NDR Dogs and rocks

Brad Taylor

Brad Taylor

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My little guy thought it would be cool to eat some rocks while in his kennel last night. This morning at 5:00am the fun started. All those pictured where in his gullet until about 10 minutes ago...The biggest came out last. He finally went to sleep.

Crazy dog! Is there any way to discourage this behavoir? The concrete for the kennel should be here in 3-4 weeks. Looks like paving slabs for the intern...

Oh, he's a little over 4 months old.

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I have surgically removed landscape rocks from a clients lab-mix twice in the past 16 months. The rocks would get through the stomach and then get stuck further down in the small intestines. He now wears a muzzle (like at the greyhound track) anytime he goes outside. Crate/kennel may be best until the concrete gets poured.
Brian
 
Brad,

You really have to do everything you can to stop him eating rocks or even gravel. You are lucky he was able to pass all of them, they are pretty big and one could have lodges causing a blockage. Then it's surgery time, expensive if caught in time, fatal if not.

My oldest 12 1/2 year old Cody was prone to eating gravel which caused a lot of diarrhea and led, we believe, to inflammatory bowel disease when he was three.

I once worked right next to a great marsh and I would hunt for an hour before work, leaving my waders, dog and gear in my topper while I was working. I would air the dogs three times during the day.

My older dog Kimo was never any problem and I foolishly thought Cody would be the same. The first time I left him with the gear and one very large green head alone, I came out to air him around 10:00am and it appeared somebody had cut the ducks head off with a meat cleaver and stole the duck. There were no feathers, not a drop of blood, just the ducks head and Cody looking so innocent.

I knew he had to have eaten it, but it was just so clean, and it was hard to believe he would eat the whole thing wings and all. I called my vet just in case and he said to make sure he had a bowel movement or take him in for surgery. Well poor Cody started passing the bones and feathers of that duck that night. It was painful for him but he got over it. That was also the last duck he ate, but I was carefull about leaving birds around him after that.
 
I thought I had it cased until the concrete shows up. We dug out almost 18" of topsoil/clay, laid mesh around the perimiter and then filled with crusher dust (compactable sand wit NO rocks) The little bugger was digging down to the mesh and plucking rocks out of the clay. YIKES

My older dog cruiser would never waste his time digging for rocks. These are two completely different dogs. As you say, he will be closely monitored from this point on. I can't imagine the damage that could have ensued.
 
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