Mulnix Animal Clinic - Small Animal Hospital - Fort Collins, Colorado
 
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol or sweetener  most  commonly found in sugar-free gum, mints, nicotine gum, some vitamins, oral-care products and baked goods.  While it is considered safe in people, dogs can develop serious, even life-threatening, illness from Xylitol  ingestion.  Xylitol  is as sweet as sucrose however only has 2/3 the calories of sugar. 
 
 
RABIES IN COLORADO

Rabies is a serious worldwide viral disease of most mammals. Unfortunately, the disease is of
epidemic proportions in many of the undeveloped countries of the world, and accounts for a
significant number of human as well as animal deaths each year. Rabies is preventable with a
proper vaccination program.