The past few weekends have been super busy for us. In that time, we've
hosted an aunt, a cousin, her hubby, dog, cousin's hubby (again), ELB, SIL,
her daughter and grandma and their dogs, BIL, and Rajesh's sister, hubby, 2
nephews, and in-laws. The dogs have been amazing, dealing with all the
chaos, the irregular schedule, all the comings and goings and all sorts of
new people tromping through the house. Pan didn't even bat an eye when the
older nephew pushed the younger one, and he fell on her face while she was
gumming up her rawhide. IOW, total angels.

I got up very early yesterday to see the BIL off, opened the container where
the dogs' food is kept, realized that we only had a tiny bit of the mixer
food (Fromm Duck and something) left, and portioned it among the dogs,
although they normally don't get mixer kibble for breakfast. Dogs acted
like they were starving, and Pan was sitting and blowing bubbles as I made
her wait before eating.

Later, as I was reading the newspaper and listening to Pan slurp up the
water like she had been marooned in a desert for a week, I realized
something. The 5 pound bag of dog food had only been opened...

"Suja" yahoo.com> wrote in
news:6emunjF7pigrU1@mid.individual.net:

I remember the (first) time Noah did this. Try wrapping a 35 lb dog around
5+ lbs of kibble. He was miserable, poor wretch. I was frantic, thinking
he was going to rupture something vital. The vet was, well, pretty much
like your vet: "wait and see". NOT reassuring words, btw.

With all the visitors and (I presume) disruptions to their routine, it
could just be a little "acting out". Or maybe Pan's found a new hobby...

I hope it's nothing, but completely understand your desire to get 'em
checked over.

"Mary Healey" yahoo.com> wrote in message:

around

Wow. That's an accomplishment.

I was convinced it was going to end in surgery. Either for bloat, or for an
impaction.

Basically. I think it was Matt's Rocky that had done something, and if
memory serves, the treatment protocol also consisted of wait and see. I
wasn't panicky, mostly because I knew someone else had done it, but whenever
Pan would lay down for 5 minutes, I'd sneak over to check on her and make
sure she was breathing, her gums were pink, she wasn't drooling, trying to
vomit, etc.

"Suja" yahoo.com> said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

Yup, and the first thing I did was what you did: pick up the
water dish. I was really concerned until Rocky asked to go
outside to vomit. His phrasing was something like "urka gurka."

I think that I was up 3 times that night for repeat
performances. The next day he had large poops (but not as bad a
when he ate 4 pounds of apples) and then all was well. And no
seizures, either, which I fully expected but dreaded - on such a
full stomach I thought that a seizure may easily initiate
torsion.

Rocky wrote:

Must be a difference in dialect. When my guys tore open and consumed
and ungodly amount of dog food, the need to go outside and puke was
phrased more like "Unga. Gerp. Hork, hork, hork, splort".

"Kathleen" charter.net> wrote in message:

I don't know if Pan was trying to get herself to vomit or felt like getting
a little salad to go with her kibble, but she was *desperately* searching
for more grass, in between checking the water bowl to see if I've refilled
it. There was, unfortunately for her, no horking.

Suja

In article <3Nshk.4061$KI7.3814@newsfe08.iad>,
Kathleen charter.net> wrote:

Lucy's phrasing was "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" followed by frantic
scrambling from under the bed, and explosion once outdoors.

In article 130.133.1.18>,
Terri micron.net> wrote:

I missed this! Rocky ate 4# of apples? Geez louise! My dogs eat
apples every day and lets just say that a few make a LARGE difference.
Too many and we have urinary issues with Rudy (and did with Franklin as
well - neither seemed to handle the sugar well).

Rudy will actually sit under the apple tree, willing them to drop.

"Terri" micron.net> wrote in message:

We do better with visual aids.

Raindog: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y65/spanaval/Luca_special1.jpg

Suja

Janet Boss bestfriendsdogobedience.com> wrote:

He doesn't climb the tree, for a bit more active participation in the
process?