Doggie ate a chicken leg

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Or two, I'm not sure.

She seems ok, but I'm so worried about the bones in her intestines (they seem to have gotten down her throat ok).

What should I do? Does this warrant an emergency vet visit? She sleeps with me, so I will know if something is wrong in the middle of the night.

I tried to reach my vet, but the office is closed. I can call an emergency place, but if anyone out there can tell me not to worry, I'd feel better (but only if I really needn't worry). What would the vet do, other than watch her for signs of a problem, and maybe take films, then watch for signs a problem?

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Don't panic, I think it will be alright.

You should monitor the dog closely for vomiting, constipation, diarrhea.... any significant changes. Especially be looking for blood in the stool. If that should happen, take the dog to the vet.

You might want to give the dog some bread or rice. Not sure why, but I remember reading that bread, or rice is good when a dog eats a chicken, or pork bone.

[shaggy Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close shaggy]

Ditto want Angie said. I think little one will be fine. shaggy

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

This looks interesting. Not sure, but it might just help.....

Dog ate bone or sharp object. Cottonball remedy works!

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Bread! Give her a couple of slices of soft bread, if you have it. Any old bread if you don't.

Did you call the vet? Was the chicken cooked? Were the bones dry and splintery or sort of soft and moist?

Don't panic, but do give the vet a call.

I have heard of many dogs who ate chicken bones and were fine, and my dog finds them on the sidewalk occasionally and eats them if I lose the tussle, and she's been fine. I'm always trying to figure out if it's better NOT to wrestle them out of her mouth, because then she gets annoyed and swallows them whole, whereas if I had just left her alone she would have chewed the bone up finer before swallowing.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

This looks interesting. Not sure, but it might just help.....

Dog ate bone or sharp object. Cottonball remedy works!

Yikes, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that without a vet's endorsement (not a cybervet...), but it sounds sensible. I will try bread, though, thanks!

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Yikes, I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that without a vet's endorsement (not a cybervet...), but it sounds sensible. I will try bread, though, thanks!

I know. I'm not sure that I would be comfortable with it either, but since I found it, I wanted to show it to you.

I think giving her bread will help, and it's the same idea as the cotton balls.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

My friend has two goldendoodles, which eat EVERYTHING. Apparently ALL goldendoodles eat everything, because she's on a discussion board where one of the other dogs ate the stuffing from a medium-sized stuffed toy--all the stuffing--and almost died from it.

So I personally would not be messing around trying to get cotton balls into my dog; it sounds like the cure would be worse than the disease.

[riverdees05 Platinum Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close riverdees05]

Dogs eating chicken and/or pork bones shouldn't be taken lightly. Our fraternity mascot was given pork bones and they splintered and he died when I was in college.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Well I was worried and not thinking so I fed her the bread while I was sitting at the table, and now she's just begging, begging, begging. She sure seems fine, but I will keep an eye on her.

When I was little, my cat swallowed a sewing needle -- she needed surgery to have it removed, and I was fairly traumatized.

But I have a friend whose dog ate an entire chicken without much consequence, so hopefully this will be fine, too.

I better not stay up too late tonight, I have a feeling with all that chicken and bread it's going to be one of those 4 am "let me out NOW" nights...

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Dogs eating chicken and/or pork bones shouldn't be taken lightly. Our fraternity mascot was given pork bones and they splintered and he died when I was in college.

Sad story.

A lot of people don't know you can't give dogs pork bones, either. And apparently they can eat them many times and not have problems, then suddenly get an intestinal blockage from them. We used to give the dog pork bones; now that we know, we've stopped, of course.

(Although my DH does say, "How have dogs survived all these millions of years if they're so delicate?")

[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

(Although my DH does say, "How have dogs survived all these millions of years if they're so delicate?")

As I understand, it makes a big difference if the bones are cooked. Carnivores are well adapted to handling uncooked bones. But when bones are cooked they become more splintery and that is the problem. (That was the response I received from a veterinarian when I asked essentially the same question when one of our cats got a chicken bone lodged in her throat.)

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

They were cooked

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Did you call the emergency vet? I know if I call my vet about something like this, I can usually convince him to let us take a "wait and see" approach at home rather than rushing the dog to the vet for Xrays. But it makes me feel better to have talked to the vet.

Just once the dog got into a big box of raisins and scattered them all over the living room, and I couldn't tell if she had eaten any or not. So I had to rush the dog down there and they made her throw up, and there were no raisins, because she doesn't even LIKE raisins. But it turned out one of the kids had fed her a tomato. Which she did like. (They're not toxic, though.)

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Did you call the emergency vet? I know if I call my vet about something like this, I can usually convince him to let us take a "wait and see" approach at home rather than rushing the dog to the vet for Xrays. But it makes me feel better to have talked to the vet.

Just once the dog got into a big box of raisins and scattered them all over the living room, and I couldn't tell if she had eaten any or not. So I had to rush the dog down there and they made her throw up, and there were no raisins, because she doesn't even LIKE raisins. But it turned out one of the kids had fed her a tomato. Which she did like. (They're not toxic, though.)

You crack me up, Wacky, thanks.

I couldn't reach my vet. I don't want to call the emergency clinic if it's not necessary; I don't trust them to let me "wait and see," which is what I think my vet would tell me, at this point. I will call in the morning, she is active, and alert, and begging for more bread...