[emilyann]

Originally Posted by Sawyers mommy

I am so upset right now. I ordered samples of Lifes abundance the other day, and it came today. I gave Sawyer some of it, and he loved it, so I was really pleased. They also sent me a dog treat shaped like a heart. Sawyer wanted it so badly, and I knew it was made of really good ingredients. I tried to break it up, but it was so hard, I couldn't break it at all. Sawyer kept barking for it, so I gave it to him. My husband and I have watched him through it all over the place tonight like it was a good smelling, but too hard to chew toy. I was just writing on the computer, and Sawyer began to choke. Cliff and I both ran to him, and he had gotten a piece of that darn cookie off and it was choking him. Cliff grabbed him up and hit him on the back, but nothing came up. He seemed to be able to breath, but he kept trying to get it up. We gave him a piece of bread with peanut butter, and it took the cookie down with it. I am so sorry, where was my mind!! That treat was so big, and so hard I never gave him choking on it a thought. That is a mistake I will never make again. Please be careful with treats that are too big for our babies, even a small piece of something so hard can choke them

Things like this are so scary, I know from experience and it made me feel like the most horrible person and mom ever. One night I had given Lilly a treat for peeing on her potty pad and I had noticed she would chew them sometimes but sometimes she wouldn't which isn't good to begin with. As I gave her the treat I told my boyfriend "we have to get some other treats that are softer because I feel like she struggles with these where she isn't trained to be calm before she gets one" and as soon as I said that she started choking and not much longer after that she started foaming out the nose and the mouth uncontrollably. My boyfriend was already in the kitchen with me and we were both crying not knowing what to do. We were hoping she'd just gag it back up but I was absolutely horrified so I went and sat in the bathroom almost sick to my stomach. The next thing I know I'm asking him if she's okay and he told me she wasn't breathing so he blew in her nose and got her back to breathing. I called the emergency vet as soon as I could and we took her in. As soon as we got to the vet she was acting fine, just really worn out because I guess it had taken a lot out of her and she was kinda shaky. He still checked her out and he could feel it in her stomach and said she'd probably be sick to her stomach while passing it but told us to get some Pepto to settle it. Needless to say, the next day she was up jumping around back to her old self and I never really noticed any straining or unusual stomach problems/pooing. After I got home, the treats went straight into the trash. Scariest time ever I swear !