Help my puppy just threw up a sock

[lv4dogs]

Thats great news! Just keep a close eye on her, if she starts to act lethargic, starts to vomit or not eat etc... I'd get her to the vet. Oh & make sure things are coming out ok at the other end if you know what I mean.

One word of advice is to keep her away from rawhides & the such for a while, until she knows what she can & can not chew on. Because a dog has to chew, chew, chew to make a rawhide tasty & edible it actually teaches a dog to chew. Making the dog think that if it chews on something long enough that it may also taste good after a while.
Also avoid toys that resemble household objects until she has learned what is allowed to chew on. It may just confuse the dog. For exapmle some of the rope toys resemble some trow rugs, old socks & shoes look like new socks & shoes to the dog, etc...

Good luck, she sounds like a cutie! (yes thats a hint that we need pics)

[steph]

hello there!!
puppies will chew and eat anything in site... you can buy a product called "bitter apple spray" its like an aerosol you spray around your clothes etc.. it smells nice and also stops puppies chewing furniture/clothes.

[VTJess03]

Is it always one person's items that are swallowed? I know that when Belle was a puppy, she'd always carry around/chew on my !dirty! clothes that had been up against my skin (i.e. socks and undies). I read up on this behavior and it is supposedly a sign that they think of you as the alpha; if your smell is around them (yes, that means shredded socks/undies), they feel safe/secure, as if you were there yourself to protect them. Try to keep the pup from eating them of course, but maybe try to see it as a compliment lol.