My dog swallowed a piece of a foam ball

Hi, what’s a foam Nerf ball?

My Golden has swallowed a foam Nerf ball, should I call the emergency vet?

I never said anything about rushing straight to the vet. I just said it could lead to some serious issues.

And I wasn't talking about a PhD thesis, I was referring to a link on a vet's website.

As if you need a thesis for every little thing...

But you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know there are dangers if a pet swallows foam or a sponge.

End of story.

In conclusion, the best thing is to head straight to the vet to open the stomach before the foreign object passes into the intestine. It doesn't leave you much time.

I’m a bit of a stubborn sort, so I’m going to stick to my method: monitoring the dog. Basically, just like I usually do, every day, even if he hasn’t swallowed anything in particular, because a blockage can happen at any moment, just like any other emergency a dog might have that could crop up out of the blue.

"Let's take this away, it's a bit much"

Yeah, that’s what’s so shocking...

I’ve noticed that with this kind of obsessive chewing, lots of dogs love to snip off "any little bits that stick out". I’ve had decorative tassels bitten off like that by my foster dogs, or flip-flops where the strap has been neatly "separated" from the sole 😏

I suppose in this case, the vest was the part that was "sticking out" too much from the embroidery, at least according to the pooch's standards 🙄

@Lorna, but...!!! 😯

I bet your brain just completely glitched at the time! For a start, swallowing something like that – yikes! – it’s definitely enough to give you a bit of a scare in the moment, but more than anything... how on earth did he manage to take the chest piece off so cleanly?!?! 🤪🤷🤪