(My dog eats everything!)
I was outside with my dog and he quickly grabbed some gross piece of meat or something that I didn't see quick enough to avoid! I quickly got my hand in his mouth to get it out, but he never, ever unlocks his jaw when he wants something. I was just trying to prevent him from swallowing it.
I picked him up and went back into the house quickly and told my boyfriend to get him a treat, so that he might see the treat and drop the gross meat.
Well, it kind of worked. I managed to scrape some of the meat out of his mouth but I still think that he might have swallowed some of it. I don't know how much he swallowed because it all happened so fast, and I didn't see how big it was.
I was trying to figure out what it was (I still can't) when I realized that there were maggots crawling on it. Ugh. This was right after dinner, so I feel sick now
Anyway, I called the vet and they told me to induce vomiting using hydrogen peroxide. They told me 1-2 teaspoons, watch him carefully to see if he vomits and if he doesn't, to give him another teaspoon in 10 minutes or so.
My dog is only about 17/18lbs and I looked it up and you should give 2 teaspoons per every 20lbs. Anyway, I gave it to him and he vomited but there wasn't a lot of the meat in the vomit (although there was one maggot...ugh) anyway, I called the vet back and explained that while he vomited, there wasn't a lot of the meat in the vomit and they told me to give him another teaspoon, since I only gave him one.
My question to you is...should I? I feel bad about giving this to my dog, and I'm not sure what to do =/ He DID vomit and everything that I can find says to only give him more teaspoons if he HASN'T vomited after the first attempt.
I know that the window in which to give him the stuff is closing, so I would appreciate any responses. What should I do? What would YOU do?
I was outside with my dog and he quickly grabbed some gross piece of meat or something that I didn't see quick enough to avoid! I quickly got my hand in his mouth to get it out, but he never, ever unlocks his jaw when he wants something. I was just trying to prevent him from swallowing it.
I picked him up and went back into the house quickly and told my boyfriend to get him a treat, so that he might see the treat and drop the gross meat.
Well, it kind of worked. I managed to scrape some of the meat out of his mouth but I still think that he might have swallowed some of it. I don't know how much he swallowed because it all happened so fast, and I didn't see how big it was.
I was trying to figure out what it was (I still can't) when I realized that there were maggots crawling on it. Ugh. This was right after dinner, so I feel sick now
Anyway, I called the vet and they told me to induce vomiting using hydrogen peroxide. They told me 1-2 teaspoons, watch him carefully to see if he vomits and if he doesn't, to give him another teaspoon in 10 minutes or so.
My dog is only about 17/18lbs and I looked it up and you should give 2 teaspoons per every 20lbs. Anyway, I gave it to him and he vomited but there wasn't a lot of the meat in the vomit (although there was one maggot...ugh) anyway, I called the vet back and explained that while he vomited, there wasn't a lot of the meat in the vomit and they told me to give him another teaspoon, since I only gave him one.
My question to you is...should I? I feel bad about giving this to my dog, and I'm not sure what to do =/ He DID vomit and everything that I can find says to only give him more teaspoons if he HASN'T vomited after the first attempt.
I know that the window in which to give him the stuff is closing, so I would appreciate any responses. What should I do? What would YOU do?
