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This is gross but scary, my Doberman has been rasping coughing every morning for the past week. I could not figure out why this was happening. He seemed fine all day he would only do it in the morning. This morning I got up to a room full of vomit! Yes.... it was disgusting! it was all over the place. However.... even though there was several pools of vomit I did find out why he was coughing every morning. In the center of one of the pools there was a huge matted furry looking thing. It kinda looked like a small animal! He had apparently eaten the inside of one of his stuffed toys. He is lucky it came up and didn't go down lodging in his intestines, if that happened he would have gotten real sick if not died. All of you with dogs keep a close eye on their soft toys, be sure there is no holes in them. My dog isn't a puppy so don't think because your dog is an older dog he wont eat things other than his food. My dog has never eaten any thing in the past, so for me this is surprising! ↓
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| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 7th, 2007 2:25 PM |
| been there and we have had some go through the they had to be pulled out. so we switched to all natural fillers such an shredded corn stalks and some time whole kernel corn. there are alot of other things that are used as well. if you must by the toys with stuffing cut a small hole in it pull the fiber out and re stuff it with some thing digestible the sew the hole or leave it flat they wont know the difference ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 8th, 2007 12:33 AM |
| It turned out the stuffing I thought he ate want stuffing at all, it was the cats toy! I thought it kinda funny that he would have stuffing in his belly when all his toys were still full. I had to take him to the vet because he has been vomiting all day non stop. The vet cant find a reason for the vomiting. She said if he continues vomiting through out the night then we should do exploratory surgery to be sure there isn't some thing in his intestine that was missed on the X-ray. So we will see how he does through out the night. ↑ |
| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 8th, 2007 1:48 AM |
| i wish you lots of luck my doga are like my babies and i can empathize with you is your dog vaccinated against parvo? ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 8th, 2007 3:33 AM |
| Yes, he has had all his vaccinations. So far he hasn't vomited, its been about 4-5 hours. I hope what ever is ailing his belly is finally going away. ↑ |
| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 8th, 2007 3:56 AM |
| when my dogs have belly aches i give them pepto tabs and i helps most of the time just a thought if you have it happen again ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 10th, 2007 10:35 PM |
| Up date, it turns out my dog didn't only eat one cat toy he ate two, the second one ended up in his intestine. He got deathly sick over the week end finally this morning he was taken in for surgery. Because the blockage was there for a couple days he ended up with a lot of dead tissue, he lost 40 inches of his intestines! I tell ya.... I would never have thought my dog would have eaten any thing other than his food. I have.... never... ever... seen him attempt to eat any thing like that! I guess I have learned a lesson some times things are not what they appear. ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 12th, 2007 1:10 PM |
| I am so lucky Vander is doing good. He came so close to dieing! the vet said he would never have made it through the day if he didn't come in when he did. Man.. I would have been horribly upset had he died. The good news is he will do fine with only half of his intestine. So now I have to wait for him to get stronger so that I can bring him home. ↑ |
| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 3:57 PM |
| Im so glad he is doing ok ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 14th, 2007 4:38 PM |
| Since my last post Vander hasn't been doing to well he refuses to eat and can not hold water down. I dropped him at the vet this morning, he will be evaluated to see if he needs more surgery. They offer him some food and he did eat it, now they are watching to see if he holds it down. If he doesn't hold it down that will mean theres some thing wrong and he will have to be reopened again. I have my fingers crossed that he wont vomit it up! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 15th, 2007 2:54 PM |
| Vander did have to go back in for more surgery. The intestine started to die off just past the suture site causing the it to leak. It didn't leak much, not enough to make him sick. What did make him sick was when the intestine started to die off, it began to close in on its self causing it to block any thing trying to pass through. It is now Saturday morning, he had the second surgery yesterday. The vet called me this morning she said he is doing wonderful! and can come home today. I am so happy that all has turned out well for him, I'll cross my fingers that he remain ok! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 4:12 PM |
| My boy is doing great! Its been three days and he is doing so well. Hes back to his old self ...eating, drinking and best of all hes not vomiting any more! Wow....all I can say is..... if you people have cats watch the cat toys around the dog. I almost lost my Vander boy to a cat toy! ↑ |
| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 5:13 PM |
| i am so glad that your baby is doing well. so are you going to get the cat footballs to play with now? LOL ↑ |
| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 5:14 PM |
| this is off of the subject but isnt it neat that you posted at 1212 and i posted at 1313. just a thought ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 5:24 PM |
| Lol!!! I would have never noticed that. 12 12, 13 13! Hehehe!!! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 18th, 2007 5:29 PM |
| I went through the cat toys and got rid of all the ones that had cat nip in them. Also I moved what was left to the furthest room from the stairs that way she cant knock them down the stairs to where the dog is. I swear the cat was sitting at the top of the stairs saying.... here doggy doggy eat this! Lol!!! ↑ |
| Name: ecila54 | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 1:30 AM |
| yes scary i watch on tv this vet lady talkng about puppies eating tnings they shouldnt eat,if they eat a sock and it gets stuck in their tummies off to the vet ,my 2 puppies gets sox and underpants and try eating them ,my house is puppy house proof from them eatin things but they keep finding things so i am getting there mr ed chewed in to a dog toy gee theyre like human babies,baby my other pup isnt too bad but my house is neally puppy proof from her too ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 2:48 AM |
| I was talking to my vet about the things they find in dogs stomaches and intestines. She said they find a lot of underwear, for some reason dogs really love underwear! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 2:53 AM |
| Ecila54~my Vander is 5 years old, not exactly a puppy. I have realized its not just puppies that eat foreign objects. I have also learned that all ages dogs should be watched well, even if they never have eaten any thing in the past! ↑ |
| Name: ecila54 | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 3:37 AM |
| Hi lindalu looks like all dogs have to be watched,i had another maltese Daisy i got her when she was 1 year old lost her last year 18 th March she was 14 years old before that day my son forgot to shut the gate i just sent her out to the toilet not knowning the gate was opened when i went to get her she was gone looked everywhere but found her ,a few days later she died at the vet he said she ate rat bait i stll miss her badly,i always check to see if the gate is shut now,she never ate under pants or sox but she did cover her food and water with them i had great memories of her shes sadly missed ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 3:47 AM |
| Aww.... thats to bad, sorry to hear that. I lost my pepper girl just a couple months ago, she was 14 years old as well. I didn't actually lose her I had to have her euthanized. She had so many health problems it was unfair to allow her to continue existing the way she was. ↑ |
| Name: ecila54 | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 4:05 AM |
| Having animals that long theyre like our own children ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 19th, 2007 4:24 AM |
| Yes... they are! I miss my old lady dog. Thats what I called her, my old lady dog! She was a Schnoodle, a x between a Poodle and a Schnauzer. When I got her she was considered a mutt but now she is a designer dog. Still a mutt, but with much more class! LOL!!!! I do miss her terribly! ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 27th, 2007 12:42 AM |
| My Vander boy had his staples removed today. He is doing so good after his surgeries! YAHHHH!!!!!! I guess my fingers being crossed worked. He has lost a lot of weight... it will take some time to get it back on him. After all he has been through... If all we have to worry about is getting some weight back on him then we are doing fine. ↑ |
| Name: cherisalorraine | Date: Sep 27th, 2007 11:08 PM |
| lidalu i am so happy that vander is doing good did you read my post in sahm we had a soup bone removed from kaipos bottom jaw friday night ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 28th, 2007 12:03 AM |
| No I didn't see that post, what topic was it under? ↑ |
| Name: lindalu | Date: Sep 28th, 2007 12:39 AM |
| Name: briseis | Date: Sep 28th, 2007 12:57 PM |
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