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I love My Girl, but if left to her own devices I\u2019m pretty sure she would eat herself into oblivion. The kid acts like she\u2019s never had a complete meal in her life. Meanwhile I\u2019m ready to blow a gasket with each person who asks if she\u2019s expecting, after they get a glimpse of her paunch. Don\u2019t people know you\u2019re never supposed to ask a lady if she\u2019s pregnant?!! (Did I mention My Girl is a chihuahua-dachshund rescue and not a human child?) Anyway, I\u2019ve been focused so much on her eating food ad nauseam that I hadn\u2019t stopped to consider the dangers of what the food may be in. Turns out I\u2019m not alone. Bonnie Harlan founded the nonprofit Prevent Pet Suffocation after her four-year-old pup, Blue, suffocated in a Frito Lay Cheetos chip bag. Harlan had never thought of chip or food bags as hazardous, but since losing Blue twelve years ago she\u2019s been on a mission to raise awareness. Fox 8 recently spoke to Harlan and others about spreading the word on pet suffocation:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWatching movies, fell asleep, left the chips there and woke up and there\u2019s Kita laying on the floor,\u201d said Kameron Cordes, whose puppy died this past year.<\/p>\n

Kita had suffocated on the chip bag.<\/p>\n

It sounds like a freak accident but is far more common than people realize, says Bonnie Harlan, who founded the non-profit \u201cPrevent Pet Suffocation\u201d after her own dog Blue died on a chip bag, after getting into the trash while she was running errands.<\/p>\n

\u201cPet Suffocation is actually very common, the problem is most people have never heard about it until it happens to them,\u201d said Harlan.<\/p>\n

Bonnie shared her story with Fox 8 News and says thousands of other heartbroken pet owners have shared their ordeals with her on a Facebook page.<\/p>\n

\u201cI typically hear from 3-4 devastated pet owners per week,\u201d she said, \u201cMy vet said I could have warned you about 100 things, but a chip bag would not have been on the list,\u201d said Harlan.<\/p>\n

Kameron\u2019s veterinarian was also unfamiliar with pet suffocation.<\/p>\n

Both dog owners have been trying to warn as many people as possible including vets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt might save somebody\u2019s life,\u201d said Cordes.<\/p>\n

Some owners were just in the shower or even the next room when their dog or cat got a hold of a chip bag or pet food bag. Veterinarian Dr. Randy Hutchison \u2026 explains why it\u2019s impossible for the pet to remove the bag once it\u2019s on their head.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the length of their muzzle that causes the bag to go along the length of their head and as they\u2019re breathing in, the moisture they create makes the bag even stickier and it sticks to their head at that point,\u201d said Dr. Hutchison, \u201cAnd the harder they breathe the tighter it gets.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[From Fox 8]<\/p>\n

Losing a pet is not like<\/em> losing a member of your family, it is<\/em> losing a member of your family. \u201cDeath by Cheetos bag\u201d may sound like an SNL skit in the abstract, but the reality is absolutely horrific. The article went on to include a list of safety precautions, one of which was to learn Pet CPR, something I\u2019m ashamed to say I don\u2019t know \u2014 yet! But most of the tips basically boiled down to keeping food (or anything you don\u2019t want your pet getting at) in secure containers. It also helps if you treat your pet as if they\u2019re a wanton vandal and protect your home accordingly. I love My Girl very much. I just don\u2019t trust her, on her own.<\/p>\n

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Photos credit: Prevent Pet Suffocation, Camilo Ospina, Magda Ehlers, Arkay and \u0413\u0430\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0430 \u041b\u0430\u0441\u0430\u0435\u0432\u0430 on Pexels<\/small><\/p>\n

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