[nagdu] Benny's problem

[Darla Rogers]

That and dryer sheets, if you use them, but my dogs don't seem particularly
attracted to them, but the bar on my vacuum cleaner sure is.
Darla & Happy Huck


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From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Jarvis via
nagdu
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:10 PM
To: Tracy Carcione; NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide
Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Benny's problem

Tracy,

Yikes! Well, now you know. Glad he passed the twist tie safely. I swear
those things drop out of nowhere onto the floor, at least around here. I
truly do not know where they come from. Scary things when you have dogs.

Here's to a continued recovery!

Tami

On 07/24/2014 06:04 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu wrote:
> Last night, Ben passed a twist tie.  Luckily, it was all crumpled up 
> in a circle, so it didn't have sharp points sticking out.  It could 
> have killed him.  We try to be very careful with twist ties, since 
> he's tried to eat them before, but one of us must have dropped the 
> darned thing without noticing.
> I'm betting it was at least part of the cause of his bowel problems.  
> I gotta think it was an irritant.  Things seem a bit better this morning.
> He's got a complicated feeding just now.  Rice, boiled chicken, clay, 
> probiotics, and a little canned venison-sweet potato and a 
> herring-based kibble, both of which the pet store dog nutrition guy 
> said are bland and easily digested.  He thought that Ben may have 
> become sensitive to the proteins in Cannidae after eating it for 
> years.  We had no idea about the twist tie when we talked.
> I'll keep him on the bland diet for a while, and gradually cut out the 
> chicken and rice.  Once he's better, I'll try reintroducing a little 
> of the Cannidae, and go on with it or cut it out, depending on results.
> But I feel like we're finally headed in the right direction.
> Tracy
>
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