RE: Puppy ate a bully stick! or s**t happens
Hi Susan, Not so different for people too:-) My husband worked in New York for a year and oftentimes would cook a huge turkey and dine off it for nearly two weeks. He can eat green meat and slimey cold cuts and furry cheese, he can eat fast food burgers in the multiple numbers and dine in third world restaurants with never an upset stomach or a surge in his cholesterol. I on the otherhand am a more delicate flower:-)) Rose T.
Re: Puppy ate a bully stick! or s**t happens
I think it is interesting that there are currently 2 threads running concurrently. Bully Sticks (don't let your puppy eat this or that) and Weird things eaten (just try to keep your puppy from eating this or that) For every person that says don't feed rawhide Bully sticks pigs ears etc. someone does. This is huge business and millions must be sold each year for them to continue to manufacture and market these things. I think that there is danger and risk in everything we do and for every bully stick eaten or remote control that disappears most dogs will pass the final product without problem and an unlucky few will need surgery. I have a good friend who I've known for the last 25 yrs that has always fed her dogs cooked bones (each year they get the turkey carcass or if we have ribs the bones) without incident. I cringe when she does it but to date there has never been an issue for her dogs. This doesn't mean I do it but I can't convince her that it is dangerous. I think we have to accept the fact that s**t happens and some of us are just going to hit that unlucky wall regardless of how careful we are or what we do. Surely raising dogs is just an issue of common sense and a bit of luck. Susan Ablon Gweebarra BMD Balch Springs, Tx http://www.pageweb.com/gwebara
Re: Puppy ate a bully stick!
In a message dated 02/08/2003 8:26:08 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Personally I don't feed such treats nor rawhide either as they can stick to the intestinal wall and cause problems. They are processed using a lot of chemicals as well, better to stick with nylabones or a real bone. >> While agree that rawhide does have all the issues stated above, the same issues do not ordinarily apply to bully sticks (macho sticks, etc.) They are treated primaily with only drying - no bleaching, etc. They also do not get sticky when wet, more slimy than anything and dry easily if any are left at the end of a chewing session. I have had my 22 lb. Cavalier swallow a 2" piece at the end of the stick and not had any issues at all. Most dogs cannot chew big chunks off initially as they can with rawhide. It is only that last couple of inches that they can swallow whole, so I usually monitor the chewing and remove the stick when it can all fit inside the dog's mouth at once. Anne Copeland, Flash,TDI/CGC (Berner, 8 1/2 yrs.) & Gypsy TDI/CGC(Rescue Cavalier,2 yrs.) BMDCSEW Tracking Test Chair/Sec. NE ILL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ty's memorial page: http://www.geocities.com/workingyorkie/ty.html Gypsy's page:http://hometown.aol.com/annes4/Gypsy.html
RE: Puppy ate a bully stick!
Hi Mark, It'll most likely sit in her stomach for a few days until it softens up enough to enter the duodenum. Just make sure her water intake is good and monitor her for a few days. She may upchuk or pass it without incident. If she should start vomiting and not able to keep anything down or is straining to defecate then you should take her into the vets. Personally I don't feed such treats nor rawhide either as they can stick to the intestinal wall and cause problems. They are processed using a lot of chemicals as well, better to stick with nylabones or a real bone. Rose
