Hello,
I'm really worried because Marley, my four-and-a-half-month-old Border Collie, who doesn't usually destroy her toys, shredded one of them two days ago. It was a large tennis ball (about 4 inches in diameter) attached to the end of a rope, and she did it in the space of just a few hours.
I didn't notice straight away because it's a toy that stays outside and she doesn't bring it into the house, but when I caught her, half the ball had disappeared. I found a few pieces on the grass but not the whole half-ball. I'm assuming she's eaten it.
Since then, we've been monitoring her closely for any digestive issues or signs of a blockage.
She is still energetic, playful, eating well, and her toilet habits are normal.
However, she was sick on Monday (a pile of unchewed and undigested dry food), again last night (mostly liquid with bits of dry food and a piece of fabric), and this morning as soon as my partner gave her a Dentastix, she threw it up immediately (with some large chunks of the dental chew about the size of a £2 coin).
I don't know if I should put the vomiting down to the fact that she's eating large chunks without chewing, or if I should be worried about a potential problem with the toy she swallowed.
What do you think?
