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Barnyard Buddies:  ATTENTION DOG OWNERS!!!!  |
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MissWhit
True Blue Farmgirl
142 Posts
Whitney
Maine
USA
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 Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 3:34:47 PM
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I was just watching some show on Animal Planet and it was about an autopsy on a pit bull they believe was starved to death. They actually found during the internal inspection pieces of corn cob that were blocking the exit of the stomach and preventing the dog from digesting food, therefore dying from starvation...I know a lot of people feed their dogs corn cobs and it usually goes just fine, but apparently the incidence of dogs dying from blockages is way too much to be taking the risk. Just wanted to let you all know :)
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2008 : 5:01:41 PM
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My sister just had to take her Australian Shep. to the vet for surgery for a blockage. But she had eaten fish food and the container, too. Dogs can eat the strangest things!
And never give dogs chicken bones!
Thanks for the notice, Whitney.
Kris
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2008 : 9:33:56 PM
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My sister has a dog that would chew wood when she was younger. Sis had to take her to the vet 3X over the years to have tube put in and abcesses drained from her neck because the shards would get lodged in her throat and work their way out, but never break the skin. (EWWWW!!!!!!) Cost her LOTS of $$$$!
I'm SOOOO picky about what I feed my dogs. Can't say that my FAMILY is the same way. My oldest son fed one of my Chihuahuas a HUGE piece of pizza not long ago-- If I didn't know better, that darn dog was a SNAKE in a former life... he practically UNHINGED his jaws to suck that thing down!!! I get SOOO mad at my husband and kids for feeding my dogs crap! But, once they've got the food in their jaws, it's kind of hard to pry it loose-- even from a 4lb Chihuahua!!!!
Oh, and you actually CAN feed dogs Chicken (and OTHER) bones, but they MUST be fed RAW! Raw bones are not brittle like cooked bones and are actually part of a "Natural" canine diet (just look at what wolves, coyotes, foxes etc... eat in the wild). Cooked bones will shatter when the dogs bite them and THAT's were the problems come in.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
Edited by - shepherdgirl on Dec 21 2008 9:38:53 PM |
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jumpingjuliet
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
becky
oroville
CA
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 3:47:20 PM
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I worked for a vet a few years back. The same dog came in 3 times with blockages in six months. He would eat his bedding. He needed a zipper on his stomach. We pulled out a piece of blanket 2 ft long. HE would chew on it but not chew it up. Just keep swallowing. Weird dog. His owners never seemed to learn to keep blankets away from him.
Becky
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hipmamato4
True Blue Farmgirl
51 Posts
danielle
wernersville
pa
USA
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Posted - Dec 22 2008 : 7:38:17 PM
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We are extremely strict in our house that the dog not get ANYTHING that isn't dog food. Unfortunately, he has an affinity for "little girl underwear" which he swallows whole and then throws up. It took a few times to realize he was getting into the dirty laundry to find them, but (knock on wood) he hasn't had any for a long time. With three daughters he has a lot of opportunity though!
Homebirthing, home-schooling mama to 4 awesome kids, living an idyllic country life in Pennsylvania |
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
1319 Posts
audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 3:20:58 PM
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Goodness! Corn cobs? My sister has a dog that will chew up plush toys. She's taken him in a couple of times to have them removed. Dog's aren't very wise when it comes time to eating things they shouldn't!
Audrey
Toto, we're not in Kansas any more! |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2008 : 3:28:45 PM
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| danielle, what kind of dog do you have? We have an 8 month old Husky, and he is terrible! He throws up the piece that he chewed up as well. He's also had things stuck as they were on the way out, and he panics so one of us has to hold him down and try to gently pull it out..most of the time it's thread...My dad called and told me about the corn cob! That's sooo sad. |
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hipmamato4
True Blue Farmgirl
51 Posts
danielle
wernersville
pa
USA
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Posted - Dec 24 2008 : 10:53:15 AM
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We have an almost 3 yo black Lab. Love him to death, but the first two years were tough!! We got him when I was like, 5 months pregnant with #4. As the primary caretaker of the kids and all the animals, I'm not sure what I was thinking. He was great until I had the baby and then couldn't do much training with him. But now, he is a wonderful dog and hasn't had any underwear in a very long time!
Homebirthing, home-schooling mama to 4 awesome kids, living an idyllic country life in Pennsylvania |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Dec 24 2008 : 1:05:04 PM
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my vet said that they always see dogs where they have been given those rope toys to play with and the dogs pull out the threads and the threads get twisted around the intestines..they have had to do many,many surgeries on dogs because of that and he told me not to give our dog a toy like that.
The only toy I allow ours to have is a very thick hard rubber ring toy that he cannot chew apart, and a big raw hide bone.
and he only eats dog food/dog treats.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 12:28:48 PM
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When my dog was a puppy he ate rocks because of a vitamin deficciancy. We took him to the vet and you could actually hear the rocks crunching around when the vet squeezed his tummy! The vet said they would pass through on their own. The worst it would do was to really clean out his intenstines! He pooped little piles of rocks for a long time and we had to keep him away from rocks so he wouldn't eat them. We had him on vitamins a few months and he never did it again!
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 03:34:30 AM
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I have a friend whose dog eats rocks. This dog's problem is more neurotic since the behavior was actually reinforced when it was a puppy. The more you get on to her, the faster she gobbles.
My dog has had such a time with bad bad gas and corn, I just don't give it to her any more. I knew about the cobs too. That's just little too scary. And sadly, she is a chewer/shredder. My fault for giving her paper bags and cereal boxes and her just being a dog. Luckily she does have a discernable palate and only actually ingests what tastes really good.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
2804 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 07:03:43 AM
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How horrible - very sad story - I had no idea folks fed corn cobs to their dogs.
Since I have Great Pry's and have bred them for years I would tell folks that they are not to get away with eating just any old thing and that as a pup you had to watch them closely for that behavior. Pry's hate birds and will even jump in the air to catch them and Yes, eat them. The worst was a male we had "Jaws" who would pretend he was asleep, wait for a bird, ground squirrel, frog, whatever to come close enough and then he would snap open his jaws and down the animal would go. However, he had a great system and it would come out the other end with no problems. We never give chew toys (except icecubes are their play toy)we also only give them straw to sleep on, no bedding and we NEVER use food treats. The reason for that is since they are to guard animals they are trained to never take food from the hand because someone can poision them with meat treats and such to take your animals. I know that sounds crazy but it has happened on many farms.
Keep those four leggeds safe and hugs all around
Grace Gerber
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Dec 27 2008 : 10:37:03 AM
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I have a Maremma Grace, and I'm very careful what I feed him as well. Also very careful with his toys. He gets dry and canned dog food and horse cookies as a treat now and then, and his treats are usually those big stinky knuckle bones from the feed store. He's also got a TERRIBLE sweet tooth, so I have to stand guard over the grain that gets fed to the sheep/goats/horses, or he will snap and growl and chase them all off and hog it all himself. He usually gets his own little bit in a separate dish and that usually does the trick. The corn in the feed is crimped, so I don't worry too much about bloat. I also don't feed it very often. More of a treat-- or as a bribe! -- not because anybody really needs it!
I also don't feed ANY of my dogs rawhide anymore since one of my Chihuahua's is ALWAYS choking on it because he's a little pig and tries to swallow the stips WHOLE once he's made them nice and "flexible!" I always have to pull it out to "rescue" him. Thank goodness none of my dogs are as neurotic as some of those YOU'VE all mentioned!!! (LOL!!!)
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Dec 28 2008 : 6:55:12 PM
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I've never heard of giving dogs corn cobs! Why? They're better in the compost pile. That just seems weird to me.
My grandma had a cocker spaniel (they bred, raised and showed them) that liked to pick up rocks, throw them in the air and catch them. She ended up swallowing one once and had to go to the vet to have it removed.
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
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Posted - Jan 03 2009 : 3:47:34 PM
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Thanks for posting that information.
I don't feed my dogs corn cobs, but there are corn cobs laying around the barn. I need to make sure our dog doesn't eat them.
I wonder if that could happen to goats? I have see my goats chewing on cobs before.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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MarySueK
True Blue Farmgirl
96 Posts
Susan
Richland
WA
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Posted - Jan 05 2009 : 09:03:42 AM
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I had a boyfriend whose dog reached up on the counter and swallowed a soapy brillo pad that we had been using to scrub off a greasy barbeque grill - that was an expensive snack - I mean the vet bill!!
Sue in Richland WA |
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