Plastic update: he also ate THIS! p.3

[cyber-sibes]

Ask your mom to please give you and Star a great, big hug for me.

OK, hugs are delivered! Well, I've kept up his high fiber diet, still getting lots of little chunks of plastic. I'm hoping this is a good sign that maybe he didn't swallow down any large chunks. He certainly seems energetic and his appetitie is as big as ever...just don't want him helping himself to any more treats Our unusual "scavenger hunt" will continue for a few more days...
Does he look guilty or what?

[Daisy and Delilah]

Awwwwwww!!! He does look like the cat that ate the canary You're adorable sweetie!! It sounds like the plastic is pretty well in small pieces and all may be well. I sure hope so!

[Dorothy39]

Sherman looks Guilty, without a doubt!!!

He has gotton into Plastic, taking his time, Thank God!!!


The discovery of a *Green Star*~ in a Baggie ~was the tip off~

It seems to me that all will be well with Sherman (sigh of relief here)!!!!

This has been such a Great Thread to Read Cyber-sibes, as , I often worry about the "P" word with my dog too!!!

OHHH, The things our Dogs put us Through~

[cyber-sibes]

So far, it's been very small bits of platic that are showing up. This morning there are some much larger pieces - like 3/4" long and curved - I'm hoping this is the plastic with the loop end of the cup. Sherman also threw up some clear liquid this morning - he's never done that before. I would think that with 3 days of non-stop high fiber, (with plenty of results ), if he had a blockage, nothing would have gotten through. If he throws up again, I'll check with the vet.

Nobody needs to respond, I'm posting to make myself feel less worried. It's probably nothing.

[Cinder & Smoke]

This morning there are some much larger pieces - like 3/4" long and curved -
I'm hoping this is the plastic with the loop end of the cup.

I'm posting to make myself feel less worried.

It's a little late to suggest this ... but have you "saved" the pieces of plastic?
You could get an idea of how much of the missing cup has been "accounted for" -
and how much could still be "undergoing procesing" inside Sherman.

As long as the "production line" is still pushing out "product" ... it's a good sign!

Do you feel "less worried"?
I bet not ... but TRY not to worry (too much).

[lizbud]

I'm hoping this is the plastic with the loop end of the cup. Sherman also threw up some clear liquid this morning - he's never done that before. I would think that with 3 days of non-stop high fiber, (with plenty of results ), if he had a blockage, nothing would have gotten through. If he throws up again, I'll check with the vet.

Nobody needs to respond, I'm posting to make myself feel less worried. It's probably nothing.

I know exactly what you mean Pat. I had the same concerns when Maggie
ate a plastic fork. I think I continued to check "output" for a
month afterwards. I was amazed at the size of some of it, but like Phred
said, as long as he keeps pooping stuff, it's a good sign. Hugs to you both.

p.s. No he doesn't look at all guilty, just handsome.

[borzoimom]

Throwing up can be signs of an obstruction- well worth the piece of mind in the x ray... Plastic can not show up in a x ray- but the results can show in extended belly etc.

[pitc9]

Is the bad boy still leaving gifts for you?
Or do you think it has all come out?

[cyber-sibes]

That bad boy has been badder than I thought!

When I went to my aunt's funeral Thurs, I had the dog sitter come to give them dinner. I left her a check that would cover my week away & that night in an envelope in front of their food bowls. I talked to her on the phone last night because she left another invoice...
Apparently bad boy Sherman ATE the CHECK!!! She said she had found bits of what looked like envelope when she came in to feed them. She said, "Aren't you glad you didn't leave cash?" We had a good laugh about that!

I got called in to work at the store a few hours Sat. night, and came home to the copies of our 2005 tax return (which I left next to the copier on TOP of my desk) strewn all over the floor, with most of the edges chomped off. I spent Sun. ironing & taping the bits back together so I could send copies to my hubby.
I don't know what's going on with him. I got each of them a huge hoofie to chew on yesterday, maybe he's tired of chewing now, cause everything's intact this morning.
Oh yeah, your question - I think the plastic has passed, I didn't see any in yesterdays "deposit".

[pitc9]

Oh SHERMAN!!

You are a naughty naughty boy for sure!!!
(but Sierra and Buddy are in awe of your recent treaures you've found and destroyed )
Is your mommy going to be forced to put you in a rubber room?!

[DrKym]

SHERMAN!!!

This is not April Fools! And if you eat the taxes how will you get new toys?!
Not to mention that if you dont like the sitter it is customary to play hide and seek and lock her out (yes my kids have done that) not EAT HER PAY!!


If this is totally new behaviour , and it is just a thought... I had a Rottie years ago that would chew weird stuff when she was having tooth issues. She wasn't normally a chewer either, and after a few trips to find stuff stuck, bits of grass and twig in her molars, we figured out that when the weird chew stuff happened it was time for a dental.

Just a thought.

[cassiesmom]

Sherman, honey, I'm sure my niece (who is in 9th grade) would be very happy if you'd like to nibble on her homework! Seriously, though, making paper a snack might be not such a good idea. I know your Mom gives you healthy food and treats so please eat those instead, okay honey? Because I think you and Star are beautiful and I want you staying that way for a LONG TIME.

[cyber-sibes]

Sherman, honey, I'm sure my niece (who is in 9th grade) would be very happy if you'd like to nibble on her homework!

I'll send him right over! He may not go into a rubber room, but he's going get his furry butt kicked back outdoors if this keeps up! More plastic pieces surfacing today, got any ideas how long it takes to clear out a digestive tract?
He was at the vets a couple months ago for a check up, and I don't see anything going on with his teeth. I think he got bored - I was gone for 7 days, no lengthy runs at the dogpark. Maybe he deceided to break a few rules and test out a few "off limits" goodies, and now it's a bad habit. Little bugger ate my chapstick today. In spite of the sub-zero weather, I took them out to the park the past couple days. Not that they mind the frigid temps, oh no, they laid on the snow at the park after racing around & around & around.
I'll keep checking for foreign objects.

[Love That Collie]

Sherman you naughty guy!!

What does Star think of all of his Shennigans?
I remember what Sherman "thought" of Star's tangle with the
skunk and how she had to be de-skunked. LOL

[cyber-sibes]

Star is pretty nonchalant.
"Hey - don't look at me, I just chew on squeekies! Now whose the 'good dog', huh, Mr. Goodie-four paws?"
(Photobucket seems to be having issues this morning, I'll just upload her pics)