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That is awful! I would be terribly upset too.

If it's a mass bigger than a raquet ball, is there something more than bone in there? That would be a LOT of bone. Maybe he didn't digest it because there was something already in there.

I am nervous about chicken, Audrey handles lamb ribs the best, and even those we watch her constantly. Please don't be too hard on yourself, dogs eat bones all the time. You can never tell when an accident or just horrible incident is going to happen. Just think of all the dogs you've heard of that choked on kibble.

Also maybe dogs digest ground food differently than whole food?  Since dogs don't masticate, they just crunch enough to get swallowable pieces, and the ground is already swallowable sized, maybe the stomach 'juices' don't have as much time to get ready?

I don't know- just trying to think of possibilities. I know we stopped grinding Audrey's food, now it's cut into chunks, and for bone for the past month or so she's been eating pigs' feet. Nasty looking but it takes her a L O N G time to eat them, like 2 days.

I would NOT feed chicken bones either if I were you! One scare is one too many.

God I hope Mackenzie is OK!

I am sorry to hear this...I hope and pray for Ester and wish you well. Thanks for your input with Bubba. I really appreciate your time:)

sending big prayers and good thought for your boy.

poor guy.

Hoping all turns out O.K., hugs to the patient.

I am so sorry my friend. Let us know how he is doing....

I will send good thoughts and hugs to you and Mackenzie.  I am so sorry to hear this.  Are they going to try to see if it passes or do the surgery and remove it right away?  I will be thinking of you both.  

I also hope he is going to be ok.  Don't be too hard on yourself Deb.  I know a lot of breeders that feed raw and have for years, they swear by it.....(I've always been leary).  I'm sorry this happened to you.  :( 

Keep us posted on him please.

He has passed 2 large poops (Kiwi sized) BUT the mass in the upper colon is still there. It seems to have moved some but no real way to tell without doing another xray.  They have him on IV to keep him real hydrated and are feeding him some canned food to try and help move it along.  He is in pain so they are giving him some pain meds. Last night he was getting some blood in his stool which isn't good, so the colon is pretty irritated at this stage.  They had to work hard on breaking up the stuff in the lower colon. 

Dr J is not wanting to do surgery if at all possible, but time is counting down.  I guess opening up the colon is much more risky then the intestine and is a much longer healing process.

He's not out of the woods yet.

I'm just sick :(

for his speedy and complete recovery.   Keeping you both in thoughts and prayers.  Good luck!

I'm so sorry to hear about this Deb!  I am praying that you and your vet are able to get this sort out quickly and that MacKenzie suffers no long term side effects from the whole ordeal.  As others have said, don't beat yourself up over it...you were trying to do what is best for your dogs.

I could not imagine what you are going thru and what you are putting yourself thru.

I am sending prayers big time that he is just fine!!

Deb please dont blame yourself for this, sometimes things happen that are beyond our control, you would never put your boy at any kind of risk , i will keep you all close to my heart.

Deb I am keeping you and Mackenzie in my prayers.

I have loved "Mighty Dog" since he was a baby

hugs to you and the kids

sandy

I pray that this breaks loose without causing any further damage, and that your baby does not need surgery.  Deb, you thought you were doing what was GOOD for your pup, you were not being careless or harmful, please try to not beat yourself up.  Your intentions were good.

keep those prayers coming. He is staying another night at the vets.  The mass has moved some and they are working hard on trying to get it far enough down into the lower colon so they can reach it with the enema catheter to break it up.  The biggest concern now is it possibly cutting off the blood flow to the  colon.  They were going to use some air to try and move it.  They are forcing alot of liquids into him and taking him out every 2 hours for walks.  He is more comfortable this evening, not so lethargic and more relaxed, no more anal bleeding.  Keeping fingers crossed for more movement and no surgery.

Kofi has been eating chicken bone almost predominately for over three years.

I'm so sorry if my posts have contributed to your darlings troubles.

Much love to the two of you!

Carol and Kofi

Sorry you experienced (and are experiencing this) I hope he is ok.  I did want to mention there is so much information out there and some of it not fact based when it comes to raw feeding.  Feeding raw chicken bones is completely safe, the issue arises when people "grind" or make them smaller.  The dog then eats/swallows the small chunks whole and can cause blockages.  When feeding raw chicken you are best to feed full carcasses or completely ground (nothing in between).  My bully has been eating full backs etc. since she was 10 weeks old and I've never had any issues.  SHe naturally chews them down enough to swallow which in turn makes them easy to pass.  The only time she had a blockage was the one time I fed her a smoked beef bone :(  Big mistake...She went through alot of fluids, walking etc. at the vets before she finally passed (very painful) so I know what you are going through.  Hang in there.....

You could be right...but I find it hard to believe that a whole bone is ground so much from a dog chewing that there is no chunk of bone that hits the stomach.  Especially when dogs don't really chew their food, they typically glup it.  So while your dog is breaking or crunching on the bone, what enters the stomach is still chunks of bone. 

have done it a gain and he is likely out of the woods.  He will be very sore for a few days while the colon heals. The mass moved enough overnight that my vet was able to sedate him and do another red rubber catheter enema and break up the remaining mass, which was mostly bone a little smaller then a tennis ball . It took 1 1/2 hours.  He will likely stay overnight one more night because he will be draining a lot of fluid and Dr. J said it is pretty messy. So he should get to come home tomorrow morning.

Thank you all for providing those much needed prayers.  I'm truly greatfull!

He will be on canned food...maybe the rest of his life...!   I definitely won't be feeding any chicken bones again, fully ground or none at all.

all day for an update.  I am so glad that he will be home where he belongs tomorrow.  Wishing for a speedy recovery........ Such a scary thing......

better.

I know how relieved you must be.

I am so happy to see this good news.

Poor Boy!  I bet he will so happy to come home for some R&R

sending Hugs to you and the kids

sandy

Great news, I can only imagine how emotionally exhausted you are right now, it will take YOU a couple days to recoop too!  Prayers really work, thank God!

I got to reading cans at the pet store, even high quality canned food seems like it could easily have bones ground up in it.  Just wondering out loud......

So happy that he's going to be okay and home today. A collective sigh of relief from everyone who has been worrying. Give him an extra butt scratch from us! (Maybe after a bath)

BDW prayers are VERY healing!

So VERY glad to hear this great news!