02.03.07 lucky guess
This evening, I was sitting at my computer and Comet was eating, when all of a sudden she starting making a very laboured breathing noise, her chest heaving as she struggled to breathe. Then all noise stopped as I saw her trying to vomit without success. She was choking!
I wonder if this works on dogs, I thought, and lifted her onto her hind legs, put my arms around her and jerked my joined hands upwards into her thoracic cavity, feeling a little stupid. A few attempts later though, the morsel jumped out of her throat and she swallowed it instantly, looking at me as if to wonder what the big deal was.
Then I thought, okay, that was lucky, but what was I really supposed to do? Well, it turns out that doggie Heimlich actually does exist and is exactly what you’re supposed to do when your dog is choking.
Lucky guess!
I seems to remember reading about some kind of bowl that forces the dog to eat more slowly thus reducing the chances of this happening again.
Lucky guess? Naa… Lucky dog!
This guy walks into a bar and asks “Who owns the Irish Wolfhound outside?” One patron says “That’s my dog tied up outside.” The first guy says “I’m sorry, but I’m afraid my dog just killed yours.” The other guy says “Your dog killed a dog specifically bred for hunting and killing wolves? Just what kind of dog do you have?”
“A Boston Terrier” he responds.
“A Boston Terrier? How did your Boston Terrier kill my wolfhound?”
“Well, I think he choked on him.”
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