Every dog parent is afraid of a chocolate raid by their dog, and it happened to me Monday night. While we were out to dinner, Cassius decided to treat himself to 4 large chocolate chip cookies.
I don't normally leave "hazardous" materials on the counters, but I was in a rush out the door and left a bag of cookies, brought all the way from Charleston, South Carolina by my friend Cornelia,on the counter.
Upon arriving home from dinner, I found a half eaten paper bag in the front lawn. I didn't realize what Cassius had gotten into for about 5 minutes (when I started fantasizing about chocolate chip cookies for dessert). Once it was clear the torn up bag was the cookie bag, I called the pet hospital to find out what to do. They were pretty confident that he hadn't eaten a dangerous amount of chocolate, but recommended we induce vomitting using hydrogen peroxide if we were worried, and if he'd consumed the cookies within the last hour/hour.5. He didn't seem to be ill at all and we were pretty sure the little piggy must have eaten the cookies more than 2 hours before we arrived home, so we decided not to give him the hydrogen peroxide.
Cassius is fine and never showed any signs of being anything but proud of himself for the successful cookie raid. I guess we were lucky! I will be much more careful in the future with chocolate in the house.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Cookie Monster
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Tigers and Boxers
Posted by Stoney at 12:46 PM 6 comments
Friday, September 19, 2008
Snuggly Boxer
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Rollerblading Along the Bay Trail
We're always on the look-out for the cats because they can be a dangerous distraction. They sometimes make a game of dashing across the trail, perhaps to taunt the dogs, and I'm afraid Cassius isn't perfectly trained to ignore them quite yet;-)
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Football or Rollerblading?
Football is soooo boring! And really, are the 49ers going to win anyway? We just blocked a Seahawk punt and they still managed to get a first down!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Gingivectomy: $1400. Bright, Healthy Smile: PRICELESS
Cassius brushes inconsistently, he doesn't floss, and he's a boxer. Three strikes against my little guy when it comes to dental care. Oh, and the fourth being that some of his old meds (Atopica) cause gum swelling. As you can see from the picture, my gorgeous little buddy has an ugly problem: gum disease. To be specific, he has gingival hyperplasia.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Fall Flea Market
It's fall. We lose the leaves, warm weather and daylight, but we gain fleas! Apparently September can be the worst month for fleas because the weather conditions are just right. I found an interesting article on the subject here: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art5253.asp.
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Labels: Fall Flea Market