The Great Carpezio
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Sept 27, 2022 19:17:16 GMT
My dog was a stray from the Rez, and she was a horrible scrounger and ate everything and anything. I think she may have been picked up at the dump.
She doesn't eat too much anymore, but about three weeks ago, I had a $10 farmer's market token fall out of my purse, and she ate most of that.
In the past, she has eaten wall spackle, an entire bar of dark chocolate (with no issues), pads, toys, apples from our tree, crayons, packaging...rabbits...
One of the quirkiest things I saw her do was when I had just bought a new shirt and hung it over the arm of the couch. She walked by and just grabbed the tag with her mouth, yanked it off and ate it.
She is six now and a really good girl and it really is rare at this time of her life. She still hunts rabbits, but she doesn't eat them anymore. That was the only time in six years so got really sick...she ate part of the rabbit and pooped and puked up EVERYTHING all over herself and kennel.--she was probably 1.5 at the time.
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Post by tc on Sept 27, 2022 19:24:16 GMT
My dogs are no longer with us, but Maggie ate a pair of my shoes, a corner of the coffee table, and a couple of different remote controls when she was a pup. To get the coffee table fixed cost more than the coffee table was brand new. Harley's most memorable moment was when I was doing things in my split entry home and kept hearing paper rip. Couldn't figure out what was going on, until I looked down at the entry level landing. She was ripping the wallpaper off my (new to me) home strips at a time and then eating them. Apparently she was offended by that wallpaper. I confronted her and she just tilted her head and looked at me like, "Come on. You know you hate the wallpaper. I'm just helping you out!"
For both of them - if I could get a dog toy to last for more than 3 days - we considered that a success. I just gave up buying them toys or even tennis balls after a while.
The cats are my step-cats. They came with the marriage. Three of them - one of them has since passed on. One of them is obsessed with licking or chewing on thin plastic. Grocery store bags and bags for comic book storage are his favorite. Another eats rubber bands if we leave them out - that can cause a...um...situation at the litter box.
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Post by mom2kbs on Sept 27, 2022 23:57:38 GMT
We had a cat that loved to chew power cables. We would have to have cord covers on everything! Our yellow lab, that has passed, loved to eat bread bag and all and would poop that out. Our new chocolate lab ate bermuda grass roots from our backyard remodel phase and had to have surgery for a blockage. As a puppy he would steal socks but that and eat tags off things. That has stopped. He can destroy any and all toys. He currently only gets Kong brand toys and antlers. Our 7 month old black lab ate a chunk of antler last week and then threw it up in the middle of the night.
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luckyjune
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Post by luckyjune on Sept 28, 2022 0:45:58 GMT
Our lab was so smart, but she did really dumb things. When DH and I returned from a cruise to the eastern side of Mexico, we brought back one of those big chunks of chocolate you shave and make into hot chocolate. We got in in the middle of the night, so we dumped our suitcases in the entry to our house and went to bed. We woke up to an empty chocolate wrapper and a very happy dog. Evidently, the zipper on one of our bags was open three inches, which was enough for Hoover's nose to get to work and retrieve the chocolate. Called the vet and they gave us the"If she does xyz, bring her down to town. Otherwise, prepare yourself for vomit and poop." Yay.
Long story long, she threw it all up on the landing step of the stairs. White carpet, of course. A product called Furry Fresh saved the day. Even then, it took a lot of scrubbing to get everything cleaned up.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 28, 2022 1:00:12 GMT
My corgi pup ate a diamond earring. It was my mom's earring.
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sharlag
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Jun 26, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
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Post by sharlag on Sept 28, 2022 1:13:29 GMT
I also, years ago, found a pin cushion in the back yard. Remember the ones that looked like a tomato?
I know MaxTheBeagle snatched it, and took it out there. It had been full of straight pins and some needles.
When I found it in the yard though, it was just an empty sack.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 28, 2022 14:24:50 GMT
Another eats rubber bands if we leave them out - that can cause a...um...situation at the litter box. yeah, you know you're a crazy pet owner when you have to help your animal poop. ![:rolleyes:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/Ui47LhQw2NqWVWNNqtfM.jpg) I've had to do that with Kokopelli-- I sometimes buy toys with twisted rope on, and he will work really hard to untie the knot / eat the string. And then he can't *finish* pooping on his own. Sigh. Years ago, my sister's cat used to eat the old-fashioned tinsel from the Christmas tree... as much as I love the look of it, I will not put it on our tree while we own cats-- there's nothing quite so festive as pulling tinsel out of a cat's butt, amIrite? One of our cats chews on plastic zip-loc bags (I use them to hold various craft projects); most of the corners of the bags are immediately chewed off, if I leave them out. The other cat *LICKS* plastic grocery bags, corners of boxes, etc. because she knows I HATE the crinkly / licking noise. lick, lick, lick, lick... she does it when I'm right in the kitchen watching her; she's showing her displeasure that I haven't fed them yet. (Butters gets hangry, lol.) My corgi pup ate a diamond earring. It was my mom's earring. ^^^ did you get it back? lol. and sharlag: ![:shocked:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/JvSt42CUoZ9LG952aAaF.jpg) a pincushion?!? that had to be scary!!
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Post by papersilly on Sept 28, 2022 21:19:23 GMT
my dogs are pretty good about not eating any inedible stuff but the dogs across street ate the fancy cording off of a decorative pillow. she was picking cording out of their butts after that.
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Post by whipea on Sept 28, 2022 21:37:29 GMT
Years ago I had a lab that swallowed a whole dead rat. We found the dead rat in a shed and of course as we were picking it up the lab zoomed by, grabbed it and swallowed it whole.
Due to the risk the rat was poisoned, among other things we had to pour hydrogen peroxide down her throat and make her throw up. It worked.
Same dog ate about five pounds of flour and again it was the peroxide throw up routine.
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 28, 2022 22:38:49 GMT
Another eats rubber bands if we leave them out - that can cause a...um...situation at the litter box. yeah, you know you're a crazy pet owner when you have to help your animal poop. ![:rolleyes:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/Ui47LhQw2NqWVWNNqtfM.jpg) I've had to do that with Kokopelli-- I sometimes buy toys with twisted rope on, and he will work really hard to untie the knot / eat the string. And then he can't *finish* pooping on his own. Sigh. Years ago, my sister's cat used to eat the old-fashioned tinsel from the Christmas tree... as much as I love the look of it, I will not put it on our tree while we own cats-- there's nothing quite so festive as pulling tinsel out of a cat's butt, amIrite? One of our cats chews on plastic zip-loc bags (I use them to hold various craft projects); most of the corners of the bags are immediately chewed off, if I leave them out. The other cat *LICKS* plastic grocery bags, corners of boxes, etc. because she knows I HATE the crinkly / licking noise. lick, lick, lick, lick... she does it when I'm right in the kitchen watching her; she's showing her displeasure that I haven't fed them yet. (Butters gets hangry, lol.) My corgi pup ate a diamond earring. It was my mom's earring. ^^^ did you get it back? lol. and sharlag : ![:shocked:](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/nVKtnsLowGksaCdlMIms.jpg) a pincushion?!? that had to be scary!! Yes, I didn't even realize until 2 days later and then the first poop I checked was THE poop. SO very thankful. They were my mom's diamond earrings and they aren't big, but my dad had them custom made for my mom and I had inherited them. I am wearing them right now. They did to to the jeweler to be cleaned before they made it back to my ear.
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Post by sideways on Sept 29, 2022 1:02:19 GMT
Our dog ate a toy rubber worm once. I don’t know where we got them, but we had rubber worms and rubber frogs. My son was playing with them and our dog ate a worm. My son was quite upset.
It was quite the sight a day or so later when there was a bright blue rubber worm hanging out of her butt. It didn’t quite make it all the way out when she went to the bathroom.
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Post by kluski on Sept 29, 2022 2:41:41 GMT
Ohhh so timely…we know all doors must be closed bc our lab will eat just abt anything if given the opportunity. Just yesterday, Dh left the basement door open then went outside. The dog took the opportunity to go downstairs. He found her with a no show sock in her mouth and insisted there were initially two. So we call the vet, then the er vet. Gave her peroxide. She emptied the contents of her stomach but no sock. The er vet said if she ate it, it surely would have come up. So the question remains did she really eat it. I guess time will tell. For now, her new nickname is Socks. That replaces Forty, because she ate $40 actually $60 but Forty sounds better.
When she was a puppy, she went to work with dh so she wouldn’t be crated all day. She chewed through his wall, twice.
Shes also eaten a soft glass case. It was an overnight snack. I told dh she ate it. He didn’t believe me. She proved me right two weeks later when she threw it up. She was absolutely fine, eating, drinking, running for those 2 weeks.
Hmm…she's attempted to eat dd’s thongs, but we’ve pulled them out of her throat, twice.
She also ate my little address book that I had passwords in. So all of my passwords are super protected now. That was also an overnight snack.
Her favorite snack to eat…is rabbit droppings in the yard. My 84yo neighbor calls them smart pellets. It’s gross, I know but I guess it is organic.
labs have stomachs of steel. Seriously, steel. I’ll never have another lab. Good thing she’s cute.
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Post by chrissyc72 on Sept 29, 2022 7:07:11 GMT
A skunk. Yes, you read that right. He killed and then proceeded to eat a skunk. Since my daughters blood curdling screams didn’t convince him to drop said skunk we werrr great fil that her boyfriend was able to grab the dog and get the skunk. Was a few nasty days here and an expensive trip to the vet after some illness but all was well….🤢
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Post by rahnee on Sept 29, 2022 9:08:02 GMT
We had one that ate the dashboard of our car. We were only gone about 2 minutes but he decided he wanted something in the glove box and totally destroyed it. The same dog ate the moulding on the inside of the fridge one day while we were at work. One of the dogs we have now eats plaster. She will scratch at the wall near the front door and once she makes a hole she will chew it until it gets bigger. We have another at the moment that was awful when he was younger (he is nearly 12 now). He ate the cushions on the pool table. The pump to the spa (hot tub). He chewed a hole in the base of my bed. We turned it around so that you couldn't see it and he chewed a hole in the otherside. Other things on his list were a couple of bike seats, countless barbies etc. I could go on. They are lucky we love them. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg)
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Post by cakediva on Sept 29, 2022 12:05:51 GMT
Mine isn't as funny - more disgusting lol.
When she was alive, our Ella loved to check out the bathroom garbages. I had to go get cans with lids from Ikea to stop her. It didn't, she figured out how to flip up the lid. And it was always the master ensuite (my bathroom of choice at certain times of the month). Sigh
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Post by peasapie on Sept 29, 2022 12:35:37 GMT
Otto doesn’t eat anything he shouldn’t but he does steal socks for attention. Doesn’t do anything fo them, just carries them in hope someone will try to take it from him and end up playing. Our golden does this. Also he celebrates by carrying something in his mouth. He doesn’t chew up anything except tennis balls.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Sept 29, 2022 12:39:50 GMT
Our golden does this. Also he celebrates by carrying something in his mouth. He doesn’t chew up anything except tennis balls. I love this about goldens! Ours will go retrieve something for us and then come show us by prancing around and showing off. He'll be so proud too! One time it was a bag of rolls off of the kitchen counter. He loves when we have visitors that come in with bags. He'll go investigate and retrieve something from a bag and then come show us his prize.
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Post by gramasue on Sept 29, 2022 13:16:36 GMT
Years ago, when we still put tinsel on the Christmas tree, my cat ate a piece of it. It was the funniest thing ever to see the tinsel hanging out of her butt the next day. We had to hold her down and very carefully pull the rest of the piece out.
My granddaughter's basset hound has been told many times that the litter box is NOT a cookie jar!
Various dogs in the family have eaten and/or chewed couch cushions, table legs, shoes [of course!], the bottom of aluminum vertical blinds and in one instance, the door to the basement where she had been put while her people were out.
Good thing we love them so much!
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Post by naby64 on Sept 29, 2022 13:49:54 GMT
We had a yellow lab that appeared to be part goat. We had a bad ice storm and lost power. The kids and I went to a friend's house. The dogs stayed home. My DH drove over to check on them at some point. He said he could see some glittery stuff on the carpet as he walked in. That dog had torn open a package of 2 porcelain dolls. He ate the heads and arms, ya know, the porcelain part. He also knocked some glass ornaments off the tree and ate those. All was fine. Except the dolls that had been a craft fair purchase and couldn't be replaced in time.
Now this is edible. Same dog grabbed a just out of the oven pizza off the stove and drug it behind the chair to eat it. I was out of the room for 5 minutes. I wondered how blistered his mouth and throat may have been.
Oh and our first lab ate a pair of brand new Easter shoes of my ODS. The cute little Buster Brown shoes. One of my DH's favorite shirts and a pair of my glasses.
It's a good thing we love our dogs!
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Post by muggins on Sept 29, 2022 22:46:07 GMT
A few months ago Teddy, my golden retriever stole one of my DS’s Pokémon stuffies. Two days later I noticed he had polka dot poop. After closer examination 🤢 I realised the dots were little white plastic beads from the feet of the stuffie!!
When I was a child I had 3 tortoises. My dog used to follow them around the yard eating their poop!
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