Dog to recover after eating 2 pounds of rocks

[KamaAina]

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-living/ci_23867696/dog-recover-after-eating-2-pounds-rocks

A Golden retriever's insatiable appetite for rocks landed him a trip to the animal hospital in Eden Prairie.

Seven-year-old Gordon had emergency surgery at BluePearl Veterinary Hospital Wednesday where a surgeon removed 16 rocks from his stomach, according to a report from KMSP-TV.

If a dog happens to eat a rock, they usually stop at one or two, according to Dr. Jeff Yu, who performed the two-hour procedure.

Gordon just kept going -- the rocks weighed nearly 2 pounds.

Cute, but dumb as a box of rocks.

[marzipanni]

1. Mineral deficiency?

Pica?

"Pica can also be found in other animals and is most commonly found in dogs.


"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)

[jasond54231]

2. That poor dog. Must not have been fed for a while.

Good to hear that he'll recover.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Dogs eat weird stuff, even when well-fed.

See my post, below, about my neighbors' rock-eating lab.

[magical thyme]

7. it's not about being hungry

my sister's lab eats rocks. He's needed surgery twice. Firsttime to remove rocks. Second time to remove acorns. Personally, I think he's trying to commit suicide. His gut is in bad enough shape now that he probably won't survive a third time, even if they do cough up thousands more ($7,000 worth of surgery so far).

[a la izquierda]

8. My dog ate berber carpet...

$2500 for emergency surgery to remove it from his intestines.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. When I was a kid, we had a neighbor whose dog, a black lab,

was known to eat rocks, though never enough at once to require surgery. He was well-fed; he just liked rocks. He was also about as dumb as a whole box of them.

[Wait Wut]

5. omg...

...I saw the subject and was going to share the story of a friend/neighbor's dog that used to eat rocks.

It was a Golden Retriever. A coworker's dog had to have surgery to remove a bath towel. A Golden Retriever.

At least my pittie never actually swallowed the cell phones.

[mockmonkey]

6. Were they rocks?

Or did Mrs. Douglas make Hot cakes again?

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[LWolf]

9. That fits every golden I've known.

Cute, but dumb as a box of rocks.