the idea for this blog has been in the back of mind for years now and has even attempted to take shape a few times. lying awake many a restless night perusing the internet for answers to my dogs' ailments has left something to be desired. that is not to say that there aren't some equally hysterical doggy parents out there, frantically posting to discussion boards in search of some alternative to the vet....but....there is very little with a concern, an issue, a momentary freak out with follow up. it's all well and good to know that other dogs are inexplicably dry heaving at 3:00 am but what i am really looking for is what happened next?!
so, some background:
bugsy. boston terrier. 5 years old now. may as well be a roomba vacuum the way he skims the floors for scraps. however, unlike a roomba, he sheds and is not built to digest some of the charming bits he finds. he is also a chewer, a destroyer really, and has not yet figured out that plastic is hard (and painful) to pass. a sampling of things bugsy has tried to (with some success) eat: light bulb, rubber dinosaur toy, broken shot glass, wood scraps, eye glasses, wine corks, and rubber bands.
oskar. boxer. 3 years old. the muscle of the operation. he is big enough to pull food off the counter, open the cupboard where the trash is kept, and climb on the dining room table. unfortunately for oskar whatever he finds is quickly taken and destroyed by bugsy so he is often considered an accomplice. he, like his big brother, never learns. at only six months old, oskar got into a great deal of trash (i'll spare you the gory details) and ended up on the vet's surgery table to remove the foreign objects and a chunk of his intestine.
i have yet to see it all, but i intend to share what i have and hope to hear your stories along the way.
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