Dis Chia again. And dis not gud. After mama realize her mistakes and come back to get me from pokey place, I tought all wud be gud again. But den today da evil person who tries to do a sneak onto our porch with boxes sumtimes brought dis awful evil thing. An mama put it on my nose cuz she said pokey place told her too until I no eat rocks anymores. I do an outrage, and den I do a stiff cuz legs no work wif dis awful ting on nose. But mama still said it no matter cuz she has to do a listen to pokey place!
I sez dis outrageous and if pokey place starting to sez we haffta have awful tings on noses at home we needs klass akshun soo! Who wif me?
Oh, Chia, you’ve been ch-ch-CHEATED out of your dog given right to be doing a nibble on a pebble. What’s mama gonna do when she gets MURDERED by all those suspicious rocks??? You have a snack; she have a safety. All was right but now all is wrong. Soo soo soo!
Mama calls me ch-ch-ch-chia sumetimes too! (Who noes why) But yes we needs BIG soo!
Tell her you’re Gotham’s reckoning.
"You merely adopted the barkness. I was born in it, molded by it.:
“No one cared what I ate until they put me in a mask.”
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Penny says: Chia, there’s much nicer tingz to eat in da yard. Rocks r hard and hurt teefs! But you no deserve dat ting! It violates your dog given right to sniff! I says sooo big
Thiz looks like a war declaration to me
Dis terrible! I thought mama jus made honest miztake, but mebbe she iz in league wif pokey place?
Mama need her own pokey place. She’s not feelin gud and brain not workin. Maybe u snuggle her extra toonite to help her brain work aghain. Then she no sniffin is good for u and that terrible thing come off.
Does you have a cato friend? Me would ask dem to search and destroy dis black thing. Yes, you be in debt to cato, which is risky, but black thing much worse.
Hmm, mebbe I cud ask fren Twig to do a shred. I not know if she wud be in mood to help me tho.
Soo pokey place!
Oh dis gud idea!
Deuce here. I had to wear one of those after I ate chicken bones in the park. I managed to paw it off. You can do it too. I have faith in you!
[Mama - it's Bella's mom. This muzzle is too small for Chia. I bet no one told you how to properly fit a muzzle, and so you measured around his snout and figured that was the right size. It makes sense, but it's incorrect. A dog needs to be able to pant, drink water, and open his mouth. Panting and drinking are essential. There are lots of muzzles out there, and that looks like a great muzzle to keep Chia from eating rocks, but if he can't pant, overheating is a real concern.
Here's one guide to fitting a muzzle: https://rebarkable.com/fit-muzzle-for-dog/ and there are lots more, as well as a lot more types of muzzles, online. If you are on facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/muzzleuppup and ask to be included. Great advice there! And they can help you find the perfect muzzle that fits well and doesn't put him in danger of overheating. Good luck! I know how annoying it is to get something for your dog and then have someone tell you it's wrong, so I hesitated, but I knew you'd rather know than have Chia overheat.
P.S. I bought one of my dogs a very wrong size and type of muzzle one time and my vet was horrified to see it, and so that's how I learned.]
Chia's mom here - Thank you, I do appreciate the knowledge. This is the one (and size) his vet said he needed though, and he does pant and drink water with it. They wanted this one partly due to his size - anything bigger and he gets it off immediately. Partly because he wears it for only about 5 minutes at a time (hopefully for only a few weeks at most) when he's in the backyard and due to the amount of (and determination to get) toxic plants, rocks, metal, and wood he tries to eat instead of going to the bathroom (they have even talked about him possibly breaking their record for back to back obstruction surgeries). And partly because he has only been with us for 2 weeks and consequently doesn't yet respond to training or commands (he had none before). And as he is a teething puppy, we are hoping that working with him to reinforce not eating those things, under the supervision of both a vet and trainer, we are expecting this to be a non-issue soon, along with the other training methods we are also employing.
Oh, good. I just remember the look of horror on my vet's face when I brought my dog in with what I thought was a great muzzle and then I did a deep dive into All Things Muzzle. Chia sounds like a true omnivore - rocks, metal, wood, toxic plants... I had a dog who ate a large pine cone once, he was a labrador, and their motto is "Is this fud? I shud try it and see." He nearly needed surgery to remove it, but they tried giving him lots of fluids and it apparently floated out. Chia doesn't need to experience the misery of abdominal surgery. Hugs to both of you!
He was there for surgery, but at the last minute they decided to try barium imaging first to get a better pinpoint on where the blockage was, and he passed it along with the barium! So, yeah. We're hoping he outgrows this tendency when he stops teething. Until then, no one can convince him the world isn't his buffet!
How you suppose to do a sniff wif dat ting on your noze?
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