[we3beagles]

Unbelievable! When my ex husband left for work yesterday he put the dogs in their crates because we are selling the house and had a showing so doggies cannot be free. I got home at 4pm and they all came out and had big drinks as it was hot. Soon after I went out to help show a foster home how to train loose leash walking and got home around 9pm. As soon as I saw Polly I freaked. She looked like she had swallowed a basketball and it had lodged behind her ribcage. She was humongous. I immediately called the emergency hospital and told them we were on our way. Apparently, my soon to be ex had left the pantry door open and gone upstairs to shower. Polly (13 years old) spilled the dry food for foster dogs all over the floor and had eaten about 2 pounds of it. The water in the afternoon had made it swell. I just could not believe it. She looked ridiculous and absolutely bovine. After the doc gave her a shot she spent the next 30 minutes heaving up the remains. $300 + change later she is back to her old ravenous self. Silly little senior.

 

[we3beagles]

no. the doc said there was no way she would have passed that much food. the only option was to throw it up or she would need a stomach tube. the gas kind of bloat is caused by the twisting of the stomach and that is deadly in a very short amount of time, but Polly's stomach was completely blocked. you should have seen the xray. I could even see the chicken bones she ate for dinner (yes on top of all that food she ate dinner too).

 

[we3beagles]

Actually, chicken bones are a part of her everyday diet and only splinter and do harm when they are cooked. As part of a raw diet they help keep teeth clean and make up the bone content portion of the diet. And yes ex hubby felt pretty bad, but I am sure given the chance it would happen again. I cannot wait till the house sells and we can live separately.