In reply to Appleseed:
Probably something like this guy:
In reply to Appleseed:
Probably something like this guy:
In reply to Appleseed:
The dog didn't smoke, stepdad's mother smoked. A lot. We thought the walls in her bedroom were painted eggshell brown until someone took a picture down and revealed white paint underneath. The picture was of her son (mom's husband) from when he was a little kid, she thought it was a sepia-tone black and white photo until she bumped the glass and smudged off the layer of goo..
Get well soon little buddy.
Knurled wrote: It's my understanding that it's the caffeine that is bad for dogs, not the chocolate. A lot of chocolate has caffeine in it, naturally I guess, but it's not a given.
Caffeine is an issue for dogs, but the real threat in chocolate is theobromine.
What's the update on the pups?
In reply to Osterkraut:
Osterkraut wrote:Knurled wrote: It's my understanding that it's the caffeine that is bad for dogs, not the chocolate. A lot of chocolate has caffeine in it, naturally I guess, but it's not a given.Caffeine is an issue for dogs, but the real threat in chocolate is theobromine. What's the update on the pups?
They are shiny happy people.
The guy with the appetite for poison is fine tonight but he has had a bad day. Heart rate is back to normal and the need to live near the hose seems to have abated. He is sleeping.
pinchvalve wrote: My dog ate a can of dog food once. No, a CAN of dog food, as in unopened by me. He eats dry food and when someone gave me a can of wet, I just left it on a table. He somehow smelled what was inside, chewed the can to a pulp and ate the contents. No cuts to his mouth at all. Pitbulls, gotta love 'em.
There is a famous story in my family from the breeder we got my childhood beagle from about the mother beagle devouring a whole Pepsi can in similar fashion. Based on what we saw of her spawn, I do not doubt the veracity of that story in the least. Our beagle would eat anything and everything in sight if not actively prevented from doing so, and I'm quite sure would have literally eaten himself to death if given the chance.
In reply to RevRico:
Must be a lab thing, my parent's big ass yellow lab loves dirty Kleenex. He used to go on these midnight garbage raids and pull the whole bag out and devour it in the kitchen, leaving a lovely mess of half eaten garbage and plastic to wake up to.
Chuck's dad used to have a Datamation that was nuts for used Kleenex. Never touched the fresh ones out of the box, but he would sneak up around the back of the side table to swipe a used one.
Glad to hear your pooch is doing OK now Huckleberry.
The toy poodle we adopted years ago likes Kleenex too. Doesn't matter used or new, she'll shred them. Doesn't eat them, just shreds them. Leaves napkins, paper towels and the like alone. Also will constantly lick the couch, chair, carpet, whatever she's laying down on. Annoying but harmless. Done it since we adopted her 10 years ago when she was at least 5 year old. Also doesn't like to be alone, she used to jump on a chair then onto the table to see out the window and watch us outside. She wouldn't touch food on the table, would just sit and look outside. She's old now and can't jump on the chairs anymore. I have to lift her up on the couch to sit next to me now.
My black lab ate a bunch of batteries when we first got him. He chewed them up and swallowed them.
He was fine.
Diapers apparently don't feel good coming out. They also have an unusual texture once being partially digested by a dog...
Today he barfed up a pile of wrappers. I put him outside and he E36 M3 out 6 more. Some with actual candy still in them. He is not feeling playful... but he really isn't giving any berkeleys about this either. He has the shakes but is eating normally and his heart seems to be holding steady at 110.
Key Take-away: My dogs can open a cabinet and plunder anything that doesn't have a latch when I'm not home. They need to have a gopro glued to their backs so I can observe the nonsense that takes place when no one is watching them.
My sister's old dog ate an entire pillowcase-full of Halloween candy. She was fine afterwards.
I once had a dog that ate the contents of my parents' basement. It ate the following things:
Clothes
Random toys
VHS tapes
Cassette tapes
The ends of electronic cords (including the cord on my NES Max controller, urgh!)
Two couches
Wood wall paneling
And my favorite: A bumper pool table
That dog was later given away to another family who fared A LOT better with her. I think she just hated us.
Had a cat for a while that ate the cotton from used Q tips.
@Huck - glad he's doing OK. Never fun when the dogs get into stuff they shouldn't.
It's remarkable how some of the munchier breeds of dogs continue to survive. Labs and beagles would have darwinned themselves out of existence long ago if it weren't for active human involvement saving their sorry butts.
My parents' tiny poodle, on the other hand, is the fussiest gourmand I've ever seen. I swear he wants a 5-star French chef to prepare his food.
Jeebus, I feel for your dog. Between evening coffee and a glass of "chocolate wine" at midnight (seriously it's red wine mixed with chocolate, tasty but I'm guessing a high chocolate content) I feel like ass and am still not sleepy at 5 am.
Tomorrow is gonna suck.
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