| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale 22:29 - Feb 25 with 2658 views | swansRus |
I've got a collie cross 18months old - very active, Took her to park today as usual - and as usual she brought me a stick to throw. I'd heard the odd dog walker saying they never threw sticks for their dogs, but never having a problem with any other dog in the past, I though nothing of it. Until today. The stick broke as it hit the ground and as she went to grab it she whined.
I checked her mouth but couldn't see anything stuck there - but she coughed a bit when I took her home and wouldnt drink or eat - not like her at all. Took her to vets - where she needed a general to knock her out for investgation, turned out the stick had made two deep puncture holes in the base of her tongue. Vet showed me picture of gashes - luckily she did not sever any blood vessels. All sorted out and a few quid lighter, I will never throw a stick again. Vet told me of a dog he couldn't save that had had a that went down throat and pierced its aorta. Sticks and dogs - accident waiting to happen. |  | | |  |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 23:48 - Feb 25 with 2609 views | Treforys_Jack |
Wise advice mate, glad alls ok now though. |  | | |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 11:52 - Feb 26 with 2495 views | Curcubita_Ultra |
Glad she's OK mate - it's soemthing that you don't really think about until something happens
Always remember a girl in my Primary School who was in floods of tears and inconsolable for days after she was out walking her dog before school with her Dad and a thrown stick stuck in the soft ground and the dog was running so fast the stick pierced through the dog's chest and into her heart killing her instantly...
Left a big impression on me as a kid - I never threw sticks for any of my dogs after that - used a rubber ball, much safer | | | |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 13:17 - Feb 26 with 2451 views | WarwickHunt |
Spot on.
Mate's beautiful young black lab died a painful death as a result of exactly this.
Always use a ball. |  | | |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 13:33 - Feb 26 with 2443 views | dickythorpe |
Mind you a ball can cause its own problems as well
I threw a ball for my faithfull Pitbull called Jesus some years ago and the wind took it off course and it went over a cliff, Jesus followed the flight of the ball as well. Just like the dog in the popular Cafe Hag advert. |  | | |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 19:14 - Feb 26 with 2386 views | Treforys_Jack |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 13:33 - Feb 26 by dickythorpe |
Mind you a ball can cause its own problems as well
I threw a ball for my faithfull Pitbull called Jesus some years ago and the wind took it off course and it went over a cliff, Jesus followed the flight of the ball as well. Just like the dog in the popular Cafe Hag advert. |
Bloody hell, that must have been an awful experience. On another note I chuckled at a Pitbull called Jesus. | | | |
| Dogs and sticks - cautionary tale on 20:39 - Feb 26 with 2365 views | jack247 |
Thanks for warning, never knew that could be an issue. I'll keep it in mind | | | |
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