This list is great! And Teddy thinks milk-soaked cottom balls are the best treat! No cream or half-n-half on hand, so skim milk had to do. Thank you to all of you who responded so quickly to me privately and on the list.
Robin McLeod Minnesota --- "Amanda G. Yocum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't know if this will help, someone on the boxer > show list posted this a > while back & I had saved it in my email filing > cabinet as a "just in case > kind of thing". > > I've deleted the sender's name & email address, but > it says at the bottom... > > "Permission is hereby granted for any > nonprofit reproduction by any person or group." > > > Amanda > > Amanda G. Yocum > Regalis Show Dogs > Milford, Delaware > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________ > > COTTON BALL REMEDY > > 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. Yourr 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. > > An actual experience: I can personally vouch for the > cotton ball > treatment. While I was at the vet waiting for him to > return from lunch a > terrified woman ran in with a litter of puppies who > had demolished a wooden > crate along with large open staples. The young vet > had taken x-rays which > did show each of the puppies had swallowed several > open staples. He was > preparing them for surgery when my wonderful vet > came in and said no > surgery. I watched him wet several cotton balls, > squeeze out the water and > pop them down their throats. Within 24 hours every > staple was accounted for. > This was a lesson I learned in the mid-1960s and > have had to use several > times on my brats. I wet the cotton balls and smear > on some liverwurst and > they bolt it down and ask for more. The cotton > always comes out with the > object safely embedded. > > Copyright reserved to Sandy Brock. Permission is > hereby granted for any > nonprofit reproduction by any person or group. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
