I hope you are all having a great week! It's been beautiful here, but otherwise, it's been a pretty normal week! On Tuesday, we had dinner with my grammie, parents, aunt, and uncle at our club. It was such a gorgeous evening weather-wise, so enjoying a cocktail as the sun set was nice!
Henry has a GI issue, and I hope to get him into the vet today. I hope everything is OK. He LOVES to eat things. Not inside—he is so well-behaved indoors and has not eaten anything he shouldn't, and I never worry about that!
But outside is another story. When we are on our long walks, he tries to eat everything from sticks to woodchips to other animal waste and more. He has always been like this since the day I got him. I am assuming because he was a stray at some point and had to eat anything to survive, which makes me so sad. It's exhausting because I have to pay very close attention to him at all times. I swear, there isn't a walk where I don't have to stick my hand into his mouth and pull something out because he snags things so quickly. Plus, our neighborhood has so much wildlife I just never know what he will pick up. Once, he got a dead frog in his mouth, and I pulled it out with my bare hands. It was SO gross. I know a lot of lab breeds tend to eat anything- but it's not 'anything' for Henry. Like I've read, some dogs eat rocks and things like that, but Henry tends to eat more 'organic' matter. He would also never eat an object, like if he saw a small ball, toy car, or something like that outside.
Anyway, he has a history of doing this. That was probably even worse when I lived in my apartment downtown because he would snag chicken bones and other gross things. So, he is no stranger to the vet for these ordeals, but I try my absolute best to prevent it. I'm finally at my wit's end and considering ordering some sort of muzzle to keep him from eating on our walks. It's been weighing heavily on me, and on one hand, I feel like maybe that's extreme, but on the other, I just want to keep him safe and healthy. I feel like it could honestly save his life, and because of that, it makes me feel like it's a no-brainer.
Does anyone else deal with this with their dog?! Do you all have any recommendations for a muzzle that would be comfortable for him?
In this instance, I have no idea if he ate anything or not. To my knowledge, he didn't! Oh, and we have tried our absolute best over the years to get him to not eat things. He is smart, so well trained, and extremely obedient. I could put a hamburger on the ground, and he would know not to eat it unless I told him he could. This truly seems to be something innate in him that we cannot train out of him (he's not anxious or bored or acting out and doesn't have vitamin deficiencies). I'm obviously going to talk to the vet about all of this, but I would love to hear your input if you have dealt with this and found success (or not) with a muzzle on walks and if you have a particular one that you recommend, I would love to know!
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2 comments:
Cat mom here, but I don't think you should feel bad about putting a muzzle on sweet Henry! Of course, his breed is known for being incredibly smart and he is obviously well-trained and cared for by you and your husband! But, sometimes there are just some personality traits, or sadly, adopted behaviors from pre-adoption that you referenced, that he simply cannot unlearn without severe professional training intervention that has no guarantee of working!).
To me, the muzzle seems like a no-brainer! As you said, the organic items he is drawn to are likely not deadly, and this is an extreme stretch, but what if he got a hold of an animal or something that had encountered some sort of poison? I don't think anyone would fault you for that because of his special habit ;) My friend uses one for her dog because he has PICA and it is actually kind of cute and hilarious :) Henry hit the jackpot in joining such a thoughtful family! Good luck!
Hi Sydney! My Yorkie, Lilly, is very similar to Henry. If we let her run around the back yard, she’ll eat animal waste and grass and who knows what else! She’s not bad when we are on walk, but I guess there isn’t much to eat in that situation,. I can’t just let her hang out in the back yard. Sometimes she’ll eat stuff off the garage or house floor if it isn’t clean. I don’t even know what! We haven’t had to resort to muzzles, but I just wanted to share the struggle!
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