My Dog Ate What?!

[newbs55]

So my 2 year old Lab/Springer Mix Otis for some reason decided that he wanted to eat the edging/ filling off of his dog bed Saturday night. So after sunday at the vets and ultrasound and surgery yesterday he is gonna make it though. He was pretty touch and go for a few there. Hopefully he eats today and can come home tonight. He has always chewed on his toys but is very good about leaving everything else alone. He voluntarily sleeps in his crate and can go in and out so it wasn't like he was bored or locked in there for hours. I have seen him pass some pretty interesting stuff in the past but this time it got the better of him. Keeping my fingers crossed for a full recovery so we can get back out there chasing birds in the fall.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Labs are noted for eating things that would kill another dog.  Must have been the Springer half that got him!  Hope he recovers from his misdeed! 

[quadrafire]

That made for an expensive bed!

Mine passed the fingers of a leather glove one time. Luckily she chewed it up before swallowing it.

[MADMAX]

My daughters lab had to have surgery for blockage
they pulled out rocks, sticks, and a mouse and all were held back blocked by the undies

[Happy Gilmore]

I saw almost an entire black plastic yard bag come out the back side of a Black and Tan Coon Hound. The part that made me get the dry heave was the helper tugging on it and the way the hound was pushing and heaving...nasty.

[Mudman]

Rocks, cig. butts, sponge, underwear,balls, coins,socks, pantyhose, ring, cushions, confetti, balloons, ribbons, carpet, floss, Giant bag of MMJ!!!  Tampons, pads, condoms.  These are all surgeries wife involved with at work.  Dogs most common are Labs, Huskies, puppies Golden Ret.

[newbs55]

Oh yeah there have been a few times scooping that i go "Really that made it through?" He passed one of my whole socks once. I wear size 15's so it was not a small sock. Poor guy just couldn't pass that.

[RadSav]

Our vet warned us about memory foam beads when the dogs were younger.  Guess that is really bad stuff for the four legged garbage disposal.  I was so glad when they reached maturity and didn't need to worry.  Though I sure miss having a puppy in the house   Hope he makes it home soon. We will add you to our prayer list!

[turkeyfeather]

My buddies lab has had to have surgery twice for eating river rocks, and my golden once ate an entire bag of snickers miniatures (wrappers and all). That was fun to clean up after when those came back around.

[elkinrutdrivemenuts]

I too have been amazed at what I find in piles in the back yard, my fricken lab eats anything!!! My wife's Underwear and toilet paper seem to be his favorite treat.  The worst was when he was decided to pass a rubber during a BBQ with our friends.  We have to make sure all trash is off limits now.  And we try to keep all the laundry away as well but I think he can open drawers now and still get the undies.  It would kill most dogs. 

[turkeyfeather]

  The worst was when he was decided to pass a rubber during a BBQ with our friends. . 

Safety first 

[Klyne3]

Hope he's back on his feet soon. I wish that was the only thing my dog would eat/chew up. Darn thing has tired to eat an array of thing and we have been fortunate not to have any issues yet. I thought after a certain age they grow out of it, so far that's been wrong 

[gallion_t]

Last Memorial day weekend my lab decided to pass on the loaf of bread on the table, but instead went for the bottle of gorilla glue next to it. That stuff is horrible. It gets in the stomach and expands. She ended up needing emergency surgery. They took a chunk the size of a potato out of her and she was only 4.5 months old at the time. Didnt even phase her. Pretty sure the only thing it hurt was my wallet.

[quadrafire]

That Gorilla glue is bad stuff for dogs. goes down soft then expands and sets up like a brick.
Must taste good

[DOUBLELUNG]

We acquired Gimpel the Fool, a one-eyed crooked jawed white German Shepherd, when my mom hit him with her car.  He only hurled once, producing four cans of Play-doh (including all dough of all 4 colors, the cans and the lids) and a pair of black fishnet stockings of unknown origin.  We always wondered which one put him over the edge. 

He used to eat every magnolia flower petal from a huge tree, and all my mom's tulips (to the ground) just before the flowers opened.  One Halloween, we discovered that somebody had stolen our 18lb jack-o' lantern - we thought - until the evidence appeared otherwise.  A full bushel of yellow onions left on the porch - empty the next day.  (You have not smelled a bad dog fart until you've smelled a bushel o' onions dog fart.)  No feces of any kind, including his own, was ever passed up.

However, my most vivid memory was when he swallowed the live cottontail, whole.  We were having lunch at the backyard picnic table, when he trotted up with the back end of a cotton tail hanging out of his mouth.  We knew the bunny was alive, because the back legs were kicking.  My mother got up and called him in that false happy voice that has never fooled any dog, ever.  He began to back away, as she approached he began backing away faster, and started throwing back his head like a gator swallowing a turtle.  This caused the rabbit to begin to kick vigorously, and a muffled shrieking emanated from the dog that was not produced by the dog.  At the climax, my mother was running at him screaning, he was running backward with his head straight up in the air, and then the back legs slid in and he closed his mouth, sat down and cocked his head, looking at her.  My mom was crying, and my brother and I got in trouble for laughing.