Hi Peggy,

A useful tip I picked from my boss: If you know or suspect your dog has eaten glass give him a few slices of bread to eat. The bread will coat the glass and the sharp edges until it either passes harmlessly or you can get over to the vet.

I'm glad he's OK

My female has chewed like a beaver since day one...& still will if she can get a stick. I usually take a good look at the sticks that she picks up to chew & don't let he keep ones that are crumbuly....anyway last fall while out at one of the fields that I work my dogs she found a stick & started chewing on it. I called her over right away & took the stick away...I didn't like the way it looked. Later she was bleeding from the mouth & when I checked her there were no cuts etc in her mouth....Went to the vets & they said that she must have scrapped her throat with the pieces of stick & made it raw & bleeding. She is a dog that has always chewed sticks & has always eaten a raw diet & I never had this problem before. Moral to this story is that I try to limit her stick chewing if possible or at the least keep the crumbly ones away. My 5 1/2 month old pup is almost as bad as she is with the stick chewing. Dogs are going to be dogs no matter what we do. We just have to try to limit the extremes that they may take things to if possible. I'm realistic enough to know that I will never be able to prevent my dogs from ever chewing sticks but I try to limit the amount of time that they do it if I catch them in the act. Just food for thought for ya all.

Thanks Sarah, that's good to know. So far he seems fine, we haven't noticed any change in any of his activities. He did pick up a small branch to chew on earlier this evening, must of been my tone, he spit it out pretty fast when I told him to drop it.

I hope he does outgrow the stick chewing, but like you Anne, will probable have to just try to limit it as much as possible.