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My dog is in emergency surgery at the vet school hospital. Waiting to hear how the surgery went. They did not want to wait until tomorrow and called in the surgery team. My lab chomped down some corn cobs 2 weeks ago. Some made it out but apparently there is a piece blocking her small intestine. Hoping for the best.
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That terrible, I'm hoping for the best. My dog loves sweet corn cobs. I never thought they'd be harmful. God speed!
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I had a Lab swallow a piece of corn cob. A couple of days later he barfed it up. Dodged a bullet there. I made sure it wouldn't happen again. Labs will eat anything.
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Hope your dog comes out of it in fine shape,
Thanks for the warning.
Ours (whippet) got a pan of roasted potatoes off the counter last night when my wife went out to the car for something. By the time she got back in, he had them all down. Tossed them up later too tho, so pretty much a waste for all concerned.
I sent the info to my wife about the cobs, we'll be careful from now on.
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A friend of mine used to have a lab that would eat blue crabs until he got sick & barfed 'em up , then he would eat 'em a second time.
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I had a yellow lab who never, ever went in our trash. She was skittish and calm (odd for a lab, lol), but one day when she was 12, she decided to eat a bunch of sweet corn cobs from the trash.
Went to the vet, she put the dog on a lot of fiber and laxatives to try to pass everything, which seemed to work, thankfully. We lost the dog about 6 months later due to her age (she was a month shy of 13), and she got suddenly ill.
Good luck with your dog. Hopefully they get everything sorted out and she makes a full recovery!
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Vet school hospital called me at 1:15 this morning. They got the blockage from her small intestine without having to do a resection. I got her there before any tissue started to die. Should be able to bring her home tomorrow. Thanks for all the good thoughts. We put the cob out for the chickens. Lesson learned.
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Vet school hospital called me at 1:15 this morning. They got the blockage from her small intestine without having to do a resection. I got her there before any tissue started to die. Should be able to bring her home tomorrow. Thanks for all the good thoughts. We put the cob out for the chickens. Lesson learned. You were lucky
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glad to hear it worked out for him.
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We thought we were out of the woods when all was well for 2 weeks and our regular vet did not see anything on the x-rays. Two weeks later to the day she threw up some cob that was still in her stomach. I thought great, that's the end of that BUT 1 big piece apparently moved into the small intestine too.
I noticed she was not quite herself yesterday and when she refused to eat I loaded her up for a quick ride to the vet school hospital ER. That place was fantastic and after preliminary tests and ultra sound and x-rays they got the surgical team together and decided not to wait to open her up.
They called me at 1:15 this morning as they promised to do after the surgery. They examined her entire digestion tract while they had her opened up. She is almost 3 years old and very fit and healthy so she should recover fast. I am glad I can still hunt her this winter.
Very expensive surgery but there was not much of a choice here.
Thanks all.
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One of my friends lost his Airedale Terrier to corncob blockage.
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She's damn lucky she has a good Dad :-)
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I'm glad to hear this good news. Thanks for posting about this hazard.
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Thats good news, glad the pup made it OK. Labs will indeed eat anything but Ive never had a dog that didn't want a buttery corn cob.... Ive had herding breed dogs for the last couple decades and one thing Ive found about them was they seem to have the ability to eat the God-awfullest things, and be able to barf up the undigestable portion. That said however, the German Shepherds seem to have pretty weird parameters. Throw them in a dumpster and they'll eat their way out without so much as a burp. Feed them the finest filet mignon and they're sick and squirting out both ends for three days... Glad your lab is on the mend!
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Is this fresh sweet corn cob or dry field corn cob?
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Thanks for posting. Glad your dog is o.k. Our lab rarely gets a table scrap but when we boil shrimp or crawfish she will get a half of a corn cob. It is a real treat to her after soaking in all that goodness. Maybe a new potato would be a better choice.
On a lighter note, we used to have a large male black lab that we adopted. He got into the garbage after a boil and ate a whole corn cob. The whole cob turned up in a BIG pile still fully intact. I shidt you not!
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Good to hear she's OK. I'll tel my wife about that, our Lab eats everything in sight.
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On a lighter note, we used to have a large male black lab that we adopted. He got into the garbage after a boil and ate a whole corn cob. The whole cob turned up in a BIG pile still fully intact. I shidt you not!
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