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Ythan
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Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana
#19402777 - 01/11/14 08:37 AM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana abqjournal.com
Arlene Saiz wants her dog back.
The Albuquerque woman signed a form surrendering Maddie, her 1-year-old Labrador retriever, after tests performed at a veterinary clinic this week showed that the dog had consumed both cocaine and marijuana.
Saiz now says she regrets surrendering the dog and contends that she felt coerced into signing the city Animal Welfare Department form, because she could not afford the veterinary costs of at least $2,000 for the dog’s treatment.
City officials said police found no evidence to file criminal charges against Saiz, who said she doesn’t know how the animal consumed the drugs.
“I just want my dog back,” said Saiz, who drove Maddie to the veterinary clinic about 6 p.m. Tuesday after the dog showed symptoms of illness – twitching, shaking and difficulty with balance. Saiz said her 11-year-old daughter is devastated by the loss of her dog.
“I don’t have an answer for how my dog got cocaine,” Saiz said. Someone could have poisoned Maddie during the five hours she remained in the back yard of Saiz’s home on Tuesday.
“I’m assuming that either somebody threw it in my back yard, or she ate something,” she said. Saiz told a veterinarian she had seen Maddie eating something beside a Dumpster earlier that afternoon.
A toxicologist suspected that Maddie had ingested marijuana laced with cocaine, according to a report written by a veterinarian at VCA Animal Hospital, where the dog was treated Tuesday.
Maddie appeared to be heading for full recovery Thursday in the care of a nonprofit rescue group, said Desiree Cawley, a spokeswoman for the Animal Welfare Department. An adoptive home will be found for the dog after she recovers, she said.
Saiz is barred from retaking possession of the dog because she signed a waiver surrendering ownership, Cawley said. City law also prohibits Saiz from adopting an animal from a city shelter for one year, she said.
The dog was not licensed, Cawley said. Saiz said she didn’t realize she needed a license.
Saiz first noticed symptoms of illness when she took Maddie for a walk Tuesday afternoon.
“She was real fatigued,” Saiz said. “She wasn’t really wanting to walk.” Later, the dog began shaking and had trouble holding her head up.
After Saiz drove the dog to VCA Animal Hospital, a veterinarian observed that the dog was twitching and shaking and had poor balance, according to VCA’s report provided to the city.
The dog showed marked improvement by 3 a.m. Wednesday, the report said.
A test of the dog’s urine showed “strong positive cocaine” and the presence of THC, the active element of marijuana, the report said. The clinic contacted Albuquerque police, which dispatched two officers.
Saiz was unable to pay for the dog’s treatment, according to the clinic’s report, but demanded to take Maddie home.
Clinic officials wrote that allowing Saiz to take the dog home would amount to animal cruelty. She then surrendered the dog to VCA for treatment, the report said. The city took custody of the dog on Wednesday.
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Ythan]
#19402857 - 01/11/14 09:08 AM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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Yeah I'm sure someone tossed a bag of cocaine in her yard
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Pureless] 3
#19402906 - 01/11/14 09:24 AM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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 Wow. Such Coke. Very Marijuana.
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: ShroomDoom]
#19403397 - 01/11/14 11:34 AM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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I really hope that lady had nothing to do with her dog getting doped out. And if she didnt, I really really hope she gets it back.. Maybe she could have somebody she knows try to adopt it so she could get it back. How sad would that be to lose your dog to somebody else because it ate something on the street or was poisoned by somebody. But if it was her fault than by any means put that dog in somebody elses hands. But I guess there is no way to prove it.
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Ythan] 1
#19403534 - 01/11/14 12:10 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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Ythan said: A toxicologist suspected that Maddie had ingested marijuana laced with cocaine, according to a report written by a veterinarian at VCA Animal Hospital, where the dog was treated Tuesday.
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Ythan]
#19403655 - 01/11/14 12:37 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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She did not realize she was being blackmailed because she didn't have the money to pay the bill.
Dog prolly licked something up by the dumpster like an unfinished pot brownie like she said. Otherwise they would have been all over her.
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Pureless]
#19403706 - 01/11/14 12:48 PM (10 years, 20 days ago) |
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Pureless said: Yeah I'm sure someone tossed a bag of cocaine in her yard 
I've found a ball of coke in my driveway before, probably just dropped from someone who was at my place earlier. It's possible
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Eminence]
#19404147 - 01/11/14 02:33 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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I'd say it's still the most unlickely scenario, yet true it is possible
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blackwidow187
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: Pureless]
#19405013 - 01/11/14 06:01 PM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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If the dog got into her stash, she would have known the dog was just high and probably not taken it to the vet. I think she's telling the truth.
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: blackwidow187]
#19407413 - 01/12/14 08:59 AM (10 years, 19 days ago) |
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blackwidow187 said: If the dog got into her stash, she would have known the dog was just high and probably not taken it to the vet. I think she's telling the truth.
there have been idiots who have done this type of shit before...
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Re: Dog tests positive for cocaine and marijuana [Re: numnum59]
#19408913 - 01/12/14 03:48 PM (10 years, 18 days ago) |
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I think there's an underground system of doggie drug dealers; those dogs you see in the alley. They're the dopers. I need to start a forum in the conspiracy thread. This is important.
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