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March 2, 2004

Not a Quixtar Dog

By QBlog in

Wendy Bolt

The above scanned X-Ray is of my Basset Hound, Wendy. Sometime on Thursday of last week (we think) she swallowed what appears to be a large bolt. The X-Ray makes it look to be about the size of a... well... large bolt. We learned that bolt-swallowing really screws up a Basset Hound. She quit eating and drinking. The vet said, on Friday, that she had swallowed some mulch (we have no mulch in our yard) and she'd be fine. We went home with some antibiotics and hoped she'd be all better.

By Saturday afternoon we realized she was dying of dehydration. We took her to the Animal Emergency Room and they took the X-Ray. After getting rehydrated via IV overnight we took her home Sunday evening. She still wasn't interested in food but was coaxed into eating a little.

Monday we took her back to the Vet and the new X-Ray showed no bolt. She had passed the bolt and is now happy again.

Moral of the story. Dogs are stupid. We did learn one thing, there is now such a thing as pet insurance. We're filling out the application now.

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