OMG...this scares me. I cannot afford a 5 figure surgery. :-(
Pet insurance. My H thought I was crazy for getting it on a new puppy with a health guarantee from the breeder but I was worried about accidents, not illness. The premiums have been under 300/yr and they've paid out about 15k for him being a derpy Labrador and doing derpy Labrador things. And hot spots.
thanks...I just signed up for pets best accident insurance. (10k policy, 250 deductible and op% reimbursement) I may upgrade to include illness soon. it's a 3 day waiting period so hopefully this is not an issue this time but it's good to have.
One of my favorite memories is when I walked in the kitchen and found my dog sitting by the trash like the goodest, good boy. So suspicious. Then I watched a chicken bone fly out of the trash can. The dog caught it, mid-air, and scarfed it down. I found the cat inside of the flip-top trash can, flinging chicken bones out to the dog.
We bought a Simple Human trash can shortly afterward.
Pet insurance. My H thought I was crazy for getting it on a new puppy with a health guarantee from the breeder but I was worried about accidents, not illness. The premiums have been under 300/yr and they've paid out about 15k for him being a derpy Labrador and doing derpy Labrador things. And hot spots.
thanks...I just signed up for pets best accident insurance. (10k policy, 250 deductible and op% reimbursement) I may upgrade to include illness soon. it's a 3 day waiting period so hopefully this is not an issue this time but it's good to have.
I've had pet's best for over 10 years. They have been great but I hope you never need to use it.
One of my favorite memories is when I walked in the kitchen and found my dog sitting by the trash like the goodest, good boy. So suspicious. Then I watched a chicken bone fly out of the trash can. The dog caught it, mid-air, and scarfed it down. I found the cat inside of the flip-top trash can, flinging chicken bones out to the dog.
We bought a Simple Human trash can shortly afterward.
One of my favorite memories is when I walked in the kitchen and found my dog sitting by the trash like the goodest, good boy. So suspicious. Then I watched a chicken bone fly out of the trash can. The dog caught it, mid-air, and scarfed it down. I found the cat inside of the flip-top trash can, flinging chicken bones out to the dog.
We bought a Simple Human trash can shortly afterward.
I bought my Simple Human trash can after my cat started knocking over my regular trash can after I went to bed and eating whatever scraps she could find. First I tried weighing the trash can down by filling an empty gallon container with water and putting it in the bottom (under the liner). The cat still managed to knock it over. I like to imagine her tackling it like a linebacker to get some old crusts of bread and apple cores...
This is why we take any food scraps straight outside to the bin. We also stick leftover protein in the microwave while we're eating dinner (so it still has time to cool down before we put it away during cleanup). We had one cat that was really good at swiping chicken straight off our plates. Anything left out on the counter was fair game for her 😅
I bought my Simple Human trash can after my cat started knocking over my regular trash can after I went to bed and eating whatever scraps she could find. First I tried weighing the trash can down by filling an empty gallon container with water and putting it in the bottom (under the liner). The cat still managed to knock it over. I like to imagine her tackling it like a linebacker to get some old crusts of bread and apple cores...
This is why we take any food scraps straight outside to the bin. We also stick leftover protein in the microwave while we're eating dinner (so it still has time to cool down before we put it away during cleanup). We had one cat that was really good at swiping chicken straight off our plates. Anything left out on the counter was fair game for her 😅
...I miss her 😢
Both our dog and one of the cats are a threat to food everywhere. The dog always looks pissed at the cat’s ability to jump up on the counter to try and steal stuff while he’s limited to counter surfing around the edges. We also do the food in microwave trick to keep it safe from them both. They’re brutal! The cat will often dip his paw in DD’s cup of milk while she’s eating while watching her iPad and not paying attention. Has no shame at all about it either.
Before we had the dog we left out cookies and milk for Santa and after I put DD to bed I came down to find that cat with paw delicately scooping Santa’s milk into his mouth.
I bought my Simple Human trash can after my cat started knocking over my regular trash can after I went to bed and eating whatever scraps she could find. First I tried weighing the trash can down by filling an empty gallon container with water and putting it in the bottom (under the liner). The cat still managed to knock it over. I like to imagine her tackling it like a linebacker to get some old crusts of bread and apple cores...
This is why we take any food scraps straight outside to the bin. We also stick leftover protein in the microwave while we're eating dinner (so it still has time to cool down before we put it away during cleanup). We had one cat that was really good at swiping chicken straight off our plates. Anything left out on the counter was fair game for her 😅
...I miss her 😢
Missing pets is so hard. I've loved a lot of animals and you never stop missing them. Even the shenanigans.
H and I each had a cat when we moved in together. His cat was really pretty and sweet, but so stupid. He didn't even know how to table surf until he met my cat. H kept the open food bin directly above his bowl and the dumbass never caught on. He learned a lot quickly from my naughty tabby. I caught his fat butt running down the basement stairs with my hamburger in his mouth. He pulled it right out of the bun and bolted.
My cat was the one in the garbage can. She was always trouble, but also the sweetest. The bossiest 7lb cat I ever met.
I had a cat who ate a sewing needle and thread that I left out which resulted in emergency surgery when they figured out what had happened. I felt so bad.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on May 24, 2023 12:49:52 GMT -5
I knew my daughter really loved our dog the morning she told me when I got out of the shower "mom, she's ok, but she was just eating something off the floor, and she accidentally ate the string to my yo-yo with it, and I had to pull the string out of her mouth, and she must have really eaten it because it just kept coming. Eventually she threw it up. But I cleaned it up already, and she's ok so I didn't want to make you get out of the shower"
Post by donutsmakemegonuts on May 24, 2023 12:53:22 GMT -5
Things my goofy lab ate over the years:
2 bars of decorative soap, back to back. Like he ate one and the went back for the other as if it was so good. They were in a basket on the back of the toilet in a spare bathroom. He threw up bubbles for a couple hours and was good.
One whole pepperoni pizza waiting to be put in the oven.
Raw cookie dough waiting to be put in the oven
A bag of tealight candles. He spit out the metal containers and just ate the wax.
2 Christmas ornaments with glitter.
He would routinely eat my makeup remover wipes and cotton balls out of the bathroom trashcan to the point I had to hide it. He also ate the arm pits out of DH's supposed "favorite" shirt, which he left on the floor.
One of my favorite memories is when I walked in the kitchen and found my dog sitting by the trash like the goodest, good boy. So suspicious. Then I watched a chicken bone fly out of the trash can. The dog caught it, mid-air, and scarfed it down. I found the cat inside of the flip-top trash can, flinging chicken bones out to the dog.
We bought a Simple Human trash can shortly afterward.
My friend was having an issue with food coming up missing from the counter when she was cooking. She started locking up her dog. Nope it was the cat. She took an entire plate of bacon to the cage for the dog. The cat was stealing things off the counter and giving them to the dog. Now they both get caged when she cooks and nothing is left out
Post by DotAndBuzz on May 24, 2023 12:59:17 GMT -5
Our chihuahua schnauzer mix got into bags of frosting I had made for a cookie decorating party. She had NEVER gotten into food/trash/anything before, so I didn't think anything of it when I set my bag of supplies down after coming home, and went about my business, deciding to do the supply clean up later.
Well a few hours later I come home and she had helped herself to SUPER dark red and purple frosting. On my white dining room rug. She had some left in her little beard and mustache, and was so happy. Vet told us what to watch for after her sugar bomb indulgence, but she was totally fine.
Post by InBetweenDays on May 24, 2023 13:04:07 GMT -5
Years ago we had two labs. Well, both were rescues so we don't know for sure but one was likely all lab, the other likely lab/GSP mix. The lab had a bad front leg and had a serious limp, but that didn't prevent him from being able to get into any cupboard (even upper cupboards) that weren't completely pushed shut.
One day I came home to a living room full of scattered oatmeal packets and chocolate wrappers. Because it was baking and dark chocolate, and since we didn't know which dog did it, we administered hydrogen peroxide to both dogs. Our lab/GSP was visibly PISSED at me and promptly threw up. Our lab just wagged his tail happily as I gave him another, then yet another dose and never got sick. So both dogs went to the e-vet where they pumped their stomachs. The vet came out to tell us the lab/GSP hadn't eaten any of it. But then she pulled out a bag of stuff she had recovered from our lab's stomach - rocks, bits of toys, candy wrappers, etc. Plus the e-vet said he was the only dog they've had that readily ate the charcoal they give after pumping the stomach.
My lab had been on a diet for a while (and actually lost the weight...the vet was amazed and was like, I don't think I ever had a lab whose owner I told they needed to lose weight, and then they lost the weight!) but we made it a game to see what 'healthy' foods she would eat, and she will eat almost anything. She LOVES watermelon and almost any fruit. She literally comes running when she hears me cutting anything on the cutting board because she knows I'll usually give her a slice (I cut up apples for my kids' lunches every day and she loves those), but she eats cucumber, zucchini, broccoli, pear, peach, pineapple, strawberry, any berry actually, loves blueberries especially, green beans, etc. I think the only thing she really won't eat is lettuce that has nothing on it. I actually had to talk to the vet about increasing her food because she's been garbage can surfing and has resorted to eating my daughter's bloody-nose kleenexes, ugh.
My (small, non-Lab) dogs eat lettuce. We have a tortoise, whose diet consists of romaine lettuce, grass, and the occasional hibiscus. I have to lock the dogs in the house when I feed the tortoise because they will steal his lettuce. I think they mostly like to be naughty, but they do eat it.
They like apples, carrots, and watermelon, too. I let them finish the papaya the other day, and they scarfed it down. I don't think there's a human food they won't touch.
we were dog sitting a beagle once and had brought in some pretty tame groceries--a loaf of bread, apples, nothing super exciting. I had to run back out to get another load of groceries and when we came back, like 3 minutes later, that fucking beagle at the entire loaf of bread, plastic bag and all.
we were dog sitting a beagle once and had brought in some pretty tame groceries--a loaf of bread, apples, nothing super exciting. I had to run back out to get another load of groceries and when we came back, like 3 minutes later, that fucking beagle at the entire loaf of bread, plastic bag and all.
My friend had a dog whose favorite thing ever was bread. The dog would sneak into the kitchen in the middle of the night looking for bread. I have no doubt this dog would have eaten the wrapper and all, given the chance.
This is why we take any food scraps straight outside to the bin. We also stick leftover protein in the microwave while we're eating dinner (so it still has time to cool down before we put it away during cleanup). We had one cat that was really good at swiping chicken straight off our plates. Anything left out on the counter was fair game for her 😅
...I miss her 😢
Both our dog and one of the cats are a threat to food everywhere. The dog always looks pissed at the cat’s ability to jump up on the counter to try and steal stuff while he’s limited to counter surfing around the edges. We also do the food in microwave trick to keep it safe from them both. They’re brutal! The cat will often dip his paw in DD’s cup of milk while she’s eating while watching her iPad and not paying attention. Has no shame at all about it either.
Before we had the dog we left out cookies and milk for Santa and after I put DD to bed I came down to find that cat with paw delicately scooping Santa’s milk into his mouth.
And this is why I bring a saucer of milk to bed with us for the cats. It's easier for us to give them their own than try to keep them out of ours 😅
Both our dog and one of the cats are a threat to food everywhere. The dog always looks pissed at the cat’s ability to jump up on the counter to try and steal stuff while he’s limited to counter surfing around the edges. We also do the food in microwave trick to keep it safe from them both. They’re brutal! The cat will often dip his paw in DD’s cup of milk while she’s eating while watching her iPad and not paying attention. Has no shame at all about it either.
Before we had the dog we left out cookies and milk for Santa and after I put DD to bed I came down to find that cat with paw delicately scooping Santa’s milk into his mouth.
And this is why I bring a saucer of milk to bed with us for the cats. It's easier for us to give them their own than try to keep them out of ours 😅
Ok douche, go ahead and call it mud. My husband DID have halitosis. We addressed it after I talked to you girls on here and guess what? Years later, no problem. Mofongo, you're a cunt. Eat shit. ~anonnamus
Post by starburst604 on May 24, 2023 15:33:06 GMT -5
I had to come back in this post because I was just walking my crazy lab in the cemetery and he was trying to make a beeline for a lady that we saw who he wanted to greet. She saw us coming and stepped aside and said I don’t like dogs. OK then, keeping it moving. Then he proceeded to grab a mouthful of dead daisies out of a vase at a grave stone, and carried on. No lab needs to deal with a dog hater.
My dog did this a few weeks ago. She shit on the floor a couple of times (unusual for her) and had diarrhea for about a week but seemed fine. Vet said not to worry.
My old dog (greyhound) once at a styrofoam container of chicken wings. Including bones and styrofoam container. He was fine 🤷♀️
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
My dog did this a few weeks ago. She shit on the floor a couple of times (unusual for her) and had diarrhea for about a week but seemed fine. Vet said not to worry.
this is helpful. he definitely has diarrhea and did seem a little subdued earlier. You could tell he wasn't feeling his usual, playful self but right now he is chewing a toy and tail wagging.