
Oddball appetites: Readers share their dog tales
Things your pets have eaten: A fake tree, a real Rolex ... even a hamsterMy, but your dogs have eaten some weird things. When we asked for your tales of the strangest things your pooch has consumed, we received hundreds of responses.
Among the most notable? A Rolex watch, a dress, lots of underwear, cash, fake trees and — especially disturbing — a hamster.
One reader wrote to tell us about a pug that devoured cheerleading pompoms. “We didn't know it until she was passing them,” she wrote. “Our school colors are maroon and white and there was the pompoms coming out. My husband said, look, she's in the school spirit.”
Another vengeful dog who'd been banned from a dinner party ate the reading glasses of a guest. “He showed no ill effects,” wrote the reader. “In spite of my husband's threats he is still living and still chewing.”
Read on for other oddities compulsive canines have consumed:
A whole box of shredded wheat (vet visit), a bee (vet visit), a razor, and the latest mouse bait(2 days ago), which the cure for is 1 Tbs. of peroxide every 10 min. until the dog vomits. ... Ties a lab mix and is doing well — until the next meal of choice.
—Diana, IndianapolisMy ex's puppy ate razor blades. She managed to swallow five of them with no damage. She had surgery and they were removed with no problems.
—AnonymousAn entire bag of Hershey's kisses, foil and all. A box of Crayola crayons. My mother's panties and numerous socks. The dog was fine and didn't have any discomfort, he passed tin foil for a few days, and spring green-colored crayon bits, and socks, but the panties he threw up!
—Betsy, ChicagoA bright green sock which later decorated the lawn in several spots.
—Karen, New YorkI had a pug eat pompoms once and we didn't know it until she was passing them. Our school colors are maroon and white and there was the pompoms coming out. My husband said, look, she's in the school spirit. Thank goodness she was OK.
— Nancy ChapmanMy dog Pepe (English Springer Spaniel), who is free to roam around our yard unleashed, likes to eat Maxi Pads. She has a friend Willy (white poodle) who lives up the street. Willy's owner walks him down to play with Pepe every day. One day I saw Willy coming down the street toward the house so I called Pepe, "your friend's here" and she came running out the house. I didn't notice she came flying out with a Maxi pad in her mouth. Next thing I know, Willy's got the pad and running toward his owner with it...I screamed NOOOOOOOOOOO, WILLY COME BACK..... .It was no use, next thing I know, his owner is staring at me with the dirty maxi pad laying across his feet. He says " Um..are you missing something"...I haven't been able to look him in the eye since.
—Amanda, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
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