Re: Weird things eaten
Audrey, I'm certain it's okay for her to eat those tags as Schoenli IS the consumer! VBG Sharon (Snow again in St. Louis) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:47 AM Subject: RE: Weird things eaten Schoenli specializes in eating the tags that come on pillows that say UNDER PENALTY OF LAW NOT TO BE REMOVED EXCEPT BY CONSUMER. She's removed them from every seat cushion and pillow in the house. Audrey Lyke
Re: Weird things eaten
In a message dated 02/09/2003 9:48:28 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Schoenli specializes in eating the tags that come on pillows that say UNDER PENALTY OF LAW NOT TO BE REMOVED EXCEPT BY CONSUMER. And she is consuming them, hence she IS the consumer LOL. 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: Weird things eaten
Hi Pauline, Your account of the Spitz reminded me of my marrow bone feeding days, I made the mistake of feeding bones that were only two inches long and I had a young bitch jam one over her lower jaw. We were racing to the vet to have it sawn off so I could get home in time with her before the Freezing Rain came in. So yes it can happen to Berners as well! Rose T.
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Hi, I'm new to this site and we have a 2 year old male bernese named NEO. He was a good friend of OBERON'S who we miss very much. I was reading the pantyhose story and was reminded of NEOs weird eating habit. We were living in our house about 9 months when we decided to do some remodeling. NEO was about 6 months old at the time. He would be home with his sister Maddie (A Jack Russell) during the day with the workmen and was very well behaved for a pup. Once the work was done and the workmen were gone and the doggies were left alone during the day how things changed! Imagine my surprise when I came home from work one day to find a 1 foot in diameter hole in my brand new sheetrock wall! Not sure as to which dog did it we checked them both. We looked at their paws, in their teeth and in their fur. Still unsure but with suspicion we told them not to do it again and set off for work the next morning. Upon arrival in the evening I found another hole, this time in the new diningroom. It became a viscous cycle. I would come home, find a hole, fix it, leave come home, find a hole, fix it and so on and so forth. We finally asked our vet about it and he told us that NEO was suffering from separation anxiety and wanted to be with us so badly whenever we left the house that he was trying to get out! Through the walls! Luckily for all of us he did outgrow this habit and is now a perfect gentlemen whether left at home with his sister Maddie (the jack russell) or his brother Oliver (a parrot). I must add that Bernese are very well mannered and they can live together with animals of varying breeds quite well. Size does not matter to NEO. He is many, many times larger that Maddie and even larger to a parrot. They all walk around and play together and he is never the aggressor. Amy Skiles
Weird things eaten
The weirdest thing I've heard of a Berner eating was when a friend's dog threw up a disgusting tangled mess of - somthing. Investigation with a stick found that the center of the mess was one of those plastic Dobie pot scrubbers - and she doesn't use them! The dog's general health, coat and vigor improved markedly after ridding himself of this hidden treasure. My brother-in-law's Springer was known at his vet's as The Blue Bra Dog - having had one surgically removed. A co-worker's black Lab got into her bathroom trash, and chewed up a disposable razor. She found all the plastic pieces, xrays revealed the two unprotected blades in the dog's stomach. Needless to say, surgery was indicated. Definitely the weirdest dog accident I have seen happened a long time ago when I worked at a Vet hospital. A woman had called with an emergency - her Spitz had a bone stuck in it's mouth. While we waited for her, the doctor and I pondered the possibilities - a small splinter of bone piercing the roof or sides of the mouth, and inflamed throat making the dog gag as if he had something in his throat - what? We couldn't believe our eyes when she arrived. The dog actually had a round, hollow bone clamped around his lower jaw, slid back behind the incisors, and well and truly stuck. How he managed to jam it so far back was a mystery. We had to put him under while we cut the bone (with a bone saw, of course!) on either side of his jaw to get it off. They're just like kids - no matter how well you think you watch them, accidents are bound to happen! Pauline Merrick Brimfield, MA USA
Weird things eaten
One afternoon in my backyard, I noticed that Neva had a large strange wriggling lump, her right flew bulging she looked up at me as if she didn't know what to do. I told her to drop it, she spat out a very dazed chimpmonk. If that wasn't funny enough..my big goofy boy was also standing there, and when the poor animal hit the ground, he scooped it up. Now he's standing there, with a tail swinging from his lips with the same confused look on his face. I tell him to drop it, and as he tries to, the chipmonk won't leave, evidently grabbing his tounge as to not get swallowed. So I grabbed the tail, and extracted the 'monk...we left it there to recover, and it was later gone. Luckiest darn chipmonk.ever! Kathleen Shields Kasbern BMD's Jackson, NJ
