So I keep forgetting not to leave anything lying around. This morning my dog age two fingers off my gloves. They are leather, flees lined. Should I be worried? Will they pass through? He is a big boy, 70lbs. Is there anything to add to his dinner to ease the passage?
Years ago one of my boys ate part of a floor mat which ended up needing major surgery.
Call your vet and ask. I would watch him or the next 24 hrs. If he starts vomiting or boats or seems off in any way get him to the ER vet in your area.
It will probably pass through and be fine. Feed him a hearty meal of bread to help move it along.
I induce vomiting if it was recent (peroxide or salt down the throat). If I know a foreign object has been consumed and not anything that would be more problematic coming up I would rather see it out sooner than later or potentially not at all.
I had an underwear obsessed Dobe (ate 3 brand new thongs right out of the package once). If I didn’t catch him in the act it would usually result in a late night vomit about 2 days later or sometimes an underwear poop a day or two beyond that.
I thought it would be the death of him one day but he managed to successfully pass them one way or another for 7 years.
He’ll probably puke them up in the middle of your favorite rug. Or otherwise, they’ll come out the other end in a few days. Hope the pup’s fine, but it won’t teach him a lesson, so you have to keep things up.
My Boxer was puking up her pellets, eating, then puking repeatedly - all the while I’m staying shall I or shall I not take her down to the vet. The weekend (of course) came and went and on Monday just as I’d decided to make the call, she threw up this big sausage thing that looked like a dead mouse. Turned out it was a bundle of hay that had been churning around in her stomach for days…all tightly matted together and disgusting. Bloody dogs - give us nothing but anxiety and joy.
what a coincidence! my parents dog just ate about half of one of my Roeckl riding gloves the other day! god, I was so pissed.
I can’t speak for your dog, you’d know him better, but my parents’ is a 25lb Cocker Spaniel and there is not a single grain of doubt in my mind that she will pass the glove w/ zero issues and be fine.
that dog eats literally EVERYthing. she’s eaten and fully digested (or ocassionally regurgitated) everything from AAA batteries, money (paper & coins), 3 of her rabies tags, chocolate, gum, cigarette lighters, to SO many clothing items – she once ate an ENTIRE pair of my breeches, left nothing but the waistband. she’ll eat anything she can reach really, and it has never caused her any issues at all …except for that fish hook she tried to eat once…that went straight through her tongue (but better I’m sure that it got caught there versus further down the digestive line!) and my mom had to call our vet out (who fortunately is our neighbour right down the road) at 8pm on a Sunday to have him sedate her and remove it. he was so nice though and didn’t even charge them. they sent him a “thank you” card w/ a gift card to some restaurant in it later that week.
but yeah…she can absolutely not be left unsupervised. ever. for even a second. or she’ll end up finding & eating something she shouldn’t, no matter how short of a time she’s alone or how “Spaniel proofed” you think the room is.
I’m sorry, I got on a bit of a tangent there.
in direct answer to your inquiry OP – I think your dog will probably be fine. just keep a close eye on him and check his droppings until you see that he’s passed the glove.
We had a cat who routinely at gloves, hats, mittens, scarves and once the blanket on the bed (while Mom & Dad were in the bed). Didn’t bother the 10 lb cat at all. I think your 70 lb dog had hors d’oeuvres.
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My Boxer was puking up her pellets, eating, then puking repeatedly - all the while I’m staying shall I or shall I not take her down to the vet. The weekend (of course) came and went and on Monday just as I’d decided to make the call, she threw up this big sausage thing that looked like a dead mouse. Turned out it was a bundle of hay that had been churning around in her stomach for days…all tightly matted together and disgusting. Bloody dogs - give us nothing but anxiety and joy.[/QUOTE]
One of my Bouvs many years ago did have major surgery. He vomited and stopped eating for several days. When taking our history at the vet’s I did mention that my dog frequently eats hay which I thought was funny at the time. However they didn’t pay attention to this. When they opened his abdomen they realized that his intestines were stuffed with hay. They were able to work it through without having to cut his bowel.
Wasn’t so lucky with another Bouv who ate part of my mat in the mudroom. Vet didn’t listen to me and said he had Gastritis. To make a long story short the dog almost died, ended up in ICU, had major surgery, lost a lot of bowel, his heart was affected, total$11,000 This happened when he was 8 years old but lived to be 13. He had to be on special food for the rest of his life and had many bouts of explosive diarrhea. I did love the dog though. Probably was the best dog I ever had.
Years ago, my mother inherited some expensive, unlined leather gloves. The gloves kept disappearing, and one day our Lab puked a few fingers up. Apparently, she had eaten all of the gloves, and only one bothered her. Of course, our Lab ate all types of junk that should have been kept out of her reach, and it’s amazing she survived all of it.
You are scaring me CatTap! I’m hoping that as she grows up she will be more sensible…pretty hard to keep a dog away from hay on a horse property.
You’ll be fine. My lab ate a thumbtack and it came out the other end just fine. ?? But scary.
Years ago my friend had a new ACD puppy.
She was a wonderful dog, but went thru a terrible “I eat anything” stage, you could not puppy proof enough.
He said that it was so hard to remember to put things up, it took three pairs of rubber overshoes before he finally learned to put them out of her reach.
He is not easy to teach.
Thankfully she only shredded stuff, didn’t also eat it, like labs do.
I hope the OP’s dog is ok by now.
I guess those fingers didn’t bother him. He is eating and pooping OK. It has been five days. I have to keep all shoes and boots in the closet, pillows and blankets out of sight.
Unfortunately I have taught him that he gets cookies when he steals something. In order to take anything away from him (he has very strong jaws), I said “lets trade” and offered him a cookie at which time he drops whatever is in his mouth. Now he takes his spoils to his crate, drops it, waiting for a reward.
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You are scaring me CatTap! I’m hoping that as she grows up she will be more sensible…pretty hard to keep a dog away from hay on a horse property.[/QUOTE]
He never ate hay again after that episode.
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