I don't know if I can explain this real well...but here's the scoop. We didnt' have a very good day. I was feeling rather ill at work and came home early. Malone was with me today (that's a long story all by itself). Anyway, the second we got out of the car Malone was on a mission around the yard. I thought he had to go, but he just wanted to snuffle.
He made it 3/4 of the way around the house to the dog house (which he never uses) I forgot that the kitty food for the strays was in there (to protect it from the rain) and before I could do anything he had his nose in there and was a gobbling as fast as his throat could swallow. :eek:
So I grabbed him back and scolded him. We headed inside and he started to puke, but wasn't retching or anything. This happened twice (just a little bit each time) and there was a bunch of hair in there (does this go under the "too much information" category??) Yuk!!!
Anyway, I put him in his crate and we fell asleep for probably 2 to 2.5 hours. He woke me up with more strange noises so I took him back out of his crate and he bee-lined for the door. He was FRANTIC to get out. As soon as we got out the door he started eating grass voraciously...he could out eat a cow I think. That's when I got worried.
So I went back in, and called Mark. He advised me to call the vet so I did. They weren't really that helpful and said that as long as he wasn't really puking (he wasn't), no diaherria, wasn't acting lethargic that I should just keep an eye on him...but if I was REALLY worried that I could bring him. I said no, and would just keep an eye on him for a while.
Fast forward a few hours, and he seemed to be back to "normal" Whew! I put him out on his line (We only use it on occasion when we can't keep hold of his leash) and I proceeded to give my garden a drink. All of a sudden I clued in that he was much too quiet. I darted out back again, and what did I find?? I had put the kitty food up on the patio table on the far end, but SOMEHOW he had managed to get it again. :eek: I didn't even think that the line would stretch that far!!! He was gobbling it down so fast & furiously!!!
Now I'm scared again. I'm supposed to drive an hour away to meet Mark but I'm scared to go that far in the car. :( And we're staying overnight which means we will be that far away from our vet. :(
But like the vet said, as long as he's acting fine, there's no real concern and they wouldn't do anything anyway. I dunno...I guess I'm just being paranoid, but I'm still kind of scared anyway.
Sorry this is so long....it makes me feel better to type this out anyway. :rolleyes:
