learning_to_love_BCs Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Hi, I'm just reading McConnell's For the Love of a Dog and she mentions giving her BCs corncobs to chew on. I've never heard of that, so I'm wondering if anyone here gives their dogs corncobs, and if so, do you give them the eaten cob or the ear of corn, do you cook it or give it raw? Is it OK if they eat the cob -- I'm pretty sure mine would do that. No way they'd just stop with eating the corn! Thanks for your insights! Quote
Liz P Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Never! That is the most common foreign body we remove from dog's stomachs every summer. Quote
Lenajo Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Pat Mc. usually has good sense, but not this time. Quote
MaryP Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Pat Mc. usually has good sense, but not this time. Yeah, it really surprised me that she would say something like that. Bad advise unless you like to pay lots of money to your vet. Quote
Gil Posted July 17, 2009 Report Posted July 17, 2009 Pat Mc. usually has good sense, but not this time. Having just gone through removing a blockage from a 15mo. old. It is expensive and scary. Just got him back to normal feeding schedule and exercise at 3.5 weeks post op. Still being carefull with what he gets to eat and chew on. I would be afraid a chunk of corn cob would be chewed off and swallowed. Jenny Quote
SincereArtisan Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 BAD idea. We also see this fairly regularly at the clinic...though more often with labs than border collies. Never give your dog anything you think they'd swallow whole or break of and swallow chunks of... Quote
desertranger Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 I have a good place for his corn cobs. Quote
silhouettestable Posted July 18, 2009 Report Posted July 18, 2009 I used to let my dogs have corncobs until I saw a show on Animal Planet where a dog was being operated on to remove a foreign body. It was a chunk of corn cob. Sometimes I'll still let mine nibble at the cob while I hold it, but only if they're carefully using just their front teeth to nibble it. If they try to bite pieces off or take the whole thing it goes into the garbage. At one time I also used to take the cobs out to the chicken coop to let them pick over the cobs but the dogs go in there with me doing chores so I've stopped that as well. Quote
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