Terrible Pet Owners
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AWvsCBsteeeerike3
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3 month old Golden Retrievers.
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heyzeus
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oh jeez man, those might be the cutest specific type of creature on the planet. We need pictures. Now.
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AWvsCBsteeeerike3
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I have..lost the ability share pics as imgur doesn't seem to work for me anymore. Let me try imgbb hold on. This may take a few edits. Think I got it.@heyzeus
Crazy how much they've grown when looking at that second to last last pic.
Crazy how much they've grown when looking at that second to last last pic.
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heyzeus
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zomg those pups are too cute. I would feed them an entire cow skeleton.
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AWvsCBsteeeerike3
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heyzeus
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My beagle is about to turn 14ish (as a rescue, she won't tell us her actual birthday). They're well known as a generally lazy breed, but I am not exaggerating when I say she sleeps 22 hours a day. Or at least, lays in purposeful repose. She's close to fully deaf now, but still moves around great and can even hit full acceleration if she senses that food has hit the floor. All told, we're lucky she's still as healthy as she is.
And she would absolutely eat an entire pork shank if given the opportunity.
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AWvsCBsteeeerike3
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Ha, sounds like an awesome family member and dog.
The pups have been great and the kids love them. My wife had a couple dachsunds when we got together that passed away 4-5 years ago and having puppies and babies at the same time seemed like a bad idea. We had kicked around the idea for a while mostly because the kids wanted a dog, but when littlest AW (about to turn 5) was petting our hamster and told Mrs. AW "See mom, this is way better than a dog" that set Mrs. AW on a mission to get a dog for the kids. And, I was like, well, if you're going to get one, might as well get two so they have each other too. They've been great minus the occasional nipping/ripping clothes and of course swallowing bones whole. They're a LOT lazier than I expected. We'll take them to a huge field by our house; they'll run around for a few minutes, wrestle for a few minutes, poop/pee, then lay down and go to sleep. We have to get them to chase us just to expend more energy.
Re: The bone/surgery.
Like I said, I gave them bones that were about equal size. One swallowed it whole. I measured the other at about 4" long and 1 to 1.5" wide. Took to vet the next morning who took x ray and said no way he could pass it. Though, in hindsight, I question that assessment. The bone that was retrieved from the stomach 28 hours after being ingested was 3" long and 1/2" wide. So, it had been dissolving quickly by volume and he had pooped out what I thought was surely bone given the color. The steak was cooked sous vide so not high temps. Hindsight being 20/20, wish we had waited a day or two and continued to X ray. Of course, fear of causing harm/unknown is real and it's tough to question what a vet says especially when the surgery to remove the bone is easy compared to what happens if splintered portions get into the intestines.
No way I'm giving them another bone like that, but if ever in that situation again, I'd handle it differently. I think he'd have passed it without issue given that he'd already passed the most 'cooked' part, and was digesting it at a pretty good rate. But, what's done is done and now he has a cone around his head for two weeks and can't wrestle with his brother which is a challenge for us
Ha, sounds like an awesome family member and dog.
The pups have been great and the kids love them. My wife had a couple dachsunds when we got together that passed away 4-5 years ago and having puppies and babies at the same time seemed like a bad idea. We had kicked around the idea for a while mostly because the kids wanted a dog, but when littlest AW (about to turn 5) was petting our hamster and told Mrs. AW "See mom, this is way better than a dog" that set Mrs. AW on a mission to get a dog for the kids. And, I was like, well, if you're going to get one, might as well get two so they have each other too. They've been great minus the occasional nipping/ripping clothes and of course swallowing bones whole. They're a LOT lazier than I expected. We'll take them to a huge field by our house; they'll run around for a few minutes, wrestle for a few minutes, poop/pee, then lay down and go to sleep. We have to get them to chase us just to expend more energy.
Re: The bone/surgery.
Like I said, I gave them bones that were about equal size. One swallowed it whole. I measured the other at about 4" long and 1 to 1.5" wide. Took to vet the next morning who took x ray and said no way he could pass it. Though, in hindsight, I question that assessment. The bone that was retrieved from the stomach 28 hours after being ingested was 3" long and 1/2" wide. So, it had been dissolving quickly by volume and he had pooped out what I thought was surely bone given the color. The steak was cooked sous vide so not high temps. Hindsight being 20/20, wish we had waited a day or two and continued to X ray. Of course, fear of causing harm/unknown is real and it's tough to question what a vet says especially when the surgery to remove the bone is easy compared to what happens if splintered portions get into the intestines.
No way I'm giving them another bone like that, but if ever in that situation again, I'd handle it differently. I think he'd have passed it without issue given that he'd already passed the most 'cooked' part, and was digesting it at a pretty good rate. But, what's done is done and now he has a cone around his head for two weeks and can't wrestle with his brother which is a challenge for us