What to do?
What do you do if your puppy
(or mischievous older dog) gets into your holiday decorations and
eats
some of the glass ornaments? This potentially lethal mishap
can darken even the brightest holiday season.
BEFORE
the holiday
go to a pharmacy & buy a box of cotton balls. Be sure that you
get COTTON balls...not the "cosmetic
puffs" that are made from man-made fibers. Also, buy a quart of
half-and-half coffee cream and put it in the freezer.
Should your dog eat glass ornaments:
-
Defrost the half-and-half and
pour some in a bowl;
-
Dip cotton balls into the cream
and feed them to your dog;
-
Dogs under 10 lbs. should eat
2 balls which you have first torn into smaller pieces;
-
Dogs 10-50lbs should eat 3-5 balls;
and
-
Larger dogs should eat 5-7.
You may feed larger dogs an entire cotton ball at once.
Dogs seem to really like these
strange "treats" and eat them readily. As the cotton works its way
through the digestive tract it will find all the glass pieces and wrap
itself around them. Even the teeniest shards of glass will be caught
and wrapped in the cotton fibers and the cotton will protect the intestines
from damage by the glass. Your dog's stools will
be really weird for a few
days and you will have to be careful to check
for fresh blood or a tarry
appearance to the stool. If either of the
latter symptoms appear you
should rush your dog to the vet for a
checkup but, in most cases,
the dogs will be just fine.
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