That was unpleasant!
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After dinner chilling on the couch we suddenly realize that one of Harley’s toy bears was missing an arm!
After a quick scout around the living room, it dawned on us that the dumb dog has indeed swallowed the arm.
After becoming an internet expert on how to make the dog vomit and a late night run to the drug store, I had some hydrogen peroxide to dose him with...just without a syringe.
He thought all his Christmases had come at once when we gave him a little extra food...little did he know, the poor bugger!
Harley dry wretched after the first dose. The second dose did indeed induced the vomiting.
We then had the pleasant task of sorting through the vomit to make sure it had come up. It did!
All in all, a successful procedure.
I would strongly recommend keeping some 3% hydrogen peroxide and some syringes (no needles) in case of similar situations. Obviously you wouldn’t always use it (e.g. with a sharp object), but for what was a couple of bucks, we will now always keep some in the house.
To be honest, thinking about it, I’m amazed that we haven’t had one of the incidents before now with our puppy that likes to put everything in his mouth.
After a quick scout around the living room, it dawned on us that the dumb dog has indeed swallowed the arm.
After becoming an internet expert on how to make the dog vomit and a late night run to the drug store, I had some hydrogen peroxide to dose him with...just without a syringe.
He thought all his Christmases had come at once when we gave him a little extra food...little did he know, the poor bugger!
Harley dry wretched after the first dose. The second dose did indeed induced the vomiting.
We then had the pleasant task of sorting through the vomit to make sure it had come up. It did!
All in all, a successful procedure.
I would strongly recommend keeping some 3% hydrogen peroxide and some syringes (no needles) in case of similar situations. Obviously you wouldn’t always use it (e.g. with a sharp object), but for what was a couple of bucks, we will now always keep some in the house.
To be honest, thinking about it, I’m amazed that we haven’t had one of the incidents before now with our puppy that likes to put everything in his mouth.
I am glad he is OK, good spot on your part!!
That is the cheaper option definitely and if you have no way of getting to a vets than maybe an option. Obviously I there are potential complications to inducing vomiting at home with fb objects. Not all things will come back up as easily as they go down.
The more expensive but safer option is to ring the vets, get them down to them ASAP where they can give an injection which induces emesis. The added advantage is they can sift through the results and clean it up after instead of you, they can also monitor for inhalation esp in flat nosed breeds.
If owners do decide to do this at home they should at least phone theirvets first to inform them of what is happening.
I assume you are not UK based as you refer to bucks. Hydrogen Peroxide isn't really used in the UK to help with this sort of thing, though I think it is available here. I have found a link from an American vet re the use of it which I am sharing now which basically confirms what I have written.
https://www.petsbest.com/blog/how-to-make-your-dog...
And just to add-never give this to cats!
That is the cheaper option definitely and if you have no way of getting to a vets than maybe an option. Obviously I there are potential complications to inducing vomiting at home with fb objects. Not all things will come back up as easily as they go down.
The more expensive but safer option is to ring the vets, get them down to them ASAP where they can give an injection which induces emesis. The added advantage is they can sift through the results and clean it up after instead of you, they can also monitor for inhalation esp in flat nosed breeds.
If owners do decide to do this at home they should at least phone theirvets first to inform them of what is happening.
I assume you are not UK based as you refer to bucks. Hydrogen Peroxide isn't really used in the UK to help with this sort of thing, though I think it is available here. I have found a link from an American vet re the use of it which I am sharing now which basically confirms what I have written.
https://www.petsbest.com/blog/how-to-make-your-dog...
And just to add-never give this to cats!
Edited by bexVN on Thursday 6th September 07:34
USA, correct.
Yes - obviously take to vets if at all possible. At around 10pm at night, when the nearest 24 hr emergency vet that you would actually take your dog to is well over an hour away potentially putting him beyond the point where the fbo has moved into the intestines and beyond where it could possibly come up left us with little choice of what to do for him.
As I’m sure you know (!!) I’m not a vet and would much rather have taken him to the vet here and paid to have them do it, but I didn’t have much choice in the matter that didn’t risk surgery which is obviously far less desirable!
Yes - obviously take to vets if at all possible. At around 10pm at night, when the nearest 24 hr emergency vet that you would actually take your dog to is well over an hour away potentially putting him beyond the point where the fbo has moved into the intestines and beyond where it could possibly come up left us with little choice of what to do for him.
As I’m sure you know (!!) I’m not a vet and would much rather have taken him to the vet here and paid to have them do it, but I didn’t have much choice in the matter that didn’t risk surgery which is obviously far less desirable!
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