Cheers fella’s. It’s a shame they can’t live as long as us.... Selfish gets! And yes, an incredible wrench....
Sorry. Missed this with Mary’s news. We had similar years ago with a Springer who loved eating conkers. One got stuck. I mention this as it’s conker season. GWS.
That’s awful news and I dread the day when I have to deal with it. I was only saying to the girlf a few days ago that we are gluttons for punishment as we bring them into our families and get so attached to them despite knowing full well that they’ll predecease us
View attachment 221150 Looking like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth Play with me daddy (don't read that caption out loud on the train btw) So innocent looking, but the little puddle behind him is a bit of a giveaway
The girlf changed her hairstyle last week and I was trying to working out what it reminded me of, and then I realised I saw him chewing something and went to see what it was. To my horror, it turned out that my sick-minded girlf had bought him a trachea.
Ha! I think you must have missed the captions or started replying before edited the post to include them
As a heads up, dog foods and treats have been recalled as recently as 2 years ago in the USA because they were or contained animal parts such as gullets and tracheas with residual thyroid tissue/hormone causing hyperthyroidism(unrelated to thyroid cancer). Hyperthyroidism is more common in cats than dogs by the way. Our dogs are hypothyroid, which is notoriously underdiagnosed in dogs, so we are careful about what we feed them in regards to thyroid function. The following was taken from sciencedog.com; Thyroid Tissue in Your Dog’s Food: Thyroid tissue contains the hormone thyroxine, which will not be destroyed by the dog’s gastric acid or digestive enzymes. It is absorbed into the body and remains active. If a dog consumes enough thyroxine from the diet, an elevation in circulating thyroid hormone occurs and the dog develops hyperthyroidism (or more technically correct, thyroidtoxicosis). Some dogs develop elevated serum thyroxine but do not show clinical signs. Others develop signs that include weight loss, hyperactivity, excessive panting, and polydipsia/polyuria (increased drinking/urinating).
Interesting Reminds me of a mate who worked in a fish factory at weekends when he was at college. He advised me- never choose scampi pub grub. I’ll leave it your imagination.
