He ate my hairdryer...!?

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FFS.


Max (the £3500 stone eating dog) was trusted (NEVER again).... on the landing while i had a shower (and ironicly washed my hair)

the little **** has munched his way through it....

He is 100% fine in himself...but he's booked at the vet's anyhow....to be on the safe side.

He has hoovered up EVERYTHING thats meant to be there on the hairdryer.


is this call for x-rays??? given his track history?!


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thoughts?

he's eaten a fair bit of plastic - chewed and swallowed - and im thinking he's eaten a little bit of wire too as its gone down.?
 
Get him to the vets and with the best will in the world, given his history, either keep an eye on him all the time in the house or cage him if you can't, for his own safety, if you just can't trust him and it sounds like you definitely can't trust him.
Sorry to sound blunt but it is what I do with my own dog.
My best friend's dog nearly died the other week eating a sock, his kidneys are borderline fecked, it's not worth the risk.
 
no he cannot be trusted at all. he's 10 months and i thought i will trust him to stay on the landing while im in the shower rather than be locked in his crate.

but no..i was wrong. he pulled the hairdryer off the washing basket (above his head) and began his munch fest.



i know the vet's will just say "keep an eye" but is that acceptable given what he could have *potentially* swallowed??
 
our border colie used to eat plastic toys and clothes - then poo them out !! yuck ! no ill effects but with a hairdryer you have no choice but the vet.

I would give him a kong stuffed with nice things to distract him when you are watching him and I am afraid I would muzzle him at other times - friend has had to muzzle her whippet when its in the boot as it has eaten 2 seatbelts at great expense ! muzzle has worked a treat !
 
thanks both

he was getting a little restless and then started scratching his ribs?


mabey this one will work its way out unlike the stone but i do worry about him :(
 
how long ago since he ate it? if he was mine he'd be getting a big stodgy meal to bulk up any potential sharp edges and then an injection to bring all back up rather than waiting for a blockage. ..especially if he has blocked before. xrays early on wont show much unless he has already blocked ir if you were unsure if he had eaten something or not.....you would just see the food and objects in some cases in the stomach or intestines but will only be able to try and judge if they will pass or not with no guarantee either way.....its some time after when a block occurs and there are signs of a backing up in the digestive system that they are useful and can indicate the issues and areas of blockages.
 
Did he go to the vets? We had a puppy in a few months a go that ate part of a phone charger cable, an hour or so later his breathing became very rapid and he seemed in a lot of pain. He came in to the vets for x-rays and ended up having an exploratory laparotomy to remove the wire from his stomache!!!

Hope he is ok, You might be lucky and it can pass through!
 
oh crap sorry hes fine :D

he went to the vets who said he's a idiot!!! i knew i was overreacting as per :D

he seems 100%today - was a little quiet yesterday but i think thats just him being laid back as he is :)

thanks for the concern :)
 
one of mine once ate the iron all that was left whole was the metal plate at the bottom she chewed the flex into inch long pieces.
 
I use to met a chocolate lab out walking once whose owner had to keep penned whenever she couldn't keep both eyes on him as he would just enhale anything Tea towels/plastic beakers/clothes/furniture and after visit to the vet she couldn't risk it anymore. The trainers she spoke to declared him to stupid to train... He seemed a lovely cheery sort of dog though.
 
There's a condition called Pica, it's a compulsion to eat things, anything, humans get it too, surprised the Lab owner's vet hadn't heard of it.
My own dog is just genetically inclined to want to grip/hold things in his mouth, could be either with the OP's dog with him being a cocker.
It can also be anxiety related.

I do always see people say 'train the dog out of it', usually said by people who have never met a confirmed chewer/eater and I have yet to learn how to train a dog to do something or not do something, when you are not in the same room as it.
 
Our old girl chewed my hair dryer cable when she was a pup and it was plugged in !
She chewed it near the plug so just cut and moved the plug up. Now when I dry my hair I have to sit with my nose up against the mirror and my head tipped towards the side I'm drying :)

Every time I dry my hair I think of her.
 
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