Knucklebones, puke, and other "stuff"
Our Saturday started with our first garage sale here at the house. We had Meika out front with us on her lead, and she was the hit of the sale. Everyone wanted to know, "How much for the puppy?". After an hour or so, we put a pricetag on her collar that simply said, "Priceless".
As you'll know from our other posts, Meika isn't exactly "priceless". Her love and health come with a cost. We almost added to her value once again last night.
To keep her happy between the belly rubs from strangers at the sale, we had purchased a Choobles' Meaty Bone, a knucklebone ... which is recommended for large dogs and heavy chewers. I believe we qualify.
After a few minutes of chewing, I noticed that 1/4 of the bone was already gone! I took the rest away from my sad puppy, and I took it inside. We don't need her to finish a bone in an hour.
We finished the garage sale and left to go to one of Mark's softball games and a picnic. When we returned home around 8, Mark walked in the door and said, "Oh 5H1T". I was confused, and he followed with "No, literally ... 5H1T". I entered the house to find an overwhelming stench coming at me. I won't give too many details, but to understand the condition of her crate, just consider these words: PROJECTILE, COVERED (DOG COVERED, BED COVERED, COVER COVERED, WIRE CRATE COVERED, BASEBOARDS BEHIND THE COVER AND WIRE CRATE ... COVERED), VILE, CHUNKY, STINKY ... all of this with chunks of BONE ranging from 1/4" in diameter to 1" in diameter.
We came up with a plan to get her out of the crate and straight out the back door. What this plan didn't consider were the poopy puppy paws. We got our dog outside, carefully dismantled the crate, and carried those pieces to the backyard as well. Mark took the outdoor assignments (wash the dog, wash the crate) while I took on the indoor assignments (scrub puppy poop off the baseboards, out of the carpet - around the crate, through the living room and down each of the steps to the back door, and cleaned the tile kitchen floor. When the kitchen was finished, I had to vacuum the living room floor and scrub those spots again).
... and then the vomiting began. More chunks. In the living room, in the basement ... and we ended up back outside.
When the chunks of bone and food were gone, we started with the dry-heaving. Thanks to a week of misdiagnosis with Addison's, we still had some nausea medication in the house. I gave her one of those to help with the puking. We had to watch her carefully to make sure she didn't have any obstructions from the bone ... which would require another emergency trip to the vet and possible surgery.
She was finally well enough to come inside around midnight, and I stayed on the sofa with her to make sure she was ok through the night. This morning she seems ok. Not really hungry, but wanting grass. We'll just have to keep an eye on her through the day and see how she does.
Meika had her first and last knucklebone.
As you'll know from our other posts, Meika isn't exactly "priceless". Her love and health come with a cost. We almost added to her value once again last night.
To keep her happy between the belly rubs from strangers at the sale, we had purchased a Choobles' Meaty Bone, a knucklebone ... which is recommended for large dogs and heavy chewers. I believe we qualify.
After a few minutes of chewing, I noticed that 1/4 of the bone was already gone! I took the rest away from my sad puppy, and I took it inside. We don't need her to finish a bone in an hour.
We finished the garage sale and left to go to one of Mark's softball games and a picnic. When we returned home around 8, Mark walked in the door and said, "Oh 5H1T". I was confused, and he followed with "No, literally ... 5H1T". I entered the house to find an overwhelming stench coming at me. I won't give too many details, but to understand the condition of her crate, just consider these words: PROJECTILE, COVERED (DOG COVERED, BED COVERED, COVER COVERED, WIRE CRATE COVERED, BASEBOARDS BEHIND THE COVER AND WIRE CRATE ... COVERED), VILE, CHUNKY, STINKY ... all of this with chunks of BONE ranging from 1/4" in diameter to 1" in diameter.
We came up with a plan to get her out of the crate and straight out the back door. What this plan didn't consider were the poopy puppy paws. We got our dog outside, carefully dismantled the crate, and carried those pieces to the backyard as well. Mark took the outdoor assignments (wash the dog, wash the crate) while I took on the indoor assignments (scrub puppy poop off the baseboards, out of the carpet - around the crate, through the living room and down each of the steps to the back door, and cleaned the tile kitchen floor. When the kitchen was finished, I had to vacuum the living room floor and scrub those spots again).
... and then the vomiting began. More chunks. In the living room, in the basement ... and we ended up back outside.
When the chunks of bone and food were gone, we started with the dry-heaving. Thanks to a week of misdiagnosis with Addison's, we still had some nausea medication in the house. I gave her one of those to help with the puking. We had to watch her carefully to make sure she didn't have any obstructions from the bone ... which would require another emergency trip to the vet and possible surgery.
She was finally well enough to come inside around midnight, and I stayed on the sofa with her to make sure she was ok through the night. This morning she seems ok. Not really hungry, but wanting grass. We'll just have to keep an eye on her through the day and see how she does.
Meika had her first and last knucklebone.
posted by stlmastiff at 8/13/2006 10:07:00 AM
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