Being the 4th of July, it seemed right for us to have corn on the cob. After we're done we're left with the cob which still has lots of butter, salt, and some corn left. When Suzzie was a puppy, I gave her one and she loved picking out all the corn. I gave her one last night and she really went into it. Rather than just pick out the corn, she pretty much chomped the whole cob. This morning's poop was copious and full of corn, but no actual diareah.
I was a little worried she might not be able to pass the bits of cob she crunched. My guess is it all passed right through. Was giving her the cob a bad idea or an ok treat?
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Corn cobs are a very bad idea, IMO. They often get stuck in the gut where they can sit, undigested, eventually causing a problem.
As an example, one of our client's dogs had a 1/2 inch corn cob nub stuck in her gut for over a month, causing weight loss and intermittent stomach upset. A $3000 exploratory surgery uncovered the problem.
My Golden (may he rest in peace) ate a corncob once. One of the kids had left their discarded plate on the picnic table bench. I saw him going for it and yelled,but it was gone in a flash. He didn't change -eating drinking pooping etc. So I thought he was OK. He always was a grazer so eating grass and pillaging the garden was normal for him. Two weeks later he vomitted it up and it was green. It was fully intact. So he must have swallowed it whole hence the problem digesting. Hopefully your dog actually broke the cob apart before swallowing.
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Being the 4th of July, it seemed right for us to have corn on the cob. After we're done we're left with the cob which still has lots of butter, salt, and some corn left. When Suzzie was a puppy, I gave her one and she loved picking out all the corn. I gave her one last night and she really went into it. Rather than just pick out the corn, she pretty much chomped the whole cob. This morning's poop was copious and full of corn, but no actual diareah.
I was a little worried she might not be able to pass the bits of cob she crunched. My guess is it all passed right through. Was giving her the cob a bad idea or an ok treat?
Absolutely bad. In fact, I was going to (and forgot) remind folks to police the yard after cook-outs.
I went through a big x-ray thing two weeks ago over dog-and-little-corn-cob.
See how the corn was undigested? Multiply that by a zillion for unable-to-digest.
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Corn cob doesn't even compost well. I run it through the chipper and I still find solid bits two years later.
I'd just keep an eye on her for now and head to the vet if she acts like she's in gastric distress or begins to lose weight. Better yet is to weigh her today and chart it out.
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