Over the past year I’ve had several instances where I took my dogs to the vet for things that I initially felt I was overreacting about. Out of the many times, only one I was and it still did the right thing. Today solidified my feelings that if I feel like I need to just to it.
I have a 12 year old boy, Tesla, and a 6 month old boy, Ampere (or Amp). I gave Amp a Himilayan chew (aka yak chew) because he’s teething but I noticed he had significantly chewed it down to the point he was pushing it or his back teeth, where a lot of his pain currently is. I tried to take it out of his mouth but nope. He swallowed it whole. Slipped right down that little butthole’s throat. He stared at me while he did it. This was a 4 inch long, inch wide chew. Never thought he’d be able to swallow that it without choking.
I’m very lucky because I have a close friend who lives in another state and is a vet. She told me to take this seriously and to either watch him closely or, ideally, take him to the vet. Everything I read only be told me Himalayan Yak chews that they are safe and digestible. His belly will dissolve it. I waffled but if I decided it’s better to not mess around with this.
They take an x-ray to make sure it won’t cause any sharp corners when they induce the vomiting. They show me the x-ray and say yeah, that’s an area of concern.
Note that at this point Amp is showing no signs of distress.
He is acting normally. They take him to the back to induce vomiting while I wait. They come back to tell me there a 2nd bone. It turns out Amp swallowed a larger bone that I gave our older boy, Tesla, yesterday whole. I have a lot of experience with dogs, I’ve never had a dog that swallows dog safe bones whole.
So there was already a significant blockage. I fucked up. Nevermind I didn’t watch him, but I questioned the need to that him to the vet.
Take them to the vet even if you think you’re overacting. It’s better to react than under-reacting. Amp is absolutely exhausted but he’s doing ok. He has had a very bad day.
Earlier this year my older boy was acting very slightly strange, including peeing himself while laying down during 4th of July fireworks. I took took him immediately in and the follow ups resulted in finding out he had early onset Cushing’s disease. He’s doing incredibly well and responding well to medication, and I attribute a lot of that to getting him treatment early on.
I don’t mean to go on, but if something feels wrong take them to the vet. I was close to not doing it in both cases because they looked fine. They were not.
I have a 12 year old boy, Tesla, and a 6 month old boy, Ampere (or Amp). I gave Amp a Himilayan chew (aka yak chew) because he’s teething but I noticed he had significantly chewed it down to the point he was pushing it or his back teeth, where a lot of his pain currently is. I tried to take it out of his mouth but nope. He swallowed it whole. Slipped right down that little butthole’s throat. He stared at me while he did it. This was a 4 inch long, inch wide chew. Never thought he’d be able to swallow that it without choking.
I’m very lucky because I have a close friend who lives in another state and is a vet. She told me to take this seriously and to either watch him closely or, ideally, take him to the vet. Everything I read only be told me Himalayan Yak chews that they are safe and digestible. His belly will dissolve it. I waffled but if I decided it’s better to not mess around with this.
They take an x-ray to make sure it won’t cause any sharp corners when they induce the vomiting. They show me the x-ray and say yeah, that’s an area of concern.
Note that at this point Amp is showing no signs of distress.
He is acting normally. They take him to the back to induce vomiting while I wait. They come back to tell me there a 2nd bone. It turns out Amp swallowed a larger bone that I gave our older boy, Tesla, yesterday whole. I have a lot of experience with dogs, I’ve never had a dog that swallows dog safe bones whole.
So there was already a significant blockage. I fucked up. Nevermind I didn’t watch him, but I questioned the need to that him to the vet.
Take them to the vet even if you think you’re overacting. It’s better to react than under-reacting. Amp is absolutely exhausted but he’s doing ok. He has had a very bad day.
Earlier this year my older boy was acting very slightly strange, including peeing himself while laying down during 4th of July fireworks. I took took him immediately in and the follow ups resulted in finding out he had early onset Cushing’s disease. He’s doing incredibly well and responding well to medication, and I attribute a lot of that to getting him treatment early on.
I don’t mean to go on, but if something feels wrong take them to the vet. I was close to not doing it in both cases because they looked fine. They were not.