[pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20001201

[Roger Poole <rpoole@wh2p.com>]

> "What do you do if your puppy (or mischievous older dog) gets into your
> holiday decorations and eats some of the glass ornaments?
> 
> This potentially lethal mishap can darken even the brightest holiday season.
> 
> 
>           THE PROCEDURE
> 
> BEFORE the holiday go to a pharmacy and buy a box of cotton balls. Be sure
> that you get COTTON balls...not the cosmetic puffs that are made from man-made
> fibers. Also, buy a quart of half-and-half coffee cream and put it in the
> freezer. 
> 
> Should your dog eat glass ornaments. Defrost the half-and-half and pour some
> in a bowl. Dip cotton balls into the cream and feed them to your dog.
> 
> Dogs under 10 lbs should eat 2 balls which you have first torn into smaller
> pieces. Dogs 10-50 lbs should eat 3-5 balls and larger dogs should eat 5-7.
> You may feed larger dogs an entire cotton ball at once. (Dogs seem to really
> like these strange treats and eat them readily.)
> 
> As the cotton works its way through the digestive tract it will find all the
> glass pieces and wrap itself around them. Even the teeniest shards of glass
> will be caught and wrapped in the cotton fibers and the cotton will protect
> the intestines from damage by the glass. Your dogs stools will be really weird
> for a few days and you will have to be careful to check for fresh blood or a
> tarry appearance to the stool. If either of the latter symptoms appear you
> should rush your dog to the vet for a checkup but, in most cases, the dogs
> will be just fine.
> 


Wow. Great information for this time of year. Just put the tree up and was
worried about both ingesting glass and/or what to do if my girl Gracie
should break ornaments and get glass splinters in her feet? Already have
Chairs around the entire tree to keep her from burrowing into it.
Thank you.

(Just wondering though, wouldn't a handful of pyr hair work just as well as
the cotton ball?)

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