

What sort of dog have you got KK?

[Mustard]

Any more info on this? What kind of poison? How many dogs? When did this happen? Have police been informed?

[DuncanW]

I would inform the police immediately, that's a serious criminal matter

[first mate]

This needs to be reported to park authorities and police. Local vets should be warned and if any truth in the matter the type of poison located and identified asap. How awful.

[Sue]

Could it be rat poison which dogs have eaten? There are rat traps with poison round the lake, if memory serves. Though of course dogs should not be able to get at them.

Or does somebody have specific information that poison for dogs has been laid in a specific area, in which case surely that information (and how they came by it) should be passed on to the police etc ASAP??

[first mate]

Part of me wonders if this is a windup, designed to make dog owners worried about going to the park? I am hoping the OP comes back on to clarify.

[The Minkey]

Not like it's the OP's first post on this forum. Possibly rat poison seeing as there's a lot of chicks around at the moment. Perhaps those signs are in place to prevent such incidents not just to protect the wildlife and plantings. Shame so many people don't seem to give a toss. Really sorry for the dog that's been poisoned, hope it's not a malicious poisoner.

[robbin]

Seemed to me like it is a wind up designed to scare.

I thought the OP's choice of the word "clearly" in the sentence "Word is the poison's been laid in the areas clearly marked "DOGS ON SHORT LEAD"". Beware." was a bit of a give away.

Why would you use that word, unless you are raging against dog owners who you perceive to be ignoring the "clearly" marked signs?

No doubt if this is genuine we will eventually hear something from the OP - it's a bit surprising there's been nothing yet, though.

[Mustard]

robbin Wrote:

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> What sort of dog have you got KK?

what does this have to do with it?

[bornagain]

I don't know about your dog but mine is constantly sniffing and ingesting all sorts of dodgy things (including possible poison if it's been laid) even when she is on her lead.

The crucial piece if info that is missing is where the alleged poison has been laid. If it within reach of the path or other open area then dogs (and also children) will be at risk whether they are on a lead or not.

[robbin]

Mustard Wrote:

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> robbin Wrote:

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> > What sort of dog have you got KK?

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> what does this have to do with it?

It was an expression of my scepticism about the OP's post - see my post immediately above yours.

I note there was no response from OP to that, or to any of the perfectly reasonable questions from concerned dog owners wanting to know details.

[robbin]

But I may be wrong. That's why it would be good for the OP to provide more detail.

[Earl Aelfheah]

I'm dubious. Anyone else actually witnessed any of this?

[Take Note]

None of the professional dog-walkers, who use the park regularly to walk groups of dogs, have mentioned anything. I thought the same as robbin about the OP's use of the word "clearly".

[first mate]

Yes, me too. Think it may be a pointed wind up.

[taper]

My dog was seriously ill last night having walked her on Peckham Rye (convulsions, very high temperature). I was forced to take her to her to an emergency vet's surgery last night for treatment and she's still under medical care.

She is on the the mend very gradually. But I'm keen to try to trace what might have happened to assist her treatment. Best guess from the vet is she ingested something. Slug pellets look like the favourite. But neither I nor the pub garden we were in afterwards use them.

Has anyone experienced anything similar after walking their dog on the Rye? Not saying she did pick up something there, but it is a possibility.

[nununoolio]

Neither slug pellets nor any other pest control poisons would be accessible to your dog at Peckham Rye Park and Common unless she managed to squeeze into a rat bait box!

[Saffron]

How certain was the vet that it was poisoning, and not an infection? For example, poisons often (not always) cause excessive salivating and gastro-intestinal symptoms. Is the vet able to run a tox screen? I hope your dog is going to be ok. xx

[J27]

I've heard from a fellow dog owner that his dog was unwell (twice), after going into the stream near the park entrance (next to the Rye). There is a part of the stream there where the water is stagnant.

Other parts of the stream are fast moving, and our dogs play there quite safely, but it's possible that the stagnant part may have had something dodgy lurking...

It may not apply to taper's dog - hope she's doing ok btw - but I thought I'd mention it...

[taper]

Thanks all. Dog is stable, but still very ill. We've now got her in with a specialist neurologist. Not sure she has been poisoned anyway. Just trying to illuminate possible causes. Vets had thought it was slug pellets. Now less sure.

She had drunk from the fast flowing stream at the nunhead end of the park. But I don't think that will have been the cause.

[dimples]

My dog drinks from the fast flowing bit nunhead side by mini gym and never a problem there .

The pool but the oval is just disgustingly green I wouldn't let my dog in there !

Hope your dog gets better soon x

[Peckham Rye LPT]

Peckham Rye policing team aware will proactively police the area.

[Saffron]

Is that confirmation of poison having been found, or just recognition of increased awareness of the possibility?