GSD with intestinal blockage - Page 2

Thank you for doing right by your dog. This board can be brutal, you're right, but I don't think anyone was anything but terribly concerned. You will, if you hang around here long enough, get to read some of the sob stories from folks who simply did not use common sense. And, of course, it's always the poor dog who suffers. The intestinal tract of a dog is remarkably fragile, & once necrosis begins, it is often too late to save the dog, & even if the dog survives, it is only after a long & complex, & painful battle. And younger dogs don't handle sepsis as well as mature dogs do, according to my girls surgeon. And although surgery is expensive, the cost to save a dog that has been compromised with obstruction, peritonitis, sepsis, electrolyte imbalance, & the rest of the events that go along with that situation, are astronomical. I hope your girl does well. And believe me, if she was sick enough to have stopped drinking, she would not have passed that piece of towel. My girl also had a small stool the day she crashed, it made no difference in the end. And now she's doing great! And still trying to chew up everything she sees! Good luck, jackie harris 

My ex-mother in law had a beautiful golden retriever who died becasue he ate a sock. It all happened within about 30 to 38 hours. The dog was described as lazy for a day, vomited once, they took it to the vet and it didn't have a chance. Very sad.

Intestinal blockage is really serioius. I'm glad you were able to do something before it was too late.

LD87

No, i for one was not being brutal as you put it.

You gave it at least two days to see if the dog was going to pass the object it swallowed and it did not

What i said was it was a waste of time asking us people on a Dog forum when you knew the dog had an object inside it and was causing a blockage,

It was for me no good asking for something else to make the dog pass it out naturally so time was wasted and the Dog was suffering, You did not do it on purpose and you are a caring owner,

But i speak at what i read, i do not say things to make somone uncomfortable etc,

But on the other hand i do not say things just to make friends i think only of the Dog in such a case, the owners feelings do not come into it

Now that sounds brutal, but it is not if you get my meaning

Glad to here the Dog will be fine, that is the main thing

Best

Steve

There are dozens of us cheering and praying for the quick and full recovery of your dog. We ain't all bad. for every jerk on this board there are probably at least 100 really fine GSD-loving people..

SS

Now that you have a good vet who you trust you won't be in that horrible situation where you have gone to two differen vets and did not feel like you knew what was going on.

My first shepherd really liked the blood sausage I was using as a training treat.  It is really goopy stuff but the dogs just love it.

Needless to say, my hands and therefore the leash, was a little caked with the blood sausage.  Unbeknownst to me, he ate the leash, including he metal clasp and the ring on the loop.  He ate his tab while it was attached to his collar.

I did not know what he had done,  I was missing two leashes and then I noticed his tab was REALLY short and had teeth marks.  I pulled my car apart and found a clasp.  He was eating and drinking normally.  The vet xrayed him and a metal ring and a clasp were quite visible.  My vet said to give it a chance and to take him on walks.  Every time he pooped there were pieces of leather leash.  We practiced his retrieve over a hurdle and suddenly he ran off and out came the metal parts.

I was really lucky.  The stories that I know of where the dog had eaten cloth never seemed to end with nature taking care of itself.  It required surgery.  One dog I know of died and another lost a litter from eating nylon stockings.

This is great news that all is well.

I hope your dog recovers well and is back to normal quickly.  Yes, this board can be very frank. I suspect you are talking about Steve1, kalibeck and Hodie when you say people can be brutal here. You'll find that those people care very much about dogs and are willing to give lots of good advice based on long experience. When a dog stops drinking water, it is very serious and the dog is likely to die without veterinary intervention;  a lot of us here know this and now you do too. If people sound abrupt or brutal it is because they want to be sure you understand the seriousness of the situation.  They aren't brutal because they don't care. Quite the opposite.