No more fetch with a stick!!

Charlie LOVES to play fetch more than anything in the whole wide world. She can play fetch for over and over and over for a long time until she is truly exhausted... We go to the local county park and play fetch every day.... But today, when she caught the stick, it broke in pieces. I saw Charlie cough and hacked, then she came to me distressed. I thought the piece of stick got stuck in her throat or something!!! She looked as she was ready to go home. I did the quick check on her and we got ready to go back home. At the water fountain, she did not drink the water as she normally do. I again examined he mouth and saw a little cut on her tongue, and small patch of blood in the back of her throat... :-(

After we got home, she looked like she wanted to drink her water, but she didn't. so I gave her some milk and she drunk that. When I fed Pinot, she came and ate her food... But then, she went inside of Pinot's puppy pen to rest... :-( never done this before...

If she does not acting right within a couple of hours, we are going to the emergency vet...

I should have known better than playing fetch with a stick!!

Update

We just got back from the emergency vet. Small laceration in the throat is no longer bleeding, and the fact she drunk milk and ate food is a good thing, and she kept them down is a good thing. So the doctor did not feel a need to sedate her to do the x ray or further examinations. She was scared to death at the emergency vet, tighten up so much and she was shaking like a leaf.....:-(

So, I am just going to observe her and make sure she does not cough, hack vomit or refuse eating, etc... Thank you all for the support!! I really appreciated them... It was just so scary... I just never thought something like this would happen, even though I knew it can...

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Permalink Reply by Adrienne on May 11, 2013 at 6:19pm

Hope she is feeling better soon.

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Permalink Reply by Kyoko on May 11, 2013 at 9:50pm

Thanks Adrienne!

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Permalink Reply by Pat and Traveler on May 11, 2013 at 6:37pm

Scary! Sticks are so easy and convenient--bummer! Hope Charlie feels better soon.

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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on May 11, 2013 at 6:39pm

They are one of the only chew thigs left to my dogs so I am taking my chances.

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Permalink Reply by Kyoko on May 11, 2013 at 9:56pm

I just never thought something like would happen..

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Permalink Reply by Kyoko on May 11, 2013 at 9:36pm

Yeah, I think I started this stick thing because now we have 2 dogs and sometimes Charlie can get possessive with toys. So, I think that's why I started using sticks for the fetches so no one get upset... I just have to carry a bag full of tennis balls from now on...