|
He ate part of a plastic ball! One of my dogs Riley was playing will a plastic ball few days ago, one of those squeegee balls. Then I realized that he chewed it up pretty bad after about half an hour. Two nights ago, he threw up in the middle of the night, and I found pieces of the ball in the vomit. Then today I came home, and found little pieces of plastic trapped in poop all over the floor (I think Stewie has been trying to eat Riley's poop, but couldn't swallow plastic, thank God). I don't know why Riley does that, he's already five, he doesn't really know how to play with toys , it's the second time he's done that. I'm so scared that he'll choke someday, and what if I'm not home?! Is it normal that dogs just chew toys and pass them out of their system? Will that cause any damage? |
If I were you, I would only allow toys when you are home. You are right, he may choke someday. Fortunately, I only have 1 out of 4 that is a toy killer. But, he just likes to pull stuffing out of loofa dogs heads! (weird too, huh? only loofa dogs!) But, maybe find something he wont try to demolish if you need to leave play toys while he is unsupervised.... definitely not plastic ones!!!! |
Huey is part goat, I think. He eats and passes paper towels, toothbrush bristles, gum wrappers, and many other miscellaneous pieces of detritus he finds around the house, including fuzzballs that used to be part of fluffy toys. |
I would remove the toys when you cannot supervise your dogs with them. Leave only the ones that they do not chew up. If that means removing all of the toys, then that is what is necessary. There are many stories of dogs being able to pass incredible things through their systems. YT has a very funny thread about members' experience. At the same time, there are many tragic stories of emergency surgery and death because of ingested toy parts. Choking is the first hazard, punctured stomach or intestines another, intestinal blockages, and so on. I saw on Animal Planet a story of a large dog who ingested part of his favorite rubber ball. The ball sat in his stomach and caused a cancerous tumor to grow. Best policy is to supervise your dogs with toys and remove toys at the first sign of damage. If the dogs can't be trusted with the toys alone, put the toys away when you aren't there. |
I had a neighbor many years ago that had a small dog that used to get into EVERYTHING....it knocked over all her plastic flower pots on her patio and chewed some of the plastic pots up......that made that old woman sooooooooooo mad, she never took that baby to the vet or anything....and that poor little dog died a slow painful death, with his insides cut up by that plastic pot......I have never gotten over that....I was just a kid and all I could do was tell my mother....she did go speak with the lady on several occasions, but that was back in late 50's, and some people just did not care about their pets like we did.....but that had a lasting impression on me and I wish I had been older and would have been able to take that dog away from that situation and get it to a vet. If I was you now, I would be sure and have a vet check out what is possibly going on inside your pup. |
OMG, that's just too sad. I'm sure Riley is ok now, but I've clear out all the toys, and made sure that all the plastic ones are hidden while I'm out. I much rather be safe than sorry. |
| All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:47 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright ©2003 - 2018 YorkieTalk.com
Privacy Policy - Terms of Use