Ah, the week of Thanksgiving. Christmas commercials have been playing for nearly two months now, and it's only a matter of time before we're booked with emergency exploratory surgeries. In fact, it's already started early this year. The victim this week was a poor little pit puppy who decided that Mom's underwear looked particularly appetizing. Many times in large dog breeds this can be fixed with a hairball remedy gel (copious amounts, of course) and subcutaneous fluids to help get the bowels moving along. A good example of this is the Doberman that comes in and poops a sock every time we see her. This poor puppy was not so lucky.
After placing an IV catheter that morning, having her on fluids for a few hours, and poking her in the butt (ok, the thigh muscle) with morphine, she was taken outside to vomit - as morphine will most times make them do - as the surgery suite was prepared for her. Lo and behold the assistant that had taken her out came back in, grabbed a pair of gloves, and went back outside only to return with two of the three pairs the dog had swallowed covered in stool. Luckily for her, the fluids had caused her bowels to keep working which allowed for her to excrete the panties, the last pair of which she pooped out right before going home that day. Close call for a young pup. The owner, as of last update, did not want the underwear returned.
So what is our lesson here? 1) Underwear is apparently quite tasty, though not recommended for consumption. 2) Pets should be supervised, unless one wants to learn a $1000+ lesson. Youch!
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