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Click Here to read about Dogs Eating Plastic Bags - it happens more often than you'd think! ! !
Dog Eats Mulch - Do you need to worry? Can the dog get sick? Is it serious? --- Yes, you bet it can be serious...My sister's dog, an intelligent mixed-breed female, at approximately 8 years of age, and NEVER left alone, managed to eat nibbles of garden mulch. And eating mulch made the dog seriously ill. The condition was life-threatening.It caused the dog to develop "Pancreatitis". Pancreatistis in dogs is when the pancreas becomes inflammed, usually by the leakage of active digestive enzymes. Suspect pancreatitis if your dog has acute belly pain, depression or won't eat normally. Vomiting and diarrhea may occur in many dogs with pancreatitis. In severe cases of pancreatitis there may be signs of shock or total collapse. Bottom line anytime your dog is sick: if in doubt, call the VET for advice. If the Vet wants to see your dog, make it your TOP priority and see the VET that day. Your dog's life may be at stake. In my sister's case, she and the dog were walking, and the dog collapsed.Picture my sister picking up her 60 pound dog, and walking her several blocks home. That's how sick the dog became.They got into the car and went right to the Vet. The Vet diagonosed the condition, and following a tense 24 hour hospitalization, the dog was able to go home. The Vet said the dog had eaten mulch (pieces of wood or peat-moss that are used as ornamental garden groundcover).
A similar story occured with my dog, a Corgie. Before the dog was 1 year of age, I twice had to rush her to the Vet.The cause? Complications from the dog eating dry scraps of potter's clay. (I am a potter - and the dog, without my paying attention, was eating clay scraps while I was concentrating on throwing on the wheel).I panicked when the dog's poo looked like coffee grounds. I didn't know what was wrong, but I suspected the puppy had eaten something bad. But everything was OK. The clay gave the dog constipation, but the problem corrected itself quickly. But it caused VERY expensive VET bills. All in all, I learned my lesson to watch the dog carefully...even so, we continued to have close calls...
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