HORSEHEADS, N.Y. (WENY) -- The stress of the sounds of Fireworks aren't only scary for dogs but ingesting them can be deadly.

A father who lost his puppy after it ate sparkler ash sat down with WENY News and wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. He said nowhere on the packaging did it say it was deadly to pets.

James Copp and his families puppy's name was Zoe; she was a pug less than two years old. She started having problems Monday. The night before his kids had been playing in the yard with sparklers. Typical of their puppy she followed them into the yard as they played. But around 10 Monday morning, Copp's oldest son woke him up saying their was something wrong with Zoe.

“Zoe was puking all over the place, had pooped on the lawn, the rug and stuff like that. She was having problems, she couldn't hold her head up.”

James immediately took Zoe to the veterinarian’s in Watkins Glen. She died around 3:00 later that day. The problem was that both Copp and the doctor couldn't figure out why. Copp said Zoe had just been playing with the sparklers in the yard possibly chewing on what looked like grass and putting her nose in the dirt. He said some of the ash could have gotten onto some of that grass. They took all the precautions cleaning up the ash. But with loads of questions poison control was called.
 

“The poison control center said that inside even burnt sparklers, burnt fireworks that can really disrupt the dogs system.”

Ultimately Zoe's stomach was pumped and trace amounts of metal's could be found in her stomach. But still enough to be fatal. Since then, Copp is making sure what happened to Zoe doesn't happen to anyone else.

“I have over 200,000 shares on Facebook. People messages me saying we didn't know that was something that could happen.”

He said everyone has been supportive, but also thankful that he's shared his tale of sorrow hoping noone else has to go through with the Copp's family had to go through.

“Her death won't go in vain if other people are aware of this and save their pet's lives.”

He says just saving one furry-friend can make a difference.