I am sitting at my desk doing the usual computer related work. Deuce is taking a snooze in his crate and Rio is behind me chewing away on a leather glove that she found. She had, in fact, carried the glove around and played with it by tossing it up in the air for a few days.
As she is busy chewing behind me, I didn’t think much of her chewing and dissecting the glove since she has never consumed anything she dissects. As a matter of fact, she destroys her toys on a regular basis leaving the “insides” of the toy - such as the squeaky behind for someone else to pick up.
Lately I spotted one of her stuffed toys completely turn inside out. Some dogs, I tell you, know how to keep themselves busy!
I give her a couple of glances and return back to my work. After a few minutes I get up only to see just a small piece of glove on the carpet. Oh no… she actually ate the whole freakin' glove! It is around 5:30 pm and I am wondering if this requires a vet visit or… she appears fine. Full belly and ready for the evening “activities”. I am pretty upset at myself. I can’t believe my dog ate a whole leather glove.
I am beating myself up about how I should have known better, thinking about the long talks I have with clients about the importance of management and bla, bla, bla.
I go back to observing Rio. She seems perfectly “normal”… after all don’t they occasionally chew on rawhides?
Finally I decide not to make two big mistakes in a row. I call the emergency clinic, you know that emergencies like these always happens when your dog’s “regular” vet is closed…The ER receptionist tells me to bring her in just in case. I know about obstructions in dog’s stomach - a real medical emergency. I spent three hrs. at the clinic. They induce vomiting on Rio (sorry Rio, I should have known better) and she vomits almost the entire glove.
Final instructions are to keep an eye on her (and her poop) to make sure that she is able to pass whatever might still be in there. Tomorrow will be a week after the glove-eating incident and Rio appears to be fine! Oh, dogs and their chewing habits…
Oh, dogs and their well-intentioned yet (sometimes) spacey parents.
As she is busy chewing behind me, I didn’t think much of her chewing and dissecting the glove since she has never consumed anything she dissects. As a matter of fact, she destroys her toys on a regular basis leaving the “insides” of the toy - such as the squeaky behind for someone else to pick up.
Lately I spotted one of her stuffed toys completely turn inside out. Some dogs, I tell you, know how to keep themselves busy!
I give her a couple of glances and return back to my work. After a few minutes I get up only to see just a small piece of glove on the carpet. Oh no… she actually ate the whole freakin' glove! It is around 5:30 pm and I am wondering if this requires a vet visit or… she appears fine. Full belly and ready for the evening “activities”. I am pretty upset at myself. I can’t believe my dog ate a whole leather glove.
I am beating myself up about how I should have known better, thinking about the long talks I have with clients about the importance of management and bla, bla, bla.
I go back to observing Rio. She seems perfectly “normal”… after all don’t they occasionally chew on rawhides?
Finally I decide not to make two big mistakes in a row. I call the emergency clinic, you know that emergencies like these always happens when your dog’s “regular” vet is closed…The ER receptionist tells me to bring her in just in case. I know about obstructions in dog’s stomach - a real medical emergency. I spent three hrs. at the clinic. They induce vomiting on Rio (sorry Rio, I should have known better) and she vomits almost the entire glove.
Final instructions are to keep an eye on her (and her poop) to make sure that she is able to pass whatever might still be in there. Tomorrow will be a week after the glove-eating incident and Rio appears to be fine! Oh, dogs and their chewing habits…
Oh, dogs and their well-intentioned yet (sometimes) spacey parents.
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