My dog got a soup bone off the counter - do I need to be worried?

[Pirate Smile]

It was big and I can't find it - he probably hid it somewhere.

It had been cooking for 5 or 6 hours.

Will it shred into those little pieces that he can choke on?

He is napping on a bed. He looked at me to size up how much trouble he was in but didn't seem to care much. He seems fine.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I think it's mainly small bones like chicken you have to worry about.. and

I am sure the smell will lead you to it eventually. *g*

-----------------------------------------------------------
Save this nation one town, county, and state at a time!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm#why

[Pirate Smile]

12. True. Although sometimes he hides things in plain sight - sits it in a

corner out in the open. I suppose that is better than when he digs in the couches to bury it.

[StopTheMorans]

2. only if he didn't leave any for you

[Pirate Smile]

5. I had pulled it out so he didn't bother the huge pot of vegetable beef

soup I made. Maybe we will just all be happy with our meals from today.:)

[Cuban_Liberal]

3. Nah, he'll be fine.

Dogs were eating bones years before the invention of the boneless cow...

;)

[Pirate Smile]

8. LOL, I know, kind of stupid but I know there are certain kinds of bones

dogs are not supposed to have.

I just don't give him any. I'm a meanie.

He is actually on the science diet sensitive stomach food because he pukes at the drop of a hat (he used to but not anymore luckily). If he eats an ice cube or snow - :puke: .

[Cuban_Liberal]

10. hehe

Our dogs are the sort that could digest nails.

:hi:

[ashmanonar]

16. ahh, a lab, i would venture to guess?

we have a lab at home. that dog eats anything and everything, although surprisingly, we haven't had trouble with her eating remotes, chairs, etc. that i've heard that labs WILL eat.

[funkybutt]

17. We have a lab now

she's currently chewing on a cow hoof. I only let her have stuff like that when I'm around to supervise. She's 2. She went through a distructive phase as a puppy. She ripped up carpet, wallpaper, sheetrock, her bed, and pretty much anything. We found that giving her cardboard boxes, and plastic milk cartons to tear up would keep her occupied enough not to destroy OUR stuff. She's since grown out of that but still really enjoys chewing. We let her have limited rawhide and some hooves and some thick bones (that she doesn't get far on).

[ashmanonar]

20. oh yea, i know about labs and destroying stuff

we've been lucky, ours came half grown, and might have already been through the puppy "must destroy" phase. she is a nutcase, but that's a lab trait, i guess.

[yardwork]

24. Some labs I know ate their family's dining room tables and chairs

I'd never seen anything like it. Chewed the legs down to sticks.

[funkybutt]

29. Maybe that's why it's so hard...

to find a beach house rental on the beach that will accept a lab.

[SoCalDem]

19. My boys once fed our Labs GRAVEL

Anything they held out in their hands, the Labs would eat..

My sons came in and said "Mom, Tasha will eat rocks".. I called the vet, and he said it would not hurt them.. They never fed her rocks again.. but sheeeez..

They also ate the insualtion off the air conditioner and the cable tv cable, and the knobs off the gas grill and the corners of their dog house..

Labs will eat ANYTHING :)

[Texasgal]

4. What kind of bone was it?

Beef? Pork? Chicken?

[Pirate Smile]

6. Beef.

[Hobarticus]

11. He'll be fine...

Beef bones aren't a problem. He'll gnaw on it, get the marrow out, and you'll find it soon enough.

Once it gets small enough where he can put the whole thing in his mouth, then toss it. Good luck getting it from him at that point, though.

[SoCalDem]

7. If it's a beef bone, no problems.. He's just hidden his treasure

and will gnaw on it for a while.. He will eventually bring it out, and you can toss it if you like..

If it was chicken or pork, you may need to call the vet and ask what to watch for.. They have bones than splinter and can lodge in their throats, gut, intestines..

Hoping it just a big ole beef bone :)

[Pirate Smile]

9. It is. He is a happy dog now. Thanks.

[barb162]

13. I want to know where he hid his treasure or if he ate the whole thing

[Pirate Smile]

21. I just found it on the sofa near the arm. He probably couldn't stuff it

down because it was too big. It was just sitting there.

He is a smart dog (1st place in his obedience training class) but his hiding skill suck. After he won, I asked the instructor what was the hardest breed of dog to train. She said Bassett Hounds.

He is a Bassett Hound named Crash because I adopted him after I hit him with the car when he ran out in front of me. No one claimed him so I brought him home (the hubby was pissed) and paid for the surgery of this 4 breaks (two in each of his right legs) with my bonus check -I was lucky I had just gotten it or I couldn't have afforded the surgery.

[driver8]

23. I love Bassett hounds!

I had a roommate who had two Bassetts and they were a riot. They are very stubborn, though...I could see where they would be hard to train.

I keep telling my wife, "You know that there is a Bassett hound in our future, don't you?"

I think "Flash" would be a great name for a Bassett hound...

[barb162]

27. gez, what a story! He had casts then on both legs for how long

Could he walk at all even with the casts? That poor dog (and very lucky dog that you adopted him).

May I ask the period of time between when you hit him and the surgery?

Just a quick story here of when I was a teenager and our dog, a terrier mix, hid a bone on my pillow but under the bed sheet. I had stayed up really late studying and flopped in bed without turning on the light or pulling down the sheet. My head STRUCK the bone "head on" and I saw stars. I nearly cracked my head open. I guess Lady had good hiding skills.

[SoCalDem]

14. My mother's doberman once ate a whole rib roast

She had taken it out of the oven to cool a bit, and when no one was watching, Flash took it off the stovetop, and ate the whole thing :)

He was a very contented doggie, and we had pizza :(

[bleedingheart]

18. The family weiner dog once ate my sister's birthday cake

[Shopaholic]

25. Dachshunds love sweets--

I made the mistake of putting a tray of cupcakes (completly not thinking) on a coffee table for the guests that were about to arrive. When I came back, he had finished off 3 of them and was headed back to get his fourth.

[barb162]

28. like 5 or 10 pounds? Wow

[OhioBlue]

15. He will be okay if it is beef

the bones to worry about with dogs are chicken, turkey, etc - because birds have hollow bones and they splinter, this is what can cause a dog to choke on them. - Or so I've been told.

[rug]

22. Dip his tail in the pot

and your soup will be fine

[DemoTex]

26. YES!! If the dog is a house dog (or not) diarrhea is a probable outcome.

If this is way outside his normal diet, he might crap in the house tonight. Anytime my dogs get an out-of-the-ordinary snack, I let them out (in the mountains) or walk them (in the city condo) later at night. Don't count on your dog's regularity when a big meaty bone has been consumed.