Two weekends ago we had a lovely meal together in Daughter and Son-in-law's backyard. Everybody was able to make it. We feasted on the bounty of the earth, plus a few things the earth didn't actually bring forth, but whatever. ANYWAY.., the highlight for many of us was the corn on the cob. After I finished mine, Hertsje picked it up to enjoy its remaining buttery goodness.
Now let's fast forward one week. Or, back one week, depending on how you look at it. Bethy, Oldest Son and Daughter-in-law's beagle became extremely ill. After an emergency visit to the vet it was determined that she had something stuck in her stomach. The vet thought it looked like fabric. Surgery was preformed and what was in Bethy's stomach was actually a two inch piece of corncob. Yes. Two inches off that corncob seen in the picture below. Oldest Son said it didn't look too much different after a week of not being digested in Bethy's stomach.. Bethy is now recovering, wearing an Elizabethan Collar (which seems fitting, as her name IS Bethy) and longing to get back to her normal activities.
I hadn't known about corncobs being a danger to dogs. Did you? Consider yourself warned.
Did you see the video above? Apparently, we should all have listened to Kado, who was trying to alert us about what Bethy was up to. I guess that is what happens when you either take pictures or videos of everything that is happening at family events - you actually capture EVERYTHING that happens at family events.
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He tried.
Thx for the warning.
(((hugs)))
Sweet picture of her eating corn. Mmm mmmmmmmmmmmm good!
Somebody....look at the dog! LOL!
Poor doggy, glad she's on the mend.
Well, little dogs have their own measurements of what will and will not pass through their system. That boy is my heroe! Our granddog a Maltese Lion dropped on a Sunday morning from his couch and went walking circleformed, his head almost touched his bottom and he (well, all animals are him's overhere, a cow, HE is giving milk, so sorry for that. We picked her up, massaged her tummy, panicked a little, sought out which vet was available, all the while massaging and then, after 5 minutes, she dropped her "droppings" and was just fine. This happened every few weeks. The veterinarian could not find anythong wrong. Then, she had it on a Sunday morning again and the only thing different was my friend, dogowner of a more then 5 inches taller dog, who normally visited on Thursday, the dog being ill on Thursday, but this time on a Friday. Well, she always gave our dog the doggytreats of her dog, by looking at them they are twice the size of the ones we give our granddog, who lives with her daddy with us. I asked her to give only our own treats and it has never happpened again. Her treats are a bit tougher to digest and bigger. Of course we alerted the veterinarian, who, after our warning, is very good at asking questions like: was your dog given any treats he/she normally does not get. Very hard (old) dogtreats can be a problem too. We also alerted the doggyfood and treats shop and they have now a sign referring to what size of dog is allowed certain treats. Of course, an Alsatian can eat treats for chihuahuas, but chi's can not have Alsatian treats. When a chewy treat gets stuck it does not digest in all places evenly, this causes the not passing through and cramping. Now our veteritarian has decided to alarm the vettrainingschool too, as he is now certain this can be a cause of cramps. BTW the treats were only about a quarter inch longer and about 1/8 inch thicker! We now buy the very smallest training treats and keep to the maximum daily dose. I wish Bethy a quick recovery because an Elisabethan collar is really awful. Thanks for your warning. DM
Oh no! This summer I GAVE our corncobs to our two dogs to chew on thinking it was a treat for them several times. Won't do that again! Gotta love a boy who wants to make you coffee, that is just precious : )
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