I know that Melvin will eat anything. Cupcake covered in ants, chicken bone that has been cooking in the hot summer sun, goose poop. You enter it HERE and I assure you he will eat it. In a neighborhood where houses are being built (i.e. workers all over who discard food by throwing it on the ground), walking can be like maneuvering through a minefield.
Jake is proving himself to be similar, yet different. Jake eats weird stuff. Plumbers putty from the side of the house, rocks, leaves, a baby frog. This weekend, it was chewed gum. Since we didn’t know if it was sugar-free gum or not (turns out it was) we called poison control to get advice on what to do. (For those of you who don’t know, sugar-free gum that contains xylitol is toxic to dogs). I gave poison control my phone number and immediately they asked “is this for Jake?”. He’s a frequent flyer at poison control.
Apparently, the xylitol in sugar-free gum tricks a dog’s body into thinking it has consumed A LOT of sugar and the dog’s reaction to so much sugar can, in some instances, cause liver failure. I’m sure a vet could critique the explanation I just gave but that’s the basic gist of it. Jake had some minor stomach upset, he threw up and that was pretty much that. Poison control said to be on the lookout for him acting ‘odd’ or ‘out of sorts’. I questioned my ability to know what odd Jake would be like. For example, I give you the video below. He was staring into space long enough for me to go get my camera and start filming him. Still, to be honest, this is not totally out of character for my little man:
Just an FYI…while on the phone with poison control they informed me that if a dog is microchiped through Home Again (or registered through Home Again), the cost of calls to poison control is covered!
HAHA…”odd” Jake — that would be a sight to see! So glad everything is alright and everyone is okay! I love that poison control knew it was Jake!!
Haha! He’s all good, and odd as can be!
Glad Jake is okay! And thank you for letting us know about Home Again. All of our animals are registered through them.
Oh awesome!
Oh my gosh, I didn’t know that about HomeAgain! Oscar has his chip throughthem. We had to call them last year and paid them the $50 or whatever it is, I wish I had known that!! Hey, Cooper eats poop, so he’s feelin’ Jake on the weird appetite.
It’s $65 now! Or maybe that is the Jake rate!
I’m glad Jake is OK, I know how scary it can be because we’ve had more than one close call with Dottie getting into things she shouldn’t.
It’s like have a child that never grows up! You are always baby-proofing!
Jake is such a funny little guy! Love the Super Jake collar. 🙂
I know, that collar is so friggen cool!
I really want you to bring Jake to a doggy psychic. I am just dying to know what goes on in his head! Glad to hear that he is ok, and thank you for the warning about sugar-free gum.
It might be better for us to never know what he thinks! I think he is that very fine line between madness and genius!
🙂
Oh gosh I know I shouldn’t laugh but it did make me giggle
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Kari
http://dogisgodinreverse.com/
He’s hilarious!
Poison Control calls are free?! Probably good considering Jake’s diet of choice! 🙂
Today, I wnt tto the beachfront with my kids.
I found a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She put the shell to
her ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.
She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is ntirely off topic but I had to tell someone!