Spanners by name; spanners by nature

[Nicnac]

Because they eat everything they shouldn't.

18 month old Springer currently at vets after being off food for 24 hours and pooing out bits of a tennis ball yesterday - flourescent poo is a new one to me. This morning out came a microfibre cloth from the yard. IV ABs and fluids for 24 hrs. Luckily after scans and xrays 99.99% sure no blockage but keeping in overnight for observation.

Aaaaarrrrggghhhh but feeling mightily relieved after latest update from vet.

 

[fidleyspromise]

oh crikey.
Hope dog is ok - I'm finding my Cocker is into so much more than any my Sheps were.

 

[splashgirl45]

My lurcher pup eats anything and has just cost me loads at the vet

 

[Nicnac]

My lurcher pup eats anything and has just cost me loads at the vet

Oh dear. Not looking forward to bill tomorrow when we hopefully pick him up. Hope your pup is ok now.

A friend's Weimaraner (sp?) had two operations to remove gravel from his stomach as he kept eating it off the driveway as a pup.

 

[splashgirl45]

Oh dear. Not looking forward to bill tomorrow when we hopefully pick him up. Hope your pup is ok now.

A friend's Weimaraner (sp?) had two operations to remove gravel from his stomach as he kept eating it off the driveway as a pup.

not yet, he has had very runny pops , not throwing up but happy and lively… vet thinks he has eaten something and has an infection , so antibiotics, probiotics , and chicken and rice for a bit longer. If he doesn’t come right I have got to take a poo sample in. I’ve also got a panacur wormer just in case .

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

A friend’s lab ate stuff (mostly socks) so many times that the vet said any more operations to remove parts of his intestines would kill him.

Our pups have all been fiends for stones, never swallowed any to my knowledge, but brought them into the house, played with them, held them in their mouths, were possessive about them and liked to wind each other up over them.

 

[SilverLinings]

I hope your springer has no more problems Nicnac, and that the behaviour isn't repeated! Years ago a cocker spaniel puppy of my parents managed to pass an entire pair of tights with no ill effects (no one knew she's swallowed them until they reappeared), although it was a horrifying surprise for the humans there at the time. That puppy was particularly bad for chewing/mouthing things, but she did grow out of it.

There was an article in the newspaper this morning about research carried out by the RVC to discover which breeds are the 'greediest' and most likely to eat too much. The top eat worst offenders listed springer spaniels in 4th place, with pugs the greediest (the list went: pugs, beagles, golden retrievers, springers, border terriers, labradors, CKC spaniels, cockers). The article also said that neutered dogs are more likely to seek out food.

I wonder if when these food-seeking types can't find any actual food they turn to other things so would be more likely to require surgery for ingesting foreign objects? Of the dogs I have personally known (and I have't personally known any of four of the breeds in that list of eight) I know of a lot more labradors and retrievers needing to have golf balls/children's toys/bits of shoe/etc surgically removed than other breeds, so maybe there is something in it.

I couldn't find the article referred to (except behind a paywall), but I did find this slightly older one which had similar findings if anyone is interested (it's mainly focussing on dog obesity, which I'm not suggesting is something the OP has a problem with!):

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/news/rvc-study-reveals-extent-of-dog-obesity-crisis-in-the-uk

 

[GSD Woman]

Nicna, I hope all is well and passing.

In my experience. Labradors and Goldens are the worst. One place I worked we had some sort of mastiff type that had 3 surgeries before he was a year old. After number 3 we had to make very clear to the owners, nice people, that another surgery wasn't an option.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

My collie, Jack, would eat anything. Once passed a rolled up sock so packed with poo it looked like a stick. Frequently passed bits of carpet he had eaten. If doing scent training at obedience classes I had to watch out he didn't swallow the scent cloth. Amazingly he made it to just short of 16 without ever needing an op.

 

[ArklePig]

I hope he is okay and home soon!

I found Fodhla head first in the bin the other day with her back legs up in the air. Dogs, who'd have them ?

 

[Nicnac]

Thanks all. Vet update this morning positive and he's responding well to ABs and IV to rehydrate. Hopefully home tonight ifhe eats up well today.

 

[misst]

Keeping fingers crossed for you. It's a nightmare when they are thieves and you have to watch them all the time.

 

[SilverLinings]

Excellent news Nicnac, I hope he is back to full health ASAP

 

[DSB]

Baron Otto von Bismarck{mini/max Daschound}aka Captain Underpants has in his short life,had eight trips to vet for "sick ups".
Puppy pad,2x clothes,plastic thingy,another plastic thingy,stuffing from duvet etc etc.
His latest effort was two grapes on Xmas Eve,we ate our Xmas dinner with him watching sadly through the glass door.
He and his girlfriend Hilda now have tinned asparagus each day to bind with any other odd things they may mave consumed,works a treat

 

[satinbaze]

I hope your springer has no more problems Nicnac, and that the behaviour isn't repeated! Years ago a cocker spaniel puppy of my parents managed to pass an entire pair of tights with no ill effects (no one knew she's swallowed them until they reappeared), although it was a horrifying surprise for the humans there at the time. That puppy was particularly bad for chewing/mouthing things, but she did grow out of it.

There was an article in the newspaper this morning about research carried out by the RVC to discover which breeds are the 'greediest' and most likely to eat too much. The top eat worst offenders listed springer spaniels in 4th place, with pugs the greediest (the list went: pugs, beagles, golden retrievers, springers, border terriers, labradors, CKC spaniels, cockers). The article also said that neutered dogs are more likely to seek out food.

I wonder if when these food-seeking types can't find any actual food they turn to other things so would be more likely to require surgery for ingesting foreign objects? Of the dogs I have personally known (and I have't personally known any of four of the breeds in that list of eight) I know of a lot more labradors and retrievers needing to have golf balls/children's toys/bits of shoe/etc surgically removed than other breeds, so maybe there is something in it.

I couldn't find the article referred to (except behind a paywall), but I did find this slightly older one which had similar findings if anyone is interested (it's mainly focussing on dog obesity, which I'm not suggesting is something the OP has a problem with!):

https://www.rvc.ac.uk/vetcompass/news/rvc-study-reveals-extent-of-dog-obesity-crisis-in-the-uk

A few years ago at the beginning of this research the team came to a flatcoat show to gather data, my Tiva was one of the study dogs. They did weight height and assessment of body condition. They then needed blood pressure readings which involved the cuff being attached to the tail whilst dog was lying down and relaxed. Whilst this was happening I was chatting to the researcher saying how greedy Tiva was, to otove my point the moment the cuff was removed from her tail she nose dived into my friends bags and scoffed her egg butties. So embarrassing

 

[Nicnac]

A few years ago at the beginning of this research the team came to a flatcoat show to gather data, my Tiva was one of the study dogs. They did weight height and assessment of body condition. They then needed blood pressure readings which involved the cuff being attached to the tail whilst dog was lying down and relaxed. Whilst this was happening I was chatting to the researcher saying how greedy Tiva was, to otove my point the moment the cuff was removed from her tail she nose dived into my friends bags and scoffed her egg butties. So embarrassing

As you may remember both my flatties died within 6 weeks of each other last year - not food related but agree they were monsters for nicking things they shouldn't. Luckily the Spanner has now bounced back, is eating well and has passed faeces which looked remarkably normal for once. We still walk with the breeder of one of my flatties who has 4 bitches - all of whom are typical of the breed and need to keep everything up high or locked away so they don't eat it.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

My two youngsters have shredded but not eaten another slipper today. Mitch is on box rest, slowly being rehabbed after another injury to the other foreleg-both legs in the last few weeks! He’s obviously bored. He’s going to the big park tomorrow on a longline, hopefully that’ll stop the destruction!