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Subscriber only A mother of five says she won t be able to escape the feeling of guilt surrounding the death of her family s beloved dog after he ate a mosquito candle, she believes was sold to her without warning. Vanessa Wilkinson s family border collie, Billy suffered severe poisoning and died after he ate a mosquito candle bought from a Coast Coles on January 6. Ms Wilkinson described the five-year-old border collie as the most fun loving, beautiful dog . He became everybody s best friend, she said. He would go for bike rides with my husband up the hill, he would go for trips to the coast with my other daughter when she needed a companion, he would play footy with my younger son, he slept by our bed, he was everything.