Will Falconer, DVM Moderator
OMG! You're hired, detective Burrows! That's pretty chilling, isn't it?
As was your experience with the delayed effect that seems quite common with this drug. It seems as though the stronger dogs can withstand it for some time and then go down. Some for years, perhaps like my Mom who smoked all her adult life and finally died after the hospital techs tried to help her breath by suctioning out gobs of black tar.
My condolences for your loss. That's got to be so hard to look back at, I can only imagine.