No more fetch with a stick!!

[Kyoko]

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...

[Adina P]

We've used Chuck It Balls for 7 years with great success with several dogs.  We use whatever the 'regular' size is.  Not small and not the large kind.  I don't think most women can throw the ball hard/fast enough (even with the launcher) to make it go down a dog's throat.

[Kyoko]

OK. We do have a couple of chukit balls we play in the house. We also have the ones that has "stuffed tail" attached to it, as well...

I was thinking of tennis ball, because you can buy it for $1.00 and doesn't matter if we lose it or not....

 

[Pam & Trixie]

Im sorry that she got hurt playing fetch.
I hope she feels alot better this Morning

[Kyoko]

Thank you. She is a little bit more of he self. She ate moistened kibbles, and pooped... :-)

[Bonnie and Kona]

Hoping your sweet girl heals quickly. 

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Sorry to hear Charlie got injured by the stick.  Hope she is feeling good this morning.

[DJ & Chance]

Good warning, and I hope that Charlie keeps on healing.  Such a beautiful girl!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Kyoko,

Spud can't use tennis balls. We are big time ChuckIt Ball ( all their toy actually) users.

He is in many pics on their page but we never won anything, they still have his pics

http://chuckit.com/#/photos/gallery

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

As Adina mention, Frisbee. I really like this toy by ChuckIt... and so does Spud.  It is easy on my arms to throw also.

[Kyoko]

Is that flying squirrel?

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

YES!

I did not love this ball so much as it was very expensive fell apart quickly and both Mr. Halley and Spud got their teeth stuck to the ball.   But we love the squirrel

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[Kyoko]

Tomorrow is my pay day... Pet smart here I come.