OMG!!! Tatum just choked SO BADLY!!!!!

[MyPeanutAbbyGra]

Oh Brooke, I'm so sorry you and Tatum had to go through that. I could feel the fright in your post! What a horrible scare that had to have been for you and hubby and Little Miss Tate-Tate!

So what happened when you stuck your finger down her throat? Did you push the food down?

I feel like I'm constantly grabbing Abby up and feeling for things in her mouth! Little bugger is always finding things when I feel like I've doggy proofed everything.

Thank God Tatum is OK.

[Txgurl06]

Originally Posted by stedmansmommy

I just had THE BIGGEST scare of my entire life! We have been over at my moms with the babies so when we got back home (about 20 minutes ago) I fed the babies a late dinner. Tatum has been eating Natural Balance Potato & Duck SMALL BITES for the last few days and tonight when she was eating she started choking SO BADLY!!! This was totally OUT OF THE BLUE and I have NO idea how it happened, because if any of you feed this food, or have fed this food in the past, you know that the kibbles are ITTY BITTY TEENY TINY as they are the SMALL BITES. She went to the ground and I immediately went down to her level and stuck my finger SO FAR down her throat...hubby jumped up out of the chair and I have NEVER seen him move so fast in my entire life, I swear you guys, we BOTH had a mild heart attack tonight...actually I don't even know if I would call it MILD!!!!! After I stuck my finger down her throat I started rubbing to to try and get any food that might possibly be lodged, to go DOWN. It's like she wasn't getting any air OMG....there were TWO things running through my head. #1 was the POOR dog who was choking and was being driven to the vet and the cop stopped them (the one that was on the news) and I have to tell you that after this ordeal tonight I KNOW FOR A FACT that I would NOT have stopped the car if I was those people....excuse my french but no way in HELL would I have stopped!!! And the other thought that was running through my mind was my GOD why haven't I read up on Doggie CPR!!!! I swear my head was just spinning trying to think of what to do!

So guys...I BEG YOU....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE watch your babies CLOSELY not only when you give them treats or things to chew on, but even when they eat their regular food cause I swear you NEVER know when they are going to choke. My God, I would have NEVER imagined Tatum choking on this food, they are ITTY BITTY kibbles....but SHE DID. This was extremely scary for my hubby and I, and I'm sure Tatum too

Now, SERIOUSLY....isn't there a Sticky somewhere for Doggie CPR?? If so can someone PLEASE post the think because I swear I am going to print it out and study the thing a million times. I am STILL shaking over this, my entire body feels like Jello, no joke

Im soo glad she is okay!!!! I know i wouldnt have stopped for those SOBS either.


I feel you on the doggie CPR. We had a incident a while back where my stepsisters yorkie jumped out of my hands and landed on the floor and he stopped breathing well all i could think about was dang it YTs doggie cpr sticky. I honestly had no clue. My stepdad didnt either but he grabbed Louie and put him on his back and unclenched his jaws and started doing cpr. OMG and he came back alive. I felt like the worst person ever. I feel bad even posting about this incident because i still feel so bad. Stuff can happen soo easily with this babies. We have to be super careful. I think things are going to happen to all of us and that doesnt make us bad mommies and daddies it just gives a wake up call to be more careful next time.

[RMKC]

that would of scared the crap out of me too, poor Tatum, i am glad you where able to disslodge the pice of food, thats what my 2 eat ! Sending hugs

[Betty'sMom]

Oh, no!! I just now saw this!!! That is sooo scary, Brooke. It happened to me once about 15 years ago with a Toy Poodle I had. Thank heavens Tatum is okay!

[mscat]

That is very scary .My Gosh, I am so glad you were there to save her. I don't know what would have happened if you were not. My Suzi is alsways putting everything in her mouth, besides her food. I am constanly on the look out for stuff she may choke on. Just like a baby .
I am very glad Tatum is ok. that was too close of a call .

[paulapoo]

Oh Sweet Little Tater!! Sooo glad she's alright. I've done CPR on Otis once. I wasn't sure how to do it, but thank goodness he wasn't choking that bad. These things can happen in a second, and our world is turned upside down!! So glad she's okay. Give her a smooch from me and the boys!

[Rudys Mom]

Just seeing this now. OMG, how scary for you's and Tatum. I'm so glad that she's ok.

[Sandysbabies]

Poor little Tatum. I am so glad she is okay. I don't think there are too many things any scarier than not being able to breathe. I would have freaked out too. Learning doggie CPR would be good for all of us to know.

[Maxi]

OMG! How scary that might of been! Poor Tatum and poor you! I am just so glad to hear that Tatum is ok.

[Sookie]

I've been there and it's the biggest fright EVER! Thank goodness Tatum is ok. Sorry you had to go thru such a thing!

[ARCHIE]

OMG Thank heavens you were there Brooke.
What a scare! I am glad all is fine after the fact and the scare of your
life. She must have gobbled up more than she could swallow.
Never a dull moment with these little bugger's.
Glad there is a happy ending to your story.

Hugs,

[RoxyJosMom]

Just checking in to see how Tatum is doing today. I hope she's feeling better. And, you too, Brooke. I often wonder what I'd do if something like that happened to me. That's just so scarey.

[PANAMA69]

Originally Posted by Jokerman

I'm very sorry you had to go through this, but I'm so glad little Tatum is okay. You are very lucky you saw it happen and could save her. I know how scared you had to have been.

I had a similar thing happen to one of my dogs about ten years ago. I was outside talking on the phone and just happened to glance over at Maggie and saw her clawing her face. I threw the phone down and started screaming for my DH to come help me. I didn't know CPR and neither did DH, and I could see Maggie was dying before my eyes. Her jaws were snapping back and forth rapidly like an alligator, and her mouth was covered in dirt, and she was clawing her mouth and throat trying to get the object dislodged. My husband started yelling at me to do the Heimlich Maneuver on her. At this point, she was so close to death she had quit struggling and I thought she was dead. I was flipping out. She was a large dog, about 90#. I grabbed her up and after several thrusts under her rib cage didn't dislodge whatever she was choking on, I turned her upside down and started swinging her downward, and whatever was hung in her throat finally dislodged, and she took a huge gasp of air. I immediately ran and grabbed a bowl of water and started washing her mouth out, trying to wash all the dirt and sand out of her mouth and off her face. She was so GRATEFUL to me afterwards. There is no doubt in my mind she knew I had saved her life and she was thanking me for it. She had been as scared as I was. It nearly scared me out of my mind, so I know what you went through tonight. I hope nothing like this ever happens to you again.

How scary glad your fur-baby is ok

[PANAMA69]

Originally Posted by Wrenee4

I had Nadia choke on those dried sweet potato treats - it was so scary! She could still breath a little I think because she was screaming - I assume that she couldn't make any noise if it filled the whole airway. It was horrible!! I tried to pop it out, but had to take my finger and shove it down her throat. It was horrible!! My husband and I was freaking out. Needless to say we don't have those treats anymore!

Guezz glad yours is ok too

[PANAMA69]

Originally Posted by Txgurl06

Im soo glad she is okay!!!! I know i wouldnt have stopped for those SOBS either.


I feel you on the doggie CPR. We had a incident a while back where my stepsisters yorkie jumped out of my hands and landed on the floor and he stopped breathing well all i could think about was dang it YTs doggie cpr sticky. I honestly had no clue. My stepdad didnt either but he grabbed Louie and put him on his back and unclenched his jaws and started doing cpr. OMG and he came back alive. I felt like the worst person ever. I feel bad even posting about this incident because i still feel so bad. Stuff can happen soo easily with this babies. We have to be super careful. I think things are going to happen to all of us and that doesnt make us bad mommies and daddies it just gives a wake up call to be more careful next time.

oh my, thank God is ok too