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Originally Posted by kjc  If these are rawhide chews, I cannot stress enough how dangerous they are. In addition to being a choking hazzard, they can also get stuck anywhere along the alimentary tract and cause a blockage, which would most likely require surgery to correct. You're probably thinking,' Well, she's never had a problem with them yet', I would say she's been lucky up to this point. These things are a time bomb. One day it will happen.
If you all are going to continue with the rawhide, at least read these links: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...-maneuver.html http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...uture-use.html
And be sure to keep the number and address of a 24 hour Emergency Vet Clinic handy for when you need it.
I can't let Tinkerbell have any large balls to play with. She gets too zoned in on them, and can turn aggressive if I try to take the ball away. She gets them, pops a hole in them with a tooth, deflates them a bit, then carries them around till she finds a spot then chews pieces out of them. I really don't want her to be needing surgery for ingested plastic or rubber stuck in her gut, even though she finds these balls great fun, I have chosen to avoid them and the behaviors and dangers they present for her.
I know I have warned you about this once before, and I felt I should do it again, but add the info you may need to save Bdog's life. I won't post on the subject again, in this thread. No response is expected, I just felt you may be in need of more info on which to make a decision. Either way you decide is fine with me... just so you know.... and for others reading this thread...  |
I know you warned me on them and I apologize for not responding properly when you did. I don't give them to Bdog...it's my fiance and I would take them away, but I don't want the pup thinking she is in trouble or causing static as the bad guy with her. She is known to chew them down to a dangerous size and if you don't get it away from her, she will try to swallow them whole. I know she's choked on them before and my fiance has had to loop her finger into her throat to get them out before.
I'm not telling you this to place my fiance in negative light here because she does watch her VERY closely to make sure she takes them away before they get whittled down to a dangerous size. What I find ironic is my fiance gives them to her to preoccupy her after they play (Bdog is the energizer bunny of fetch and flying through the air from the floor to the couch in a heated run). She gives them thinking she can do schoolwork or bake, but she spends more time watching her to make sure she doesn't get too far into the chewy than if she would go for a walk and just let her run around when she gets back inside.
Quicksilver,
I don't nag on her to follow the program...well, I try not to be a nagger but if we come to an agreement on a plan and she strays after I expressed the importance of each step (along with showing her documentation of such importance) and she strays, I will ask her why she didn't do whatever or why she did whatever. I don't present it negatively or rude...but she acts like I just called grandma dirty names.
All I want is to see her taking the steps we agreed on. I explained that this isn't a convenience factor and can't skip anything because we are late for school/work...etc. I know it won't hurt to make a slip here and there...but one slip into another and another CAN cause an issue.
We'll keep working on it. I'll keep you posted.