This is just disgusting (and guaranteed to ruin your appetite)

[Coyote_Bandit]

I'm up with the old dog. Small 15 pound dog. He's sick to his stomach.

"Why?" you ask.

Because I gave him hydrogen peroxide to make him throw up.

"Why?" you ask.

On the instruction of the emergency vet and the pet poision control center.

"Why?" you ask.

Because I suspected he ate a used tampon - a used tampon he pilfered from the bathroom trash in a home occupied by two gay men. Go figure.

Sure enough. The first thing that came up when he started barfing was a used tampon. Most of it anyway.

Yes, I dutifully collected the remnants in a baggie as instructed. Double bagged that sucker. Then I washed my hands in peroxide.

I suppose tomorrow I'll have to call our regular vet, relay this tale and spend a small fortune to take him in for an x-ray to make sure there isn't anything additional left to cause some blockage.

But for now I am just completely and utterly disgusted.

Eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:



Help me find some humor in this. Please.

[Skittles]

1. why was he in that bathroom?

[Coyote_Bandit]

3. I took the young pup

to obedience class.

The old dog feels left out if he gets left home alone week after week while the pup goes to class.

So tonight his special outing was to see a couple of my friends. While there he snuck off into their bathoom and investigated ... and dined.

[Kali]

2. I don't know

if you can't see the humor (or at least the potential humor, after sleep and time have worked their magic) in this you may never be able to

personally I am :rofl:

[Coyote_Bandit]

4. Thank you

I'm a little freaked out about the emergency vet requiring me to call the poision control center about a freaking tampon.

Never mind the ultimate ick factor of having to pick up and bag a used tampon that a dog has just barfed up.

You're right. I'll find some humor when everything is resolved and the issue has passed.

[Kali]

5. it will pass don't worry

dogs - that is why they call them that


sorry to laugh at your expense so much, but now I'm also cracking up at the thought that NOBODY is going to believe you about this happening at a "friend's" house...:rofl:

:hide:

[Coyote_Bandit]

6. I'm an old fart

and live alone.

My friend's all know "the boys" and some of their more colorful antics.

This fits right in.

[Brickbat]

7. My old dog loved used tampons. I mean used in the traditional sense.

I'd hold off on the x-ray if you're pretty sure the string came back up.

The old dog used to eat is own poo and then barf it back up hours later, too.

[FloridaJudy]

8. My sister's dog used to do that

Only the dog would fish the used tampons/pads out of the trash and take them into the living room to play with first. Ruined a few dinner parties.

Hold off on the X-rays. Cloth/string is radio translucent, so can't be detected that way. If the dog is pooping okay, you're probably fine.

[Raven]

9. According to my Vet, tampons and corn cobs are often deadly

for dogs. They swallow them whole and then they block their intestines. I had a Newf die after swallowing a corn cob whole.She had gotten into a neighbors trash. You were very smart to do what you did.

[RebelOne]

10. Are the modern-day tampons made to be flushed down the toilet? n/t

[Avalux]

11. Hey - are you sure your 15 pound old dog isn't a lab?

I've been similarly disgusted because my black lab eats EVERYTHING, including used feminine napkins (gross!!!). There must be something about the odor that attracts them like magnets. Two gay men of course have no idea this sort of thing but I've had to be extra vigilant in a home with me and three daughters (4 women).

It could be worse....your little guy could have eaten a battery, a razor, an entire pack of cigarettes, a chocolate bar, ground coffee....so a little organic material isn't life threatening, however the tampon itself could have caused problems for a dog so small.

Humor? Your post made me laugh; once the disgust wears off you'll be able to laugh about it too (hopefully!) :hi:

[nadine_mn]

24. We have to keep out bathroom garbages up on the back of the toilet

we have had at one time 4 large dogs (2 lab mixes, a collie mix, and german shep - so big dogs, now its just the shepherd and lab mix)

But man do love they pads - it is sooooo gross, I can't put the garbage can under the sink (they open the door - yet can't figure out the are tall enough to reach the back of the toilet)

Sigh

[Coyote_Bandit]

12. UPDATE

Dog has been to the vet and has had an x-ray.

It does appear that he has remnants in his intestines which are visible on the x-ray. Not sure of the size or composition of those.

Thus far he is acting fine. Not nauseated. Drinking. Pooping small amounts. His last full meal was about midnight Monday. As ususal he only ate a bit yesterday morning - and I did not feed him last night.

About an hour and a half ago I fed him 2 slices of whole grain whole wheat bread with milk per his vet's instructions. We are hoping that the fiber will help things pass quickly - and that it will encase the things that need to pass and help them do so.

The vet advises that this does have the potential to turn very bad with an intestional blockage requiring surgery or possibly even a septic infection.

I do have contact information to call my vet after hours should that be necessary.

At this point we are in wait and see mode.

I am no longer completely grossed out - I am now very concerned about my little guy.

Please send him good vibes.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. I had a setter who once ate, and passed, a tube sock. No one knew what he

had done until it was all over. Dogs are so weird that way.

I seriously hope your little guy will be ok! :hug:

[trof]

14. Our German Shepherd would eat my little girl's tiny sox.

And then crap them.
Never seemed to faze him.
I figured they just cleaned his colon out.
Do dogs have colons?
:shrug:

[Coyote_Bandit]

16. 8-)

I hope my vet doesn't need to do surgery to investigate that very question.

What is it with dogs eating things that ought not be eaten?

[trof]

17. My theory: He loved her.

The socks smelled like her.
It would be unacceptable to eat her.
So he ate her socks.
OK, it's just a theory.
:-)

[Coyote_Bandit]

20. Awwwww

I'm sure he did love her.

There's a big old lab that lives next door - and the family has two young girls. He is very fond and protective of the girls. I don't know if he eats their socks but I do know that when he is left alone during the day he plays with any of their toys that have been left outside in the yard. He doesn't do that when they are there. Only when he's alone. He misses them.

[nadine_mn]

25. Famous words from my vet "what we see here is a colon full of poop"

So they do have colons

We were at the vet for yet another x-ray of "what the hell did he eat now" and the vet was pointing out the above mentioned colon

[TrogL]

32. Dogs are mammals. Mammals have colons.

[Coyote_Bandit]

15. Thanks

A tube sock through a setter is pretty amazing.

I'd be feeling a whole lot better about this incident if my guy were a bit bigger than his 15 pounds.

Looks like I have poop duty for the next couple of days.

[Shagbark Hickory]

18. It sounds like you're a loving and caring pet parent.

When one of my dogs was a puppy on one thanksgiving day, I brought him upstairs to get out of the way of some guests that were afraid of dogs. I saw a sock on the floor in the laundry room. I was going to pick it up on my way back from the bathroom but when I got back the sock was gone. I tried the peroxide thing and couldn't get him to barf it. He's got an iron stomach it seems, it takes a lot of peroxide. So I ended up having to take him to the emergency vet on thanksgiving with guests and everything in my home. That's sucked! But they were able to retrieve the sock. Brought it out in a baggie, just as you described. In one piece.

[Coyote_Bandit]

19. The emergency vet

had me dispense the peroxide at home and attend to the barfing rather than bring the dog in for treatment.

I bagged the pieces just in case someone might be interested in them (eeewwwwww). The dog has been back to the place he barfed several times today loking for those pieces, by the way. Apparently he found them tasty.

I think the emergency vet wanted the dog to barf up as much as possible as quickly as possible.
If memory seve me right dogs have a pretty quick digestive transit time. And I could only narrow the ingestion time down to a window.

Sometimes out furkds make it really hard to take care of 'em.

[Shagbark Hickory]

27. They told me to do it too but I couldn't get him to. Oddly I was able to get him to do it on another

thanksgiving holiday.

I had family over preparing stuff in the kitchen and someone dropped what looked like onions on the floor and I saw the dogs go over and grab it. That time I got it to work. I gave them the peroxide in the upstairs bathroom and nothing happened then they went back downstairs and barfed in the kitchen which really freaked out my guests.

[Coyote_Bandit]

28. Dogs seem to have a knack

for doing gross stuff that freaks out guests.

Min love fruits and veggies - and no doubt they'd have been scarfing up those onions as well.

[riderinthestorm]

21. Wow, 25 years of dogs, 3 women in the household, w plenty of used tampon remnants strewn on carpets,

beds, lawns, kitchen floors, bathroom floors etc. etc. (yes I DO put the garbage bins on top of the bathroom vanities but guests oh-so-kindly replace them ON the floor...)

I simply have NEVER thought of taking the dogs to the vet for this kind of intensive intervention.

I just have always assumed they throw it all up and let it go. Which they have....

I'm talking at least 25 dogs over the past few decades.

Wow. Hope I come back as one of your dogs in the next life!! I am muy impressed with your diligence!

I guess I've just thought... cotton, organic stuff, no biggie.

Hope all turns out well. It has for me and mine (25 dogs later and counting, none of which succumbed to used tampon consumption!)

[Coyote_Bandit]

29. I guess I figured that

the absorbent nature of a tampon was more than sufficient to completely stop up a small 15 pound dog.

And since he fished it out of somebody else's trash can I was also concerned that maybe he'd found something else in there to snack on. If one tampon was good then two might be better - and that plastic applicator might be yummy too.

I do think I was able to get him to barf up most of what he ate before it passed into his intestines.

Small liberal progressive dogs welcome here.

:)

[OhioChick]

22. I think a dog's motto is: Eat first, ask questions later

Through the years, my dogs have gotten into the strangest things.

I woke up this morning with the strongest smell of shit in the house. Went into the kitchen just in time to see the new puppy having a feast. :eyes:

I hope your dog is fine and trust me...you will laugh at this in time. :D

[Coyote_Bandit]

30. Ohhhhhh

yum. What a sight to awake to first thing.

Hope today brought a better awakening.

[Chellee]

23. Let's see... stuff Alex has eaten.

Rocks
Socks
Pine cones
Raw chicken necks in the neighbors garbage for over 24 hours in the TN heat - eeeewww
A box of 200 paneling nails
An opened safety pin

The nails were an interesting xray. Paneling nails from begining to end. You could trace his digestive track. Surgery was not an option because they were everywhere. We had to feed him metamucil and sort through the incredibly gelatinous poo for nails. And the safety pin; that was at the same time. He passed them all, not that I found all that many. But subsequent xrays showed he was clean.

[Coyote_Bandit]

31. wow

200 paneling nails?

Alex has some real intestional fortitude.

What kind of dog is he?

Just curious.

[Chellee]

34. Heinz 57

Some of him was terrier, based on fur texture and face shape. And something bigger than terrier. He's no longer with us, but he had a good long life. He was a good dog. Exasperating, but fun.

Alex would eat absolutely anything. He was like a garbage disposal. I would be prepping vegetables or fruits and he would be at my feet waiting for the apple cores or the carrot peels or the ends of the broccoli stalks. He was always so happy to help "clean up."

Our current dog, Ginger, won't even touch a vegetable. If you try to hand her something, she'll look at you with an expression that says, "Are you insane? That's not dog food. You sad, deluded human." On the other hand, she hunts. We got her when she was 3, so we don't really know her history before us. We certainly didn't teach her, and it may just be instinctual, but she will capture, kill, and eat live prey in our back yard. So far, two chipmunks, a baby robin, and some other bird. I'm not sure what kind, it was gone too fast. She can pounce on it, and eat it before you can say, "GINGER, DROP IT!" She's a shepherd beagle mix, so we assume it's the beagle part. The shepherd part doesn't work as well. She doesn't really herd anything.

I hope your little one is doing better today.

:)

[nadine_mn]

26. First - warm fuzzy vibes that your dog will be ok

Secondly - I have had to use peroxide so many times on my lab mix (who died at a ripe old age of 13 - not due to anything he ingested) that he learned to keep it in his cheeks and spit it out. We had to hold his mouth shut and massage it down his throat.

His file at the vet was at least a solid 3 inches thick. I would call our vet, mention my name - he would ask which dog (we had 2 at the time), I would say Leinie, he would then ask what did he eat this time?

My dog would break out of his kennel, take an office chair and push it into the kitchen (it was a studio so not far to go), climb up on the chair, onto the counter and open the cupboards. That was when he was a younger pup - thank goodness he got too big to keep that up.

He got into everything, our current dogs get into the most random crap - I can't puppy proof enough - cat litter, garbage, laundry, stuff off counters, opening under the sink cabinets. They are so random in this - the can leave laundry alone for months then suddenly start knocking over baskets, trying to pull stuff out through the holes. They can leave garbages alone for months then poof nothing is safe. Poor kitty has to go through an obstacle course to get to his litter box because they raid that all the time

[Taverner]

33. Skip the X-ray. Our beagle regularly eats (unused) tampons

And napkins, paper towels and tissues.

And I always see them come out the back end