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Prized Pet Dies Days After Westminster Dog Show

by KREX News Room
by Jacklyn Thrapp

Story Created: Mar 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM MDT

Story Updated: Mar 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM MDT

NEW YORK (AP) - A dog owner says she thinks there's a chance her prized pet was deliberately poisoned while competing at the Westminster Kennel Club show, causing it to die several days later at a show in Colorado.

Lynette Blue tells The Associated Press that her 3-year-old Samoyed named Cruz probably swallowed poison during the recent show in New York.

But she said Thursday she's not sure how it happened, and may never know.

The dog's death was first reported by The New York Times.

Westminster issued a statement Thursday saying it wasn't aware of any dogs ever being poisoned at its show. The 137th Westminster drew 2,721 entries earlier this month.

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carol said on Friday, Mar 1 at 5:33 PM

I understand that 27 dogs were ill and 2 died and that some of them were also at the Ocala shows. My ownd dog became ill in the same manner and the vets found that it was a reaction to her rabies vaccine and she cannot ever be vaccinated again. Wonder if that dog had any vaccines in the last 3 months, that is when the reaction usually shows up

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