This time it’s me.
A couple of weeks ago I took the owners of a sock eating Great Dane to task. In my post I asked, “Do these people pay attention to their dog at all?”
Turns out, my dog ate something I wasn’t aware of.
Last week I’m walking the dogs when Sampson needs to do his pooping business. As I’m standing there watching (really, you have to pay attention people) I see a poop come out and it had lots of grass in it, and something blue.
Yeah, BLUE! WTF!! I took a quick look as I picked it up and at first glance it looked like a gum packet. Odd, but not impossible, but I’m standing on the side of the road, with two crazy dogs so I couldn’t examine it more closely. I closed the bag and went on my way.
Curiosity is a funny thing. I was consumed by that poop the whole way home, sort of like a kid in the candy store with a dollar in my pocket. In fact that poop bag practically spoke to me the entire way home. Open me, open me, you know you want to. See what treasures I contain. (I admit, treasures might not be the best word to use in this particular instance.) The point is, I was just itching to open the bag to see what Sampson could possibly have eaten.
As soon as I got into the yard I opened the bag.
No I did not take a photo and you are welcome.
There was something blue alright but it turns out it wasn’t a gum packet. It was one of those little white and blue packets that you find in freeze-dried treats. These little packets are generally made of one of three things; iron oxide, silicon or charcoal. The only one that presents any danger to your pet is the iron. But seeing as I didn’t know this yet, I left the bag on top of the garbage bin, just in case the vet needed to see it And then I placed a call to my vet.
I said, “You guys must wonder if I watch my frickin’ dogs at all!”
The vet tech laughed and said, “We don’t think that at all!” Then I heard her whisper to the other tech, “It’s Jodi Stone, guess what her dog ate this time?”
The other tech said, “Wait a minute let me look up her history.” And yet another one said, “I’ve got $5 it’s Delilah and she ate chocolate.”
That conversation really didn’t happen, at least not when I could hear it.
Long story short, since Sampson had passed the packet and was acting fine, there was nothing to be concerned about.
When Hubby got home I told him what I’d found. Of course he wanted to see for himself. (It’s human nature I tell ya!) Hubby and I both had WTF expressions on our faces because Sampson IS NOT the dog that eats stuff. Literally I can set a plate of food on the floor in front of him and tell him to leave it and walk away and he won’t touch it.
We finally figured out it was from the package of Freeze-dried tripe that we use for their meals. Unbeknownst to us, it must have fallen out and because it smelled like Tripe, well Sampson ate it.
I guess Sampson figures if Delilah can eat Balsamic Vinegar spiders, he can eat tripe flavored silicone packets.
Really? You HAD to go there? WTF is wrong with you Mama?
I had to do some hard work to get one of those charcoal packs away from Silas once, too. I think they really do just soak up treat smell until the dogs can’t tell the difference.
I’m glad it ended well so that we can all laugh about it.
The delicacies you sure you at your place……
That was supposed to be “the delicacies you serve up at your place……”
LOL now that takes the biscuit. What next we ask?????/ Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Best wishes Molly
One year after St Pats day I was walking the dogs and I noticed Bob the bulldog go to smell something and I think he is going to pee then I realize he is licking a pile of green vomit! Ugh I nearly fainted. Clearly an overly festive party goer had puked and then Bob was going to clean it up Grossest thing I ever saw/ Thankgod I got him away quickly but I felt so guilty
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Mom has often wondered what would happen if we ate one of those as sometimes they fall on the floor and she doesn’t notice right away. Glad nothing serious happened. At first we thought it was PetSafe dental chews as they are blue and give a dog blue poo. Very festive!
I know all about dogs who sneak odd treats for themselves. Don’t I, Ducky?! Callie and Shadow — thankfully — grew out of that stage a long time ago. But Ducky still hasn’t learned that acorns are for squirrels and chipmunks, not her. But try watching 3 dogs at once, especially when they all go in different directions. With the Golden Girls it was fairly easy because they were always together, as if I had glued them together at the butt. Not Ducky. This little demon is sneaky and fast! That’s why she’s not allowed in the bedrooms unless one of us is with her. We don’t want her eating 47 socks either. Wonder whatever happened to the 48th sock??
Glad that it all worked out… BaaaaWaaaah.
Oh wow!!! That must have been quite the surprise seeing something blue in poop! hahaha!!!! Glad everything is ok though.
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LOL…Love that last photo. I’m glad it all “came out” OK.
Now this post is ironic. Just two days ago, Sam (who NEVER eats things) ate a tiny little pretzel embellishment from a scrapbook project that had fallen on the floor. I was (a) horrified and (b) thought just like you…WTF? I think it passed the first day, but because it was so small (and naturally brown) can’t be 100% sure. Sam seems fine but I’m keeping an extra eye out for him. Oye, the guilt at believing I’m a terrible dog mommy has been overwhelming.
What a crazy funny story! 😀 I always worry about those packets and I’m glad to hear they are not harmful. I’m wondering, though, why charcoal would be harmful. Isn’t that what they give dogs when they eat something poisonous because the charcoal absorbs it?
That so-called natural curiosity and human nature did not make its way to me, although I swear I’m truly the human component in this duo. I’ll pick up Cupcake’s poop, but I won’t save it or look at it or engage with it any more than that. God bless you.
I was going to say I’m glad “it all came out OK” but I see others already beat me to it! Luckily my neighbors can’t see me when I’m out cleaning the dog pen and poking a big pile of poop with the rake trying to analyze what some colored thing is in it! In our case it’s usually a piece of a toy I didn’t get away from Luke or Sheba quickly enough.
I wonder if I would have needed to look super close….lol. But seriously, I really hate those packets. They always worry me. I could see one of mine doing the same thing. I have heard of older dogs eating all kinds of odd things, and not all of them smelled like food either.
A couple of weeks ago I was vacuuming at the cabin and I had to change the bag. In the vacuum was also a small filter. I did not realize it fell out when I changed the bag. It took me some minutes to figure it out. It fell out right under Freighter’s nose, but he didn’t eat it. I don’t think he even tried to chew it. Whew. He got lots of good boys for that!
Hahahaha!! It happens to the best of us! 🙂
But charcoal? No it’s not dangerous unless its been treated with tons of chemicals. Pure charcoal is harmless and used for dogs who have ingested poison. They pump it into the dogs stomach, and it passes naturally through their body.
We had a go with charcoal when our former foster ate a years worth of heartworm meds!
She had magical disappearing poop thanks to the charcoal! haha!! Funniest thing ever was we saw her go, and couldn’t find it anywhere to pick it up! 🙂
I’m sure the vet techs were not being disrespectful. But I’m also sure you make their days a little brighter.
OMD. Good thing he didn’t digest the outside of the little packet! Rita’s so boring. She barely eats her treats, so she never eats anything weird. Thanks for the funny story – and thanks for not including photographic evidence! 🙂
BOL, I love the sentence, “See what treasures I contain.” Too funny! I work in a doggie hotel, and the other day I had a poop/yarn combo catastrophe with a little Shih Tzu who must have ate her blanket – not fun!
I understand wanting to know what it was that she ate! I’m always examining my dog’s poop trying to figure out what they got into. The other day, Diesel pooped out lots of foam from my cushions that he destroyed. Go figure!
Ha! When my mastiff-mix was about one she snatched up a little doll my child had dropped, literally right in front of me. It was about as big as the palm of my hand and she swallowed it whole. At first I frantically tried to get it out of her throat but soon realized I was just choking her and had to let it go. We had the vet on standby for emergency surgery for whenever she would start showing signs of the blockage. Two weeks went by and she suddenly, casually up-chucked it on the living room floor..still whole. I think she has more than one stomach.
hehehe had to laugh at this one, at least it wasn’t a sock.