Things our pandemic puppy has eaten

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop leaving those things around and supervise better.

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WTH? This is not normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, we are containing him when we can't watch every move. (He did eat his way out of his first kennel). And we have locking trash cans, laundry bins, etc now, and we don't leave things on our desks or bathroom counters anymore. It's definitely getting better - both our attention to detail and his temperament - but it cracked me up to think through the whole list. Vet and trainer both assure us that he has seen far worse, for what it's worth. We have hope that year two will be smoother.

It's not funny at all. Not funny, not healthy. Get with the program and supervise your dog.

[Anonymous]

OP it cracks me up too.

This too shall pass.

[Anonymous]

OP again. Never surgical removal. We're taken him in quickly, and they make him throw stuff up. Vet has also advised us not to worry about some of the items, as they pass pretty easily or he throws them up. Stuff like the pizza gave him terrible gas. But he sure doesn't register the discomfort.

[Anonymous]

Our pandemic puppy is a smoker. I have been unable to secure at least 5 or 6 cigarette butts from her throat before swallowing. They have all come out in her poop. I have to say my house has never been tidier (since we got her), although she doesn't really chew stuff like furniture or shoes, she just likes to swallow small items and tease us from under the table with the other stuff. Having a canine vacuum cleaner really makes you realize how much litter is out there in the world.

[Anonymous]

How much did you pay the vets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! To all those saying to contain better... we're in a similar boat but our puppy can reach almost every part of our kitchen counters, can jump gates, and can open drawers. We have very few places we can stash things anymore. We do eyes on her at all times but it is hard with trying to work, especially with lots of meetings.

OP, for all those vet visits -- were the objects surgically removed?

Training takes alot of time and you have to be consistent. You keep your dog leashed and step on the leash before it can reach the counter, after awhile it stops trying. You stop it from jumping on the couch, you stop it from chewing on the chairs before it starts. If you can't watch the dog, it's crated. You reward the good behavior and prevent/ignore the bad behavior. My puppy was a climber and jumper and now that he's grown, his head reaches well over the kitchen table, but he doesn't counter surf or take food from the table.

[Anonymous]

My pandemic puppy loves any form of tissue. I cannot set table early as he will jump up and eat the napkins. He also loves shoes and chewing on chairs. I now spray that apple vinegar stuff from Petsmart and that has helped
a lot. We also have never been cleaner because if it is out then it is his. We also take the doggy out a lot but they are little and are going to make mistakes. This dog has lightened the mood with the pandemic so no regrets. We are both working from home and will continue other than trips so we don’t have the back to work issues that some families will have.

[Anonymous]

When dogs are young, you really have to run them around every day. Once he's older he will chill. But for now, he needs to be really tired before being unsupervised in your house.

Labs eat stuff. Even as an adult, my lab mix would eat weird things when he had a stomach ache. So maybe tweak the diet as well if there's been vomiting or diarrhea associated with any of these episodes. You might think what he ate made him sick, but he might have eaten it because he felt bad.

[Anonymous]

Oh man, that’s a lot! How big is your dog? Is it possible he isn’t getting enough food? What would happen if you increased breakfast by 25-50%? Or added things to it like plain yogurt and pumpkin to bulk it up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, that’s a lot! How big is your dog? Is it possible he isn’t getting enough food? What would happen if you increased breakfast by 25-50%? Or added things to it like plain yogurt and pumpkin to bulk it up?

It's a golden/labradoodle. In my experience they could eat about 80 lbs of dog food and 40 lbs of nuclear waste and still be "hungry." They'll eat themselves until they vomit and will become morbidly obese if given the chance, so I doubt this is a matter of not getting enough food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop leaving those things around and supervise better.

+1

WTH? This is not normal.

Yep. We have a cat that we call "the goat". He has eaten a plastic kite tail (emerged from the other end before we realized it), string, a truly stunning amount of paper, a piece of Halloween candy, and a Lego, among other things, during the first few months we had him. He also chewed the coating off part of a wire clothing rack. We've simply had to "babyproof" the house again and be more mindful of what is left in his reach so he doesn't kill himself.

If my pet ate that list of things, they have to be contained in a space where they did not have access to such things when I was not able to watch them. Not crated, but a room or other limited space where they weren't able to find dangerous things to eat. Second the suggestion of more exercise, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yes, we are containing him when we can't watch every move. (He did eat his way out of his first kennel). And we have locking trash cans, laundry bins, etc now, and we don't leave things on our desks or bathroom counters anymore. It's definitely getting better - both our attention to detail and his temperament - but it cracked me up to think through the whole list. Vet and trainer both assure us that he has seen far worse, for what it's worth. We have hope that year two will be smoother.

Clearly you're not watching his every move when he's not contained.