[TeddyandTiffy]

My Confession to each of you!!! I have a REAL reason to be SCARED of just about anything after what I went through this past Jan. I didn't want to say anything for I didn't want to look like a Jacka-- but it happens and everyone MAKES mistakes and yep I do too lol.


See I did a big BOO BOO and everyone here should LISTEN to this ONE as it is a very VALUEABLE LESSON for ME!!!!!!!!

In January before our Big Bonnie went to live with my Cousin Roger in Ohio...I had my cleaning supplies in a small cat litter pan on top of her crate...THOUGHT I had it all out of her reach lol...Well I had the Mr. Clean THIN disposable GLOVES in that litter pan that I put on to clean their litter pans with when they all was litter box trained.

Well Bonnie got up to potty in our Yorkie Room on a Sat. she was squaling and bawling...Trying to poo...I thought what in the world is wrong with her. It was there (Poo) I could see it but COULD NOT help her get it out...Scared the living Poo out of me as I had NEVER been through this before.

I called the Vet right away and told them what was going on they said get dishwashing liquid to help her I said all I got it with BLEACH...NO they said so they said try Baby Oil...I did. NO luck...So they said it sounds like something is blocking her bowels I said no way...They haven't had anything at all to play with to do this...Bring her in so Hubby was in the shower and he was going to run her to the Vet.

Here she started throwing up and still hollering...I'm running to the bathroom hollering hurry up she's gonna die on us before you get out of the shower...So what seemed like hours ended up being a few minutes and off to the Vet they went.

Once there she had passed it...Vet looked at her and it and said lets hope it's Worms & NOT Strings... Hubby said HOPE it's WORMS...She said YES we can TREAT Worms but if it's Strings that is wrapped around her organs then she would be in trouble for it is a VERY serious operation as they have to TAKE ALL their ORGANS out and UNWRAP the STRINGS and put them all back in and a lot of DOGS DIE from this operation.

Well she looked at what she passed couldn't figure out what it was...Said to watch her and let them know. He brought her poo back to me...I looked at it and RIGHT off I said it's one of my GLOVES!!! Hubby said NO WAY... I said look at the top of it...the band where it goes up above your hand to help hold it on was all that was left. And sure enough that was what it was..

I called the Vet and told them I was sorry that they we're right it was a Bowel Obstruction and I was wrong, told them what it was. She was fine from there on out...And NOW there is NEVER anything on their crates except a carrier maybe lol.

Vet said to watch STRINGS on their BLANKIES and TAGS on them...This is the MOST common Bowel Obstructions they see here where we live...So I cut all strings away and tags off of anything they play with and check them all each time I wash their laundry. Our Vet said the rope bones was okay for them to play with, just watch the strings in the middle as they are longer and if they got one loose and ate it then it COULD cause them trouble.

I learned from this experience BIG TIME...So now can you see why I'm so fearful of ANY toys they play with??? So now what do I do and get them to play with that would be SAFE for their ORGANS and such...I really am so scared but I don't think it's fair for them not to have many toys to play with due to my fear.


This is the toys I let them play with even when I'm not in the room with them:

Rope Bones (I watch the strings in the middle of them as they are longer and could hurt them if they was to eat them)

Nylabone Regular Ring and the blue chew bone...(They love these and they last a LONG time)

I do have other squeekie toys that they play with when I'm in the room with them but as soon as I leave they go up out of their reach...I need some toys that I can leave out all the time for them and not have to worry that they may get hurt on them...

I'm in and out of their rooms on and off all day long...They are not left alone for hours at a time. The longest time alone would be say like a hour or less. I have 2 picnic baskets FULL of stuffed toys they received for Christmas but since going through this with Bonnie they are brand new and haven't played with them. It's awful what fear this has put in me.

Now since I've gave my confession any thoughts on toys now??? Thanks Lee