My husband is a vicarious dog owner. He doesn't want the responsibility of feeding, walking, and picking up after, so he enjoys all the other dogs that our neighbors are walking and picking up after.
I have one deck shoe with all of the leather removed as our late Jack Russell Terrier found it to be a suitable chew toy. I came home from work one day to find only a rubber sole.
One of mine failed obedience class because she would spend most of every session trying to get treats out of other people's pockets or pointing at the people who had treats.
One of my dogs is into metal, and I do not mean Black Sabbath. He likes to eat metal things, including (but not limited to) jewelry, snaps, and zippers. The first few times, we had frantic trips to the emergency vet, induced vomiting, etc. Now we just wait for the sharp pointy metal thing to appear in his poop. The dog has a GI tract of steel.
Did I mention he’s a little white fluffy dog who weighs 15 pounds?
Anyway Lexi is probably fine. A species with so few brain cells needs to be sturdy.
Once I got into a conversation with another dog owner at a big park while her dog was roaming out of sight. I mentioned the possibility of my dog ingesting something problematic as one reason I kept her within view. This lady told me with firm assurance that "Dogs will not eat anything that would be bad for them. They instinctively know."
I could only reply, "I'm pretty sure the veterinarian I worked for put both his kids through college on the fact that dogs will eat anything."
Yes, I love them and yes, they are complete assholes. My kitchen cabinet doors under the sink are currently held closed with carpenter's framing clamps. The bungee cords lasted only one day. The slide bolts lasted a week. Hell hath no furies like a fifty pound Dalmatian... or a Lexi.
My sister and I still grieve our beloved rescue Pomeranian who died suddenly 1/30/21. We aren’t sure about adopting another pup but we love on all the ones we meet out and about. I’m so sorry about your loss.
I trust that Lexie will survive her misadventure. One of my Labs, Buster by name though she is female, has been crowned as the all-time Queen of Dietary Indiscretions. We have found ourselves biting our nails and reviewing our financial assets as she spent four days at the emergency vet clinic while periodic x-rays charted the passage of a good-sized stone through her innards. It finally "passed", as the saying goes. I washed the stone thoroughly and still have it. Good luck, Lexie.
Our dog Darla ate a bread lame, which as bakers know is a glorified razor blade. Our vet told us to feed her cotton balls soaked in chicken broth and not let her spit it up, and it would dissolve on its own. It is not an accident that dogs are omnivores.
Well, let's start with the chemical fact that hydrochloric acid (HCl) can dissolve stainless steel. The concentration of HCl in a dog's stomach is 10 times that of a human. The pH in a dog's stomach ranges from 1.5 to 2.1. Our stomach acid generally comes in around 3.5, for those of you who (fondly) remember their chemistry --- with O being the most acidic on the pH scale. Hello, hello. Still there?
My Golden Retriever ate one of my daughter's chocolate birthday cakes as well as a bag of Hershey's kisses. The candles on the cake and the foil on the kisses, plus the plastic bag. Nothing happened. He was fine. Months later, he ate a box of Ex-Lax an older relative had left on the dining room table. We gave him hydrogen peroxide and he vomited it up and was fine. I'm sure he could have handled the fish.
Two golden doodles live next door to us. They are goofballs. One likes to grab a stick in her mouth and prance in front of her sister, as if to say, "I have a stick and you don't!" Her sister likes to steal empty cat food cans out of our recycling bin and run around, daring us to try to catch her.
We love them both. Our cats do not share the love.
Dogs rule. They are my human barometer. If they don’t like you, I don’t want to know you. As we know, dogs will eat anything no matter how disgusting, so that’s not a 100% rule, just 99.9%.
LOVE dogs. I think everyone should have one so that I don't have to.
My husband is a vicarious dog owner. He doesn't want the responsibility of feeding, walking, and picking up after, so he enjoys all the other dogs that our neighbors are walking and picking up after.
I want to be every dog's grandma.
I tink everyone did get one during COVID. My neighborhood has dogs being walked through it 12/7
I have had the right pocket of three different jackets chewed out, each time because I left a dog-training treat in the pocket.
I have one deck shoe with all of the leather removed as our late Jack Russell Terrier found it to be a suitable chew toy. I came home from work one day to find only a rubber sole.
SOMEONE needs more training. I on the other hand seem to leave poop bags in my pockets. Empty fortunately.
My jackets almost always have one or more unused poo bags in them.
Mine too
Yep!
One of mine failed obedience class because she would spend most of every session trying to get treats out of other people's pockets or pointing at the people who had treats.
One of my dogs is into metal, and I do not mean Black Sabbath. He likes to eat metal things, including (but not limited to) jewelry, snaps, and zippers. The first few times, we had frantic trips to the emergency vet, induced vomiting, etc. Now we just wait for the sharp pointy metal thing to appear in his poop. The dog has a GI tract of steel.
Did I mention he’s a little white fluffy dog who weighs 15 pounds?
Anyway Lexi is probably fine. A species with so few brain cells needs to be sturdy.
"A species with so few brain cells needs to be sturdy." NOW I know why Trump is still among the living!
Most dogs I know are more intelligent than most people I know, present company included.
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Rescuer for roughly 25 years. I like dogs more than people.
Once I got into a conversation with another dog owner at a big park while her dog was roaming out of sight. I mentioned the possibility of my dog ingesting something problematic as one reason I kept her within view. This lady told me with firm assurance that "Dogs will not eat anything that would be bad for them. They instinctively know."
I could only reply, "I'm pretty sure the veterinarian I worked for put both his kids through college on the fact that dogs will eat anything."
I would have selected “Yes, but they’re assholes.” if it had been offered.
Yes, I love them and yes, they are complete assholes. My kitchen cabinet doors under the sink are currently held closed with carpenter's framing clamps. The bungee cords lasted only one day. The slide bolts lasted a week. Hell hath no furies like a fifty pound Dalmatian... or a Lexi.
We had to say good-bye to our dog yesterday, and the house feels so very empty. Everywhere I look, I see signs of her.
I’m so sorry… it’s the very worst part of having dogs.
Sincere sympathy in every way.
You have my sympathy. That's really hard.
Emmie and I send our love....
"I loved you for your whole life and I'll miss you for the rest of mine"
My sister and I still grieve our beloved rescue Pomeranian who died suddenly 1/30/21. We aren’t sure about adopting another pup but we love on all the ones we meet out and about. I’m so sorry about your loss.
Deepest empathies.
I'm sorry Jean.
I saw a meme recently that read -dogs can be the reason for many of the best days of your life, and also one of the very worst.- too true💔
Jean, this is so hard. Been there.
Dogs are better than we deserve.
Yes, a lot!*
*Also, they are assholes.
I trust that Lexie will survive her misadventure. One of my Labs, Buster by name though she is female, has been crowned as the all-time Queen of Dietary Indiscretions. We have found ourselves biting our nails and reviewing our financial assets as she spent four days at the emergency vet clinic while periodic x-rays charted the passage of a good-sized stone through her innards. It finally "passed", as the saying goes. I washed the stone thoroughly and still have it. Good luck, Lexie.
Our dog Darla ate a bread lame, which as bakers know is a glorified razor blade. Our vet told us to feed her cotton balls soaked in chicken broth and not let her spit it up, and it would dissolve on its own. It is not an accident that dogs are omnivores.
A bread LAME? What is that?
It's a very (very!) sharp blade on a handle which is used to cut narrow slits in top of bread dough before baking.
Exactly, which means how in the world would it dissolve??
Well, let's start with the chemical fact that hydrochloric acid (HCl) can dissolve stainless steel. The concentration of HCl in a dog's stomach is 10 times that of a human. The pH in a dog's stomach ranges from 1.5 to 2.1. Our stomach acid generally comes in around 3.5, for those of you who (fondly) remember their chemistry --- with O being the most acidic on the pH scale. Hello, hello. Still there?
My Golden Retriever ate one of my daughter's chocolate birthday cakes as well as a bag of Hershey's kisses. The candles on the cake and the foil on the kisses, plus the plastic bag. Nothing happened. He was fine. Months later, he ate a box of Ex-Lax an older relative had left on the dining room table. We gave him hydrogen peroxide and he vomited it up and was fine. I'm sure he could have handled the fish.
Two golden doodles live next door to us. They are goofballs. One likes to grab a stick in her mouth and prance in front of her sister, as if to say, "I have a stick and you don't!" Her sister likes to steal empty cat food cans out of our recycling bin and run around, daring us to try to catch her.
We love them both. Our cats do not share the love.
My dog ate a 2 pound bag of brown sugar. Threw it all up. Ghastly gooey clean-up. He also ate a box of coffee pods and a bowl of jelly beans.
Dogs rule. They are my human barometer. If they don’t like you, I don’t want to know you. As we know, dogs will eat anything no matter how disgusting, so that’s not a 100% rule, just 99.9%.