[yorkiemama1986]

This is a bit late...but better late than never!

What do you do if your puppy or mischievious older dog gets into your
holiday decorations and eats some of the glass ornaments? This
potentially lethal mishap can darken even the brightest holiday
season. Here's a solution that works.

BEFORE the holiday go to a pharmacy and buy a box of cotton balls. Be
sure that you get COTTON balls...not the "cosmetic puffs" that are
made from man-made fibers. Also, buy a quart of half-and-half coffee
cream and put it in the freezer.

Should your dog eat glass ornaments, defrost the half-and-half and
pour some into a bowl. Dip the cotton balls into the cream and feed
them to your dog.

Dogs under 10 pounds should eat 2 balls which you have first torn into
smaller pieces. Dogs 10-50 pounds should eat 3-5 balls and larger dogs
should eat 5-7. You may feed larger dogs an entire ball at once. Dogs
seem to really like these strange "treats" and eat them readily. As
the cotton works its way through the digestive tract it will find all
the glass pieces and wrap itself around them. Even the teeniest shards
of glass will be caught and wrapped in the cotton fibers and the
cotton will protect the intestines from damage by the glass.

Your dog's stools will be really weird for a few days and you will
have to be careful to check for fresh blood or a tarry appearance to
the stool. If either of the latter symptoms appear you should rush
your dog to the vet for a checkup but, in most cases, the dogs will be
just fine.

(An actual experience: I can personally vouch for the cotton ball
treatment. While I was at the vet waiting for him to return from lunch
a terrified woman ran in with a litter of puppies who had demolished a
wooden crate along with large open staples. The young vet had taken
x-rays which did show each of the puppies had swallowed several open
staples. He was preparing them for surgery when my wonderful vet came
in and said no surgery. I watched him wet several cotton balls,
squeeze out the water and pop them down their throats. Within 24 hours
every staple was accounted for. This was a lesson I learned in the
mid-1960's and have had to use several times on my brats. I wet the
cotton balls and smear on some liverwurst and they bolt it down and
ask for more. The cotton always comes out with the object safely
embedded.)

i saw this on Craigslist and thought it was awesome!!!!