26/08/2025
PREVENT PET SUFFOCATION
Sadly, this beautiful 3 year old rescue pup named Plini suffocated in a snack bag on August 17th leaving her grieving family devastated. Christine Collins writes, "I adopted Plini in February of this year from a rescue in Texas. She was found in a garbage dump, afraid of everyone, caught, taken to a kill shelter, saved at the last moment by the rescue (Texas Round Up Animal Alliance), she was fostered, trained, loved and cared for. She began to blossom. A family in WA adopted her, but returned her because she was missing a toe. (🙄), but then we saw her in an ad. Upstate NY, and we fell in love. She was brought here in a blinding snowstorm via car after 3 days in a car, we got her! Immediately in love. She was the love of 4 children and her adult family - even my office coworkers. Plini knew love finally, and our adventures began! We saw sunsets, swims, rides, pupcups, linebacker tackle hugs, she blossomed Into the flower we knew she was! She was my velcro girl, and I was her velcro human. My Beagle, Maggie couldn’t have found a better friend. She was deeply loved and a part of my family for 6 months. She deserves an eternity of Infinite love.
She was the love of my children’s lives, too. Unfortunately tragedy struck Sunday, 8/17. The bag was rolled shut, and stored high. She pulled down the bag of Frito Lay Chester’s Puff Corn. Carried it to her spot, opened the bag, and began to snack. She plunged her head into the bag and it became stuck beyond her ears and over her face. She struggled to get it off, and unfortunately 3 hours later when we woke up, my 15 year old daughter came screaming into my room to wake me. I don’t remember touching the floor as I flew down the stairs. I screamed, begged, began CPR compressions, turned a shop vac on reverse hoping to bring her back. She was gone. She suffocated in a bag of snacks. My family has been in a state since, the rescue distraught, the mountain of grief and despair. The trauma. My poor sweet dog. She’s gone. The guilt and pain is mountainous. I placed her in a blanket and brought her to be cremated.
I’m writing this because when I got there the undertaker said “This is the fourth one I’ve seen this month” and of course deepening shock I sobbed. This tragedy strikes others?! I had to do some research. I began to dig, it turns out everyday 2-3 pets (cats and dogs) succumb to this freak accident. They had statistics, time it takes for the pet to pass, you name it. It was both a horror show and a slim moment of comfort. I’m not writing to bemoan. This is a tragedy. I want to prevent more. I cannot let Plini’s memory and legacy be in vein. I know I can’t bring her back, and the grief and sadness are still SO heavy.
I want honor Plini’s life and legacy, but also share knowledge that could save so many others from potentially losing their loved ones to such a sudden, and accidental tragedy. If you read this far, thank you. Hug your dogs a little tighter. And keep Plini in your thoughts and prayers If you do that, too. We miss her so deeply.
Please share her story, It could save a life. ♥️"
So many pet suffocation deaths still go unreported - "The undertaker said “This is the fourth one I’ve seen this month.” Pet suffocation happens daily and within minutes. Please share Plini's story as each story helps save other innocent pets and families from this heartbreak. Thank you.
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