-
- Species
- Whitetails
- Rut Reporters
- Deer Camp
- Big Game
- Small Game
- Birds
- Special Methods
- Bow Hunting
- Conservation
- Heroes of Conservation
- Hero for a Day
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
- Land for Sale
-
- Species
- Bass
- Trout
- More Freshwater
- Saltwater
- Special Methods
- Fly Fishing
- Hook Shots
Presented by
- Conservation
- Heroes of Conservation
- Hero for a Day
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
- Land for Sale
-
- Health & Fitness
- F&S Adventurer
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
-
- Rifles
- Shotguns
- 2nd Amendment
- SHOT Show
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
The Gun Dog Ate My Sock
Recent Comments
- Box Call on Can You Put a Price Tag on Hunting With Your Gun Dog? (2)
- Box Call on Bear Attack Leads Florida Woman to Stolen Champion Hound (5)
- Trapper John on Learn How Traps Work: It Could Save Your Dog's Life (40)
- shotgunlou on Dog is Only Cure for 13-Year-Old with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (8)
- 1uglymutha on Bear Attack Leads Florida Woman to Stolen Champion Hound (5)
Categories
- Big Game Hunting (2)
- Bird Hunting (333)
- Deer Hunting (4)
- Fishing (3)
- Fishing Gear (1)
- Fly Fishing (1)
- Gear (10)
- Guns (1)
- Hunting (322)
- Hunting Gear (10)
- Shotguns (1)
- Small Game (9)
Recent Posts
- Bear Attack Leads Florida Woman to Stolen Champion Hound
- Can You Put a Price Tag on Hunting With Your Gun Dog?
- Dog is Only Cure for 13-Year-Old with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Learn How Traps Work: It Could Save Your Dog's Life
- National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic: A Hunting Expo Worth Attending
- End-of-Season Reflections: Looking Back and Ahead
- Oldest Dog in the World Dies at 26...er...24...25?
- Blank Headstones Call For Good Dog Quotes...Obviously
- Ten-Month-Old Basset Hound Eats $4,500 Wedding Ring
- Dog Survives Avalanche That Killed His Owner in Montana
Archives
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
Syndicate
Man's Best Friend
in your Inbox
February 03, 2010
The Gun Dog Ate My Sock
By David DiBenedetto
See that sock in the photo above? The one that looks like it was attacked by a small, rabid shark. Well, that’s my sock after Pritchard got a hold of it this weekend. The attack lasted, to the best of my knowledge, no more than 5 minutes. When I caught her in the act, she looked up with a few white threads dangling from her mouth. “Who me?”
As most of you know, many dogs eat socks and, as any Vet will tell you, an inordinate amount of women’s underwear. But soft fabrics can cause devastating effects in a dog’s bowels, mainly blockage. I’ve heard that sometimes a Vet will suggest giving a dog a bit of hydrogen peroxide to induce vomiting. This hopefully removes the object before it travels into the intestines.
I discussed the situation with my wife, and we decided that we would watch the dog closely and take her to the Vet at the first sign of distress. The following morning after the sock attack we were running Pritch on the beach when she took her typical morning constitution. I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t hoping for a sock deposit. But a few minutes later my hopes were realized when Pritch squatted again—and started straining.
Of course, being a good dog dad I got down on my knees and checked the situation out. The good news: I saw part of the sock. The bad news: the rest was inside of her. So after watching my pup strain some more I decided to lend her a hand…literally. (Photo evidence below.) Yes, I reached down and gave the sock-turd a gentle (very, very gentle) tug, and out it slid.
My dog gave a giant butt wiggle and went running off down the beach as happy as a clam, giving me time to contemplate the situation. I looked up at my wife, who didn’t have to say anything because I knew what she was thinking: That’s what you get for leaving your socks on the floor.
ADVERTISEMENT
Today on Field & Stream
Loading...
Visit Our Sister Sites at Bonnier Corporation
| Enthusiast | Kiteboarding | QUAD | SKI | Skiing | Scuba Diving | Sport Diver | TransWorld Ride BMX | TransWorld Business | TransWorld Motocross | TransWorld SKATEboarding, | TransWorld SNOWboarding | TransWorld SURF | WakeBoarding | WaterSki | Warren Miller Entertainment | WindSurfing |
|---|---|
| Travel | Caribbean Travel & Life | Destination Weddings & Honeymoon | Islands | Meeting Traveler | Resorts & Great Hotels |
| Lifestyle & Shelter | Florida Travel & Life | Garden Design | Home Ft. Lauderdale | Home Miami |
| Luxury | SNOW | Spa |
| Marine | Boating Life | Cruising World | Fly Fishing in Salt Waters | Power Cruising | Marlin | Motor Boating | Sailing World | Salt Water Sportsman | Sport Fishing | Yachting | NewBoats.com | UsedBoats.com | YachtBroker.com |
| Outdoor | Field & Stream | Outdoor Life | SHOT Business |
| Parenting | Babytalk | Parenting |
| Science | Popular Science | Science Illustrated |
| Saveur | Saveur |
| Working Mother Media | Working Mother |
| Entertainment / Events | World Entertainment Services | World Sports & Marketing |
Fieldandstream.com is part of the Field & Stream Network, a division of Bonnier Corporation.
Copyright © 2012 Bonnier Corp. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Comments (26)
great story. somehow i have never had to deal with a sock-turd as my dog gets into absolutely everything else but i will refer back to this post for instruction when she inevitabley has trouble with the passage.
She sure doesn't look happy in that photo - but neither do you. If there was only a good way to get dogs to associate what comes out with what went in.
I don't see how any of them live after watching what they will sometimes drink from
Glad to see she is okay.
Keeping our stuff put up is worse than child-proofing a house.
Great post, and awesome pic! If you took a picture of the "product" it would probably get very high ratings on www.ratemypoo.com!
Once my weimariner/lab mix swallowed her 18" steel choke chain collar.Our vet gave her a pill and she vomitted it right up, to my relief.
Just fyi something I learned with my last dog who ate a poisoned mouse once and several other things was another good and cheap way of inducing them to vomit quickly. Just take a large glass of water and load it up with lots of salt making a brine and pouring it down. It's cheap, you have the material at hand almost always and it will not have a bad effect on her. I learned that from a vet after using the peroxide for the mouse. He felt this was a little safer for the dog and it works like a charm. If you catch her right away like you did it is safer than trying to let her pass it.
I've had the same thing happen to me many of times. But know it's not just socks, it hats to. Glad to know she's alright.
Guess you shouldn't have taught her to "heel".
When I was a kid, we had a dog who ate the tinsel off the christmas tree. Come spring, there were some pretty interesting decorations in the yard.
great tip about the salt water! growing up, my lab ate any piece of clothing that had been in direct contact with a human foot or naughty bit. the back yard looked like a thrift shop for lingerie.
Pantyhose are the funniest when you have to assit. they just keep coming, like the handkerchief from the clown's mouth. Most embarrassing is The Boss Lady's "for-my-eyes-only" garment that mysteriously disappeared, but was found by the observant caretakers at Doggy Day Camp. Needless to say, they were refused for return.
i LOVE THE BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE! THAT'S GREAT! ONCE OUR TERRIER MIX ATE A FEW OF MY DAUGHTER'S CRAYONS AND WE HAD TECHNICOLOR POO'S IN THE YARD FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. THE NEIGHBOR THOUGHT HE WAS HALLUCINATING!
I once had my shorthair running manically around the back yard, being closely chased by a "turd-on-a-string." I finally cornered her...she was panting, scared, I was laughing uncontrollably. We were both glad of the privacy fence, I think.
Amflyer--There are some funny comments above but yours got a belly laugh. -D
i used to have the same problem with my dog when it came to sticks. that looked painful and sometimes assistance was needed.
haha funny
some dogs eat anything
Think that was something
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2010/02/hunter-shot-by-his-dog....
Duck hunter gets shot in the back -- by his own dog
February 1, 2010 | 1:22 pm
Talk about a stupid pet trick.
A duck hunter was accidentally shot in the back Saturday when his female Labrador retriever stepped on the man's loaded shotgun, causing it to discharge.
The Fresno Bee reports that the man was hunting with his dog and a friend near Los Banos in central California. When they decided to call it a day, the hunter set his shotgun down and left the blind to go retrieve some duck decoys about 15 yards away.
Though the gun's safety was set, the lab somehow stepped on it, causing the safety to disengage and the weapon to fire, hitting the dog's owner in the upper back.
The 53-year-old man was treated at Memorial Hospital Los Banos for the non life-threatening injury and released the same day.
Neither the names of the hunter nor his dog were released.
-- Kelly Burgess
Anyone said it's a cake walk raising a gun dog, LIED TO YA! LOL!!! In about 2-3 years She will finally grow out of getting into trouble. Had that ice and snow storm hit us last week and had the Daughter and 3 little Grandkids over. Gracie my German Shorthair behavior was finally better than the kids!
Hang in the David, it's worth it!
Dave DiBenedetto
I got to say Brother! LOL! For what you did for your little buddy tells me you are or would make a great Father to look up to! Despite of all the chaos, your wife must really love you!
Hilarious that your wife took that shot. I suppose you made it black-n-white to make it look 'tasteful' (pun not intended but appreciated nonetheless). Glad to know I'm not the only Dogmum/dogpa who had to gently pull a bit of straw from their Lab's behind (had my hand in a plastic bag, mind).
Seriously laying all jokes aside, there aren’t too many responsible Dog owners like Dave DiBenedetto. Anyone else would have stood there with their hands in their pocket looking the other way!
Clay Cooper- Well, thanks very much for the kudos...I like to think I was just doing my "doodie" as a gun dog owner. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
You should send that to Mike Rove's "Dirtiest Jobs"
LMAO
Anyone who hasn't had to do that in one form or another hasn't had many dogs.....nuff said
Ah the dedication of a gun dog owner. This reminded me of a story told to me five years ago by a friend. He was walking down the sidewalk near his home when he noticed a young beagle, butt on the concrete, sliding along pulling his butt with his front feet and back feet off the concrete. Dogs with worms will often do this of course but when the dog got up my friend notice a bologna rind sticking out of the dogs "lower digestive tract" as he sophisticatedly called it. Urging the poor dog to his side he grabbed the bologna rind and gave a jerk as the dog yelped and ran away from my friend, crossing a busy road and unfortunately hit by a transit bus. Not a good ending to a story. Moral of the story is to pull it on a beach where there are no buses only waves to run into.
Well, Dave, I hope we meet someday, but please remind me not to shake your hand!
My one year old lab was eating and passing socks at an amazing pace, even pulling them through the holes in the plastic hamper....he passed every one of them, and has the cleanest colon in ND!! Thankfully, this stage passed....before he got one of my military boot socks!
HAHA! Great stories guys. Now, part of one sock is bad enough, but my dog once ingested THREE WHOLE SOCKS-at the same time. Complete with two rubber bands. He was pretty sick but came out fine after a few doses of ipecac at the emergency room. I think he learned his lesson, though he still enjoys eating napkins, kleenex, and anything else that we would consider inedible.
I WAS AN OHIOIAN LIVING IN TEXAS WHEN THE INDIANS MADE THEIR FIRST TRIP TO THE WORLD SERIES IN DECADES. AFTER THEY LOST TO THE BRAVES, MY LAB ATE MY INDIANS CAP.
Post a Comment
Once my weimariner/lab mix swallowed her 18" steel choke chain collar.Our vet gave her a pill and she vomitted it right up, to my relief.
Guess you shouldn't have taught her to "heel".
Glad to see she is okay.
I once had my shorthair running manically around the back yard, being closely chased by a "turd-on-a-string." I finally cornered her...she was panting, scared, I was laughing uncontrollably. We were both glad of the privacy fence, I think.
Amflyer--There are some funny comments above but yours got a belly laugh. -D
haha funny
some dogs eat anything
Hilarious that your wife took that shot. I suppose you made it black-n-white to make it look 'tasteful' (pun not intended but appreciated nonetheless). Glad to know I'm not the only Dogmum/dogpa who had to gently pull a bit of straw from their Lab's behind (had my hand in a plastic bag, mind).
You should send that to Mike Rove's "Dirtiest Jobs"
LMAO
Anyone who hasn't had to do that in one form or another hasn't had many dogs.....nuff said
Well, Dave, I hope we meet someday, but please remind me not to shake your hand!
great story. somehow i have never had to deal with a sock-turd as my dog gets into absolutely everything else but i will refer back to this post for instruction when she inevitabley has trouble with the passage.
She sure doesn't look happy in that photo - but neither do you. If there was only a good way to get dogs to associate what comes out with what went in.
I don't see how any of them live after watching what they will sometimes drink from
Keeping our stuff put up is worse than child-proofing a house.
Great post, and awesome pic! If you took a picture of the "product" it would probably get very high ratings on www.ratemypoo.com!
Just fyi something I learned with my last dog who ate a poisoned mouse once and several other things was another good and cheap way of inducing them to vomit quickly. Just take a large glass of water and load it up with lots of salt making a brine and pouring it down. It's cheap, you have the material at hand almost always and it will not have a bad effect on her. I learned that from a vet after using the peroxide for the mouse. He felt this was a little safer for the dog and it works like a charm. If you catch her right away like you did it is safer than trying to let her pass it.
I've had the same thing happen to me many of times. But know it's not just socks, it hats to. Glad to know she's alright.
When I was a kid, we had a dog who ate the tinsel off the christmas tree. Come spring, there were some pretty interesting decorations in the yard.
great tip about the salt water! growing up, my lab ate any piece of clothing that had been in direct contact with a human foot or naughty bit. the back yard looked like a thrift shop for lingerie.
Pantyhose are the funniest when you have to assit. they just keep coming, like the handkerchief from the clown's mouth. Most embarrassing is The Boss Lady's "for-my-eyes-only" garment that mysteriously disappeared, but was found by the observant caretakers at Doggy Day Camp. Needless to say, they were refused for return.
i LOVE THE BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE! THAT'S GREAT! ONCE OUR TERRIER MIX ATE A FEW OF MY DAUGHTER'S CRAYONS AND WE HAD TECHNICOLOR POO'S IN THE YARD FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. THE NEIGHBOR THOUGHT HE WAS HALLUCINATING!
i used to have the same problem with my dog when it came to sticks. that looked painful and sometimes assistance was needed.
Seriously laying all jokes aside, there aren’t too many responsible Dog owners like Dave DiBenedetto. Anyone else would have stood there with their hands in their pocket looking the other way!
Clay Cooper- Well, thanks very much for the kudos...I like to think I was just doing my "doodie" as a gun dog owner. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
Ah the dedication of a gun dog owner. This reminded me of a story told to me five years ago by a friend. He was walking down the sidewalk near his home when he noticed a young beagle, butt on the concrete, sliding along pulling his butt with his front feet and back feet off the concrete. Dogs with worms will often do this of course but when the dog got up my friend notice a bologna rind sticking out of the dogs "lower digestive tract" as he sophisticatedly called it. Urging the poor dog to his side he grabbed the bologna rind and gave a jerk as the dog yelped and ran away from my friend, crossing a busy road and unfortunately hit by a transit bus. Not a good ending to a story. Moral of the story is to pull it on a beach where there are no buses only waves to run into.
HAHA! Great stories guys. Now, part of one sock is bad enough, but my dog once ingested THREE WHOLE SOCKS-at the same time. Complete with two rubber bands. He was pretty sick but came out fine after a few doses of ipecac at the emergency room. I think he learned his lesson, though he still enjoys eating napkins, kleenex, and anything else that we would consider inedible.
Think that was something
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2010/02/hunter-shot-by-his-dog....
Duck hunter gets shot in the back -- by his own dog
February 1, 2010 | 1:22 pm
Talk about a stupid pet trick.
A duck hunter was accidentally shot in the back Saturday when his female Labrador retriever stepped on the man's loaded shotgun, causing it to discharge.
The Fresno Bee reports that the man was hunting with his dog and a friend near Los Banos in central California. When they decided to call it a day, the hunter set his shotgun down and left the blind to go retrieve some duck decoys about 15 yards away.
Though the gun's safety was set, the lab somehow stepped on it, causing the safety to disengage and the weapon to fire, hitting the dog's owner in the upper back.
The 53-year-old man was treated at Memorial Hospital Los Banos for the non life-threatening injury and released the same day.
Neither the names of the hunter nor his dog were released.
-- Kelly Burgess
Anyone said it's a cake walk raising a gun dog, LIED TO YA! LOL!!! In about 2-3 years She will finally grow out of getting into trouble. Had that ice and snow storm hit us last week and had the Daughter and 3 little Grandkids over. Gracie my German Shorthair behavior was finally better than the kids!
Hang in the David, it's worth it!
Dave DiBenedetto
I got to say Brother! LOL! For what you did for your little buddy tells me you are or would make a great Father to look up to! Despite of all the chaos, your wife must really love you!
My one year old lab was eating and passing socks at an amazing pace, even pulling them through the holes in the plastic hamper....he passed every one of them, and has the cleanest colon in ND!! Thankfully, this stage passed....before he got one of my military boot socks!
I WAS AN OHIOIAN LIVING IN TEXAS WHEN THE INDIANS MADE THEIR FIRST TRIP TO THE WORLD SERIES IN DECADES. AFTER THEY LOST TO THE BRAVES, MY LAB ATE MY INDIANS CAP.
Post a Comment