Ingested Foreign Body Removal in Dogs

Our dog is went outside 20 mins ago with a steak bone, and she came back coughing and wheezing. We are assuming that she ate a piece of the bone, but we couldn't seem to get out. We tried the Heimlich maneuver (or the dog equivalent). She doesn't want to drink water or anything. When she lays down the coughing settles down, but the coughing is still frequent enough to the point where I don't think she will be able to sleep tonight.

Hi my little dog swallowed a small tubi grip that i had for my thumb on Tues last week, i took him to the vet who checked his stomach which he had no signs of discomfort he is still eating drinking and playing. it has been a week past Tuesday and there is still no sign of it in his poo. does that material disintegrate or should i have concerns?

My dog had to have rubber toys removed from his stomach. During the operation, they also removed part of his intestine and reconnected it due to an area of concern. He was sent home with 42 staples in his stomach and pain pills. They did not send me home with any antibiotics to prevent infection. Is this normal? I have always been sent home with antibiotics after my pets have had surgery.

My dog was regurgitating green liquid for 2 days. She had surgery for obstruction related to eating cow hooves. She's now less than a day post op and still regurgitating a little. She won't be given food or water for 24 hrs. Her still regurgitating makes me nervous because they didn't check her esophagus, only her stomach and intestines. I pick her up Monday morning.

My dog is a terrier pit mix who had exploratory surgery wherein the vet took out a rubber piece and sewed up two tears in his small intestine 11 days ago, we had Tramadol (20 ct.) that we gave him every 8-12 hours and he seemed like he was healing fine. Now we ran out of pain medicine he is shaking when he inhales and really lethargic. He eats when he’s hungry and his bowel movements are regular. We’ve been feeding him can food so the stool has been a little wet. No vomiting and he drinks water. Should I be concerned? Can he wait a few days to go to the vet or is this an emergency?

Casey had an endoscopy Monday, 9/2/19 late afternoon to remove part of a t-bone steak from her stomach. Casey will not eat, I have tried everything, she is drinking water. How lomg before she will eat after this procedure?

My dog is 5 and has shredded socks, underwear or anything clothing related since he was a puppy. My dog began having seizures 3 months ago, they have gotten worse over time. Two weeks ago I noticed he has lost weight, I blamed it on an older dog I have that’s a bully. He started throwing up so I took him to the vet. He was given a atb shot and phenobarbital and sent home. Last Wednesday I took him back to another vet because of the vomiting again and lethargy. This vet kept him overnight, did bloodwork, iv fluids and x rays. X Ray didn’t show a blockage but she wanted to do exploritory surgery. I refused, she said it didn’t look like anything stood out in the X-ray of the stomach. She said he was full of poop. I had her give him an enema and I took him home. He’s had 3 seizures since then and just began eating again. No more vomiting but he’s weak and still not himself. What do I do? I can’t risk exploritory surgery for nothing and I can’t see doing diagnostics for the seizures when they can’t guarantee I’ll find out why. Please help! I don’t want him to die or have to put him down. 😭 He’s never been sick but she said he has a rough patch on his paw. She thinks he may have had distemper before. I think I’d know if he had that don’t you?

My mini american eskimo Betty had a piece of bully stick retrieved via endoscopy out of her lower esophagus. This was 4 days ago, and today after chowing down soft food along with her meds she has started to cough & hack again. She hadnt really until now. Is her throat still irritated?

Our dog ate a plastic squeaker from a stuffed toy. The next day she threw up what looked like a good portion of the chewed squeaker and then pooped out more of it. We thought everything was fine until she started to throw up every time she ate anything solid. She would either throw up on her own or go outside to eat grass and make herself throw up. The vet took x-rays and saw nothing in her intestines but something dark in her stomach. He asked us to not feed her for 12 hours and bring her back to x-ray again. We did, and the dark area was in the same spot in her stomach. He felt there was an obstruction in there. Liquids passed with no problem only solid food would come up. After the surgery, he found no foreign object in her stomach but just a lot of inflammation in that area along with inflammation at the beginning of her small intestine and her pancreas was inflamed. (pancreatitis). We are now at almost 48 hours after surgery and she is eating very little. (about four small pieces of chicken). She is drinking well and walking around but not really eating. The vet keeps mentioning gut motility and I'm just worried. If there was no obstruction, what has changed that will now stop her from vomiting when she eats anything solid? He has her on a strong anti-nausea med and gut motility med, along with pain meds. What time frame should we expect to see her intestines start to move things along? If she's really not eating, I can't imagine she would need to have a bowel movement? Thank you for your professional advice. Also, should I get a second opinion?

My dog is a 30 pound cocker spaniel mix. He ate a piece of plastic from a dexas scooper, The piece of plastic is .5 inches by 2.75 inches. He pooped about 5-6 about half the size of a dime initially in the first day or two after eating it. I took him to the emergency vet but they did a physical exam only and said an X-ray would not show plastic. I called the manufacturer and they said if it had not been all chewed up it would show up. I’ve checked my dogs poop every single time for any plastic and nothing. His apetite is fine and his pooping is fine. He does seem a tad bloated but could that be from me overfeeding him chicken and pumpkin purée? I’m taking him back to his regular vet in 2 days and am requesting X-rays. His energy appears fine and he has no vomiting. Could the object still be stuck in his stomach? Any other course? Should I wait on X-rays before insisting on an endoscopy? The pieces of plastic he pooped were sharp

Im a worried mother of an 8 year old Lab/pit mix and it has been almost 3 weeks I have been dealing with this issue. On May 31, I took my dog to the vet and I explained to vet he was still having bowel movements, but was throwing up every other day. Dr. did not seem worried and thought it could have been an upper respiratory infection. My dog was prescribed Famotidine, Doxycycline, cough tablets. My dogs health has not improved and I also want to mention blood work returned normal and the x-rays were not clear if there was blockage of a foreign object. Today he has thrown up 2 and has not had any bland foods or a bowel movement. Im worried because he is losing weight and is not his normal self.

This is the second time my dog had surgery for removal of a foreign object. His post surgery is nothing like the first one. It was nice and clean he recovered quickly. This time some other surgeon operated on him the same day he had an eye surgery for an ulcer and had pneumonia at the same time. He is taking medicine for his eye, for his pneumonia and for his surgery. He didn't eat for 3-4 days. They used a razor too harsh so he has deep razor burns all over including on his moles. But my biggest concern is that he is leaking feces non stop all day. They said call us if he has diarrhea or has oozing. Not to mention they sent him home after 24 hours. I believe it won't hurt asking second and third opinion. He is a Boston Terrier and he's 4.5 yrs old.

This morning my dog swallowed a whole makeup sponge that had lots of chemicals and bacteria on it. He is now very lethargic and hasn't eaten or drank very much either. Is there any way he will be able to digest this or will he have to undergo surgery to get it out?​

Dog swallowed a sock yesterday. She hasn’t shown any signs of discomfort and is eating, pooping, and playing like normal. She is 4 months old. She has yet to throw up or poop out said sock.

Dog is having watery diarrhea and is straining to poop. He is eating fine and drinking plenty of fluids, but will not let me anywhere near his anus. He did have small drops of blood in his stool but nothing extremely significant. He acts normal also and is running around but stops to his butt. I have palpate his stomach and intestines area and there is no abdominal pain. What should I do? And can it wait until the regular vet opens?

My small dog had an endoscopy to remove part of a stuffed toy. Its been nearly 48hrs since the procedure and he still has a cough and is exhausted. It seems his throat is very sore. He ate some boiled chicken, but then when we tried again, it irritated his throat and he ended up coughing until he puked. Its a struggle to get him to eat because of this discomfort. How long does it take to heal enough that he's comfortable again? What can I do in the meantime??