... We started by making a list Of what lacky has managed to swallow in his career – the the most complicated of which I was personally aware was a pair of socks and if normal human beings cannot match a pair of socks that go through a washing machine ----lucky can ---- & manage to swallow two socks of the same kind and they made it all the way through ---other people added to the list of a sheepskin winter head band was thought to be maybe the biggest thing he swallowed -----a washcloth he had swallowed in his career before and it goes on from there including yesterday on a washcloth again -------now we've studied what kind of washcloth that might have been I have always requested very inexpensive white wash claws to take care of whelping puppies because they're rough surface is good for stimulating pUps and they get so impossibly dirty we just throw them out so we have a great quantity of very inexpensive lightweight white washcloths along with a few better ones that people have sent us ------
-so the debate was what kind did he swallow----- the pile from which he took the wash clause were all the iinexpensive white ----not very heavy ---well then it became a debate----do we leave it there and let it go through? because on top of this la------LAcky has had severe diarrhea due to Giardia.. and my feeling was I didn't see how a washcloth was gonna block him up when everything was going through at 90 miles an hour ending up with what is often called projectile diarrhea the worst kind------- at any rate he'd been on pills for Giardia... but in a scientific understanding of our problem of the washcloth in the tummy.. the pills for Giardia were pills to kill off the funny little bugs that were giving him diarrhea... and the pills were not intended to physically block up and slow down the operation ----so speed was still in our favor.
lucky is one huge dog----- all of him is big from his toenails to his tail he is very large so all that stuff in the middle from end to end was relatively large also and one very lightweight washcloth might not even be noticed... in the rapid moving river which currently was his digestive system.
but after two hours of debate ---we woke him from the couch where he was sound asleep and decided on the hydrogen peroxide method of vomiting. I did call George to ask his opinion and check on dosage which I never can remember---and he thought probably the hydroperoxide was the best way to go and he did say about 10CC every 10 minutes with a maximum of 60 CCS.. and that will take somewhere between 5 minutes and three days to make the dog vomit.... usually..
for those of you who are writing this down for future reference that 10CC every 10 minutes was probably Georges calculation for a dog that's weighs. 160 pounds that is huge.... I'm sure that gets scaled down for a wander type Jack Russells. ---------however I have a large supply of 60CC syringes because I use them for a lot of things.. from trying to manufacture a small goat milking machine... or.... a dog milking machine ..... to a Thanksgiving. Turkey baster--and so many projects in between.
It really was no problem at all the squirt about 15 CC at a time down his throat which having stared down that great gaping hole-- I could see where a washcloth would fit very nicely. for 4 squirts of 15 CC each-------
I Ate my T LEFT OVER... dinner waiting for the vomit process... in the animal business you end up with a lot of skills none of which will ruin your appetite... I went to bed and left lucky sleeping on the sofa and caring the overnight person was armed with a bunch of bath towels and wash clothes. and somewhere around midnight lucky found it within himself to part with said washcloth. Without complication .
And this morning as I write the daily doggie he has appeared behind me telling me that he really needs a whole handful of cookies this morning because his tummy is very empty -----in a very empty tummy on a Great Dane will vomit bile which is why we try and give cookies late at night or early in the morning saves a little bit of CLEAN UP work.
It was in the big turn of the wheel an extremely efficient operation ... AND the problem was solved without any difficulty----- being on camera is very interesting for you people and it's also interesting for me to provide this education and some of the comments I get along with it it kind of works both ways .... so to complete your education you might find it interesting for me to include a couple of the comments I got regarding the simple swallowing of the washcloth... here goes normal stuff like.
my dog ate a dish towell- $2800 surgery
my weinermraner passed a wash cloth.. no problem
good luck
let us know teh outcome....
and there is always one
This incident NEVER EVER EVER SHOULD HAVE EVER PLAYED OUT!!!!!
