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Originally Posted by myriamha Hello
Thank you for your input I really appreciate . I only leave him in the kitchen with a rubber ball that im sure he wont be able to destroy org et it in his mouth .I left a kong once and at night I noticed that he threw up some light red liquid and I think that was from chewing his red kong so I decidednot to give him his kong while im gone . He has plenty of toys but what scares me and freaks me out is that my neighbor's dog choke on a bone and died when they left him alone at home that's why I decided to give him just the rubbr ball as it;s the safest . What other type of toys are safe ? |
I've read your posts before and it's occurred to me - and I hope you don't mind my saying so - that you are a lot like me in that your puppy means very much to you and that you worry about him a lot and him getting harmed. Almost the way a mother would worry about a child. I think it's important to keep in mind though that it's actually extremely difficult to kill a puppy unintentionally. I've found Badger before calmly chewing through a sharp plastic pen that broke into minute pieces (he just spat them out), chewing and swallowing a whole cigarette (didn't bother him at all), swallowing human hair and cotton wool (went straight out the other side), idly chewing the stuffing out of a toy (just spat it out in little slimy lumps that I'm still finding all over the place) and so on. The point I'm trying to make is that they instinctively know what they should and shouldn't swallow and when they do swallow something, their body will get rid of it. They may occasionally throw up or something but this is typical of them. I've gotten over seeing the odd vomiting fit or runny poo - this is just a puppy thing and I'm pretty sure they all do it as they grow and adjust
I think the red stuff from the kong was the filling probably or something else. It's definitely not the die from the toy if that's what you're concerned about. I normally leave Badger for between two to five hours a day but I leave him a stuffed, jingly mouse that's designed for cats (I took off the whiskers, tail and felt eyes off it before giving it to him), his favourite soft, stuffed, puppy (I always check the seams on toys when I buy them and look out for any potential weak spots - if they are there, I don't buy them), a few jingly plastic balls with bells in them designed for cats (they are hard plastic and he's never chewed through them at all), some teething rings and plastic bones (very hard plastic, he's never managed to chew a piece off and he's got some serious chewing habits), and a variety of little puppy toys that he's barely interested in but occasionally chucks around. I leave him in our bedroom and I've never, ever come home and found any problems at all. I will scan the room before I go for any stray cables, turn off any electrical things and remove the plugs, remove anything that could fall on him if he bumped into it and so on
I have, with the exception of your example, only once before ever heard of a dog choking on a bone and that's when I was a child. It was a chicken bone which should never be given to any animal anyway. Your neighbour's story is very sad but I think very, very, very rare. I would definitely leave your little boy (gorgeous puppy by the way! I remember his photos!) something noisy (they love jingly bells), definitely some chewing rings (these are guaranteed not to break up, I promise), his Kong but with a few treats inside (I have run by the Kong with the vet and he says they're one of the best toys for his dogs and he's a Yorkie nut) and some solidly made soft toys for his amusement (just remove any bits that he could chew off and swallow like 'tails' and 'eyes' and so forth). Whatever he does chew off, he won't swallow - they very rarely swallow anything they shouldn't anyway. To put your mind at rest, why don't you do this one day - just for an hour - and leave him while you go out. I GUARANTEE you will come home and everything will be fine
If you want to, give us a list of toys you think you could leave if you want to run it by everyone and get their advice
