Dog owners are warning that raw meat has been found in a Winnipeg park

Winnipeg dog owners are on high alert after raw meat was found strewn around Kilcona Dog Park last week.

“It's not fair to the dog owners, it's not fair to the dogs, it's not fair to the community,” said Jennifer Worick.

A Winnipeg woman – who owns two dogs and is fostered by Manitoba Underdogs Rescue and Manitoba Great Pyrenees Rescue – says she was scared while walking her dogs around Windsor Park last year.

“(My husband and I) are very careful dog owners. As we did so, we noticed that my oldest daughter, Roxy, grabbed a piece of meat or something. Of course, when a dog sees something, they find it before you do. So he grabbed it and put it in his mouth. “We tried to get him out and he spat,” Worick said.

“We had a good walk with the dog, and then a few hours after the dog walk, he started acting funny … The whole night it got worse and we got up 3-4 times during the night, he was nauseous and vomiting. . She was crying.”

By morning, Roxy was vomiting “a large amount of blood,” Worick said, so the family took her to the vet.

“(We) knew there was no reason for a dog his age to get sick so quickly unless he was poisoned,” Worick said.

Worick said it took Roxy weeks to recover after medication, regular monitoring and vet check-ups. He said he was not surprised after reports of more meat being found at the Kilcona dog park – he has since found more meat in parks and heard similar stories from other dog owners.

“We had a situation where we were walking, we talked to a lot of people in the community, their dogs had nausea and vomiting that week. They were all in the same park,” he said.

Worick, who describes herself as an active member of the dog community, says she is now on high alert whenever she goes out for walks with her animals. She says that whenever one of her dogs hangs their head on the ground, she tries to pick them up as quickly as possible.

“It's really not fun not being able to walk around the community and feel like you can walk the dogs,” Worick said.

CityNews initially contacted the person who posted the pictures of the meat found at the Kilcona dog park, but they declined to be interviewed.

The Winnipeg Police Service says at this time no official complaint has been made about the meat found at the Kilcona Dog Park.