ATE A WHOLE CHICKEN!

[Lori]

So, Casper jumped up & grabbed most of a whole chicken off of the kitchen counter & ate it...bones & all. There was NOTHING left of that Boston Market bird, not even a lick. So now what? Wait & watch? Anyone else's dood ever do this?

This comes on the heels of him eating the piping off of my sons art smock - about 3 feet of it...that made him significantly uncomfortable! Took him to the vet & she gave pills to coat his stomach & we played the wait & watch game...it all came back out & he's better, but now CHICKEN BONES!!!! Any advice is appreciated : )

THANKS!

[Melissa & Porter]

My sympathy for your lost dinner. My hunch is that if the bones didn't crack and stab his esophagus on the way down, then he will be okay. I think that is the danger of chicken bones in particular.
Porter ate a t-bone steak once, including the t-bone.
I never even identified it in his poop.
I will say that chicken fat and skin seems to give Porter an overly acid stomach the next day...he poops fine, I am pretty sure it triggers his yellow-bile barf. He only gets good meat now, lucky dog.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I would watch him very carefully for the next 12 hours. Cooked chicken bones can be very dangerous, they can easily splinter.. The piping on your son's art smock did not have jagged edges, splinters, etc.
If you see any sign of anything unusual for Casper, I would get him to the emergency vet pronto. Hopefully he chewed everything up thoroughly, but if he inhaled it, there could be a problem.
I hope he will be okay.

[Melissa & Porter]

Maybe you should feed Casper a couple pieces of bread, like the internet told me to do when Porter ate glass. It is supposed to bulk up and cushion the food/poop.

[cheryl & oliver]

Lori, many years ago, my aussie decided that the remnants of the Thanksgiving turkey should be his. He swiped that thing and before we could catch him or grab it he devoured the whole thing bones and all. I stayed up all night with him, he was miserable, he pooped all night long and in the morning he was exhausted, but ok...I got my vet , and he said to just watch him, which of course I had been doing for the past 12 hrs. He was fine, but it was quite a horrible night to say the least....

[Deb, Connor & Simon]

One of the customers at the store where I work was telling me his dog had eaten the skin from a whole roasted chicken. It had such a high fat content the dog had an attack of pancreatitis than landed him in the hospital for several days and several hundred dollars in vet bills.

I'm pretty sure the only "safe" bones are raw ones. Just to be on the safe side, maybe you could give your vet a call in the morning. :-)

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

How's he doing????

[Lori]

Casper is doing great so far...THANK GOD! Made it thru the night & all morning without vomiting or anything else. The vet gave us advice - 1/2 c food every 3 or so hours, wants to make sure he doesn't throw it up or lose his appetite, the fact that he has done so well this far is a good sign & we will know for sure by 72 hours - by then it should all be out of him...hoping it doesn't cause a blockage & cause him to stop eating....
Today I left a 1/4 of a buttered bagel on the counter & walked away for LESS than 30 seconds & heard his feet hit the dish - I think he's SO hungry at this point that he will eat anything!
No more leaving ANY food out for ANY reason!!!

[Kyoko]

Sorry, but this made me laugh!!! I can see him dashing to the piece of bagel !!!

[2m42srv7vi6sq]

As hard as we try, there are times that our furry friends manage to find things, to eat, that they shouldn't.

CJ ate an entire couch (like a past President, she didn't inhale! LOL or swallow)

Caeleach has eaten a 5 lb rump roast, two chickens, a steak, 4 baked potatoes aluminum foll and all, an entire bag of chewie chips, an entire box of Muttos dog treats and more other things than I can remember.

All you can do is watch, to make sured there is no blood in the stool.

Unfortunately, other than defrosting food on top of the refrigerator, I have yet to find a spot where the dogs can't get to food, if they wish!

We have solved the problem by putting all 4 dogs outside while there is food on the counter or while we are eating.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I find the microwave or the oven is a good place to defrost food if you have a countersurfer in the house.

[Melissa & Porter]

I am glad to read that Casper has had no problems.

[Lori]

72 hours, and not so much as a cough. Vet said that if he gets this far, everything's digested (No 'post digestive tract' bones appeared) and we're good to go. Dodged a bullet on that one. Or did we. There is a lot out there on feeding dogs bone-in chicken, both raw and cooked. Either way, no more bones for him. Still can't figure out how he dissolved that thigh bone, but the vet says they do it.....