DOG ATE GLASS)))) ADVICE!

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Thanks! I think I’ll plant Greta a veggie garden next spring. (While I eat ragu and chocolate) Ahhh.. our dog eats better than we do!

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Yes, my asparagus plants became history soon after the dogs arrived.  :-) > Nothing like asparagus fresh out of the ground, I guess! > When our Boxer Katie ate glass I fed her asparagus spears lengthwise. > The idea is that the asparagus ’swallows up’ the glass so it can pass > through without doing damage.  Katie was fine, whether because she would > have been anyway or because of the asparagus (which she loved, BTW).  I > got this idea from a book written several years ago by a French vet. > Dawn, currently mom to Boxers Gabriel and Michael (no Raphael yet! > > Greta, our ever so active Toller, was a naughty girl when we were at work > > today.  We just started letting her out of her crate and she has the master > > bedroom–she loves watching tele from our featherbed!   Every day for a > > month-she has been 100% perfect. Today, she got upset and chewed a magazine > > and a small glass ear-dropper.  There were only a couple small pieces of > > glass to be found, (they were not sharp edged) which means the rest in her > > gut.  She went poo tonight (all normal), has an appetite, and I did the > > "cotton balls dipped in milk" thing to hopefully clean out any slivers. She > > seems fine, and did this once before (got into a CD jewel case). > > Any other advice out there would be welcome!! > > — > > Jana, owned by Greta The Wonderpup

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When our Boxer Katie ate glass I fed her asparagus spears lengthwise. The idea is that the asparagus ’swallows up’ the glass so it can pass through without doing damage.  Katie was fine, whether because she would have been anyway or because of the asparagus (which she loved, BTW).  I got this idea from a book written several years ago by a French vet. Dawn, currently mom to Boxers Gabriel and Michael (no Raphael yet! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Greta, our ever so active Toller, was a naughty girl when we were at work > today.  We just started letting her out of her crate and she has the master > bedroom–she loves watching tele from our featherbed!   Every day for a > month-she has been 100% perfect. Today, she got upset and chewed a magazine > and a small glass ear-dropper.  There were only a couple small pieces of > glass to be found, (they were not sharp edged) which means the rest in her > gut.  She went poo tonight (all normal), has an appetite, and I did the > "cotton balls dipped in milk" thing to hopefully clean out any slivers. She > seems fine, and did this once before (got into a CD jewel case). > Any other advice out there would be welcome!! > — > Jana, owned by Greta The Wonderpup

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UPDATE**** Thanks for all of the tips.  I dipped a few cotton balls in milk and she thought that was quite a treat.  All is still normal, from her mouth to her stools.  She must have passed everything right through.  (I also gave her some pumpkin for the fiber and she had an extra movement that night) They must have tougher guts than us people. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Greta, our ever so active Toller, was a naughty girl when we were at work > today.  We just started letting her out of her crate and she has the master > bedroom–she loves watching tele from our featherbed!   Every day for a > month-she has been 100% perfect. Today, she got upset and chewed a magazine > and a small glass ear-dropper.  There were only a couple small pieces of > glass to be found, (they were not sharp edged) which means the rest in her > gut.  She went poo tonight (all normal), has an appetite, and I did the > "cotton balls dipped in milk" thing to hopefully clean out any slivers. She > seems fine, and did this once before (got into a CD jewel case). > Any other advice out there would be welcome!! > — > Jana, owned by Greta The Wonderpup

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Yes, my asparagus plants became history soon after the dogs arrived.  :-) Nothing like asparagus fresh out of the ground, I guess! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > When our Boxer Katie ate glass I fed her asparagus spears lengthwise. > The idea is that the asparagus ’swallows up’ the glass so it can pass > through without doing damage.  Katie was fine, whether because she would > have been anyway or because of the asparagus (which she loved, BTW).  I > got this idea from a book written several years ago by a French vet. > Dawn, currently mom to Boxers Gabriel and Michael (no Raphael yet! > Greta, our ever so active Toller, was a naughty girl when we were at work > today.  We just started letting her out of her crate and she has the master > bedroom–she loves watching tele from our featherbed!   Every day for a > month-she has been 100% perfect. Today, she got upset and chewed a magazine > and a small glass ear-dropper.  There were only a couple small pieces of > glass to be found, (they were not sharp edged) which means the rest in her > gut.  She went poo tonight (all normal), has an appetite, and I did the > "cotton balls dipped in milk" thing to hopefully clean out any slivers. She > seems fine, and did this once before (got into a CD jewel case). > Any other advice out there would be welcome!! > — > Jana, owned by Greta The Wonderpup

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Greta, our ever so active Toller, was a naughty girl when we were at work today.  We just started letting her out of her crate and she has the master bedroom–she loves watching tele from our featherbed!   Every day for a month-she has been 100% perfect. Today, she got upset and chewed a magazine and a small glass ear-dropper.  There were only a couple small pieces of glass to be found, (they were not sharp edged) which means the rest in her gut.  She went poo tonight (all normal), has an appetite, and I did the "cotton balls dipped in milk" thing to hopefully clean out any slivers. She seems fine, and did this once before (got into a CD jewel case). Any other advice out there would be welcome!! — Jana, owned by Greta The Wonderpup

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>Any other advice out there would be welcome!!

Lock her crate!!  LOL…only kidding!  Trying to keep my sense of humor lately.  I have no advice except to say that one of my dogs once ate a glass/mercury thermometer, or part of it I should say, and he was fine.  Hope she’ll be ok too. Debbie

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 many a doggie has done that.  only solution  is too get everything out of her reach . and also a second doggie to keep her company many times does help.  but  if she is a young dog well they love to chew and get bored and all. so either company of another animal as a cat or dog and keeping everything out of her reach .   she will try it next . mine did that and my nieces did that so be prepared . not to say she will do so  but could do so and my niece lost a 200 dollar feather ed quilt to her two boston terriers. well one was a naughty doggie that day the other dog claimed  she had no part in  the damaging of the quilt.  lol

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Hi Jana, What a beautiful girl Greta is! ( I checked out your website From <http://dog.com/vet/holidays/03.html#2> for glass & other like turkey bones, sharp stuff-etc. Step one is to check the dog’s entire mouth for blood, cuts, or glass splinters and to flush the mouth to remove any remnants. Step two is to call your veterinarian’s office for guidance. Step three (unless you receive other recommendations from your vet) is to soak in water 2-3 individual cotton balls (or 1/2-balls, for cats or small dogs). Use real cotton, not synthetic cotton. Compress each piece of wet cotton into the shape of a pill and administer it as a "pill" by pushing it down the throat. The cotton fibers can sometimes gather up safely small glass shards that may have lodged in the esophagus. Step four is to give the dog a generous portion of high-fiber bread: 1/2 loaf for large dogs, 1/8 – 1/4 loaf for small dogs. You may put egg yolk on the bread to make it more palatable. After this, for at least 3 – 4 days, watch for the following "danger signs": (1) blood in or near the mouth or rectum; (2) pale gums (note: look at them NOW, so you know what is "normal" for your dog); (3) repeated episodes of vomiting; (4) straining during a bowel movement; (5) "hunched-up" stance, lowering of the forequarters (lower than the hindquarters), repeated glancing at or nipping at the side of the body, and other indications of abdominal pain; or (6) absence of bowel movements. Any of these signs could indicate a problem which might require early veterinary intervention: call your vet right away. Bread and flour paste is also mentioned for bone chips in my book ‘Dog Owners Home Veterinary Handbook" by Carsoln & Griffin DVM Hope she is doing well and has no problem with the glass < scary!> Are you familar with ‘Kong’ toys? Absolutely fantastic strong toy for power chewers and training, shaped like a beehive w/ holes for stuffing with things like a biscuit, block of cheese, p-butter, liverwurst ( whatever you can imagine that ‘Mommie’ allows her to have, LOL) makes them really intersting for doggies who like to get in trouble ( I used to give one and stash others for ‘discovery’. Now stuffed or not, they are what she seeks out for when she gets in that ‘chew-mode’ instead of bad things and they don’t wear down or break teeth. Then again some tabasco sauce or pepper spray worked real good to help deter from other things as well back in those training days versus the bitter sprays they sell which did not work for us). The Kongs come in different sizes and red or black colored. The red Kongs are far more durable than most toys that claim to be for ‘power-chewers’ but the black Kongs are the BEST and STRONGEST, safest toy out there. This are the only toys that I allow and do actually trust with my dog alone ( obviously they are also the larger sized kongs). We have been through Rhino toys, Nylabones, Gallo, marrow bones, giagantic rawhides, etc, etc ( about everything on the market) and had problems with ALL breaking down into danger even when only allowed under supervision. On that note, if I got on a roll concerning this subject of toys that is because one on those other crap toys claiming to be for power-chewers almost killed my dog because she swallowed a chunk of rubber. No more, we only have black Kongs now, it was an awful lesson to learn. Just passing a warning out there to anybody that has a dog with jaw-power ( I figure a glass crusher falls into that catergory (!), do hope Greta will be ok – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Greta, our ever so active Toller, was a naughty girl when we were at work > today.  We just started letting her out of her crate and she has the master > bedroom–she loves watching tele from our featherbed!   Every day for a > month-she has been 100% perfect. Today, she got upset and chewed a magazine > and a small glass ear-dropper.  There were only a couple small pieces of > glass to be found, (they were not sharp edged) which means the rest in her > gut.  She went poo tonight (all normal), has an appetite, and I did the > "cotton balls dipped in milk" thing to hopefully clean out any slivers. She > seems fine, and did this once before (got into a CD jewel case). > Any other advice out there would be welcome!!

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