If your canine has just swallowed a sock, don’t panic! chances are, he’ll be OK.
I recommend you try to get him to throw up. much more on that below.
I’m going to share with you my recent experience with my canine swallowing a sock, and of course if you’re not sure what to do it’s always best to speak with with a vet.
My canine ate a sock, will he be OK?
A few weeks ago, my 3-year-old weimaraner Remy swallowed a sock best in front of me.
He has some possessiveness issues and tends to clamp down on items as hard as he can so I can’t get them … and in some cases he swallows those items.
Usually this is not a substantial deal, and we manage it. He swallows small wrappers, napkins and small pieces of trash all the time. Not a substantial deal.
But a sock?!
I saw he had the sock in his mouth, and I asked him to “drop it.” Looking back, I probably should’ve just ignored him and he would’ve set it down on his own. Or maybe I should’ve given him a hard bop to the nose.
Anyway … he looked at me and then proceeded to swallow the sock in one gulp. Hel.
Shit …
“Ha!” he said, a dumb grin on his face. “Drop what?!”
My initial thoughts were, “God damnit, you dumb dog! What the hell is wrong with you?”
Smart dogs can do dumb things.
I thought of the substantial vet bill I might be facing and what it might be like to keep a young weimaraner calm for several weeks to recover from surgery. I was mad at myself for leaving the sock on the ground in the first place and pissed at my canine for ignoring my “drop” command for the millionth time.
Can a canine pass a sock?
After a frantic google search, I saw some people saying that their large dogs were able to pass a sock.
In our case, it was a thin, athletic sock, the kind that stops at the ankle. practically like a kid’s sock. and our canine is 62 pounds.
“Do I just do nothing and hope for the best?” Jeg undrede mig. “Will he be able to pass it?”
It was a Sunday evening of course so our vet was closed.
I was NOT going to call the emergency vet. No way. It’s terrific we have that option, but I have learned the hard way not to go that route unless it’s a true emergency ($$$$$!!).
So instead, my plan was to try to make Remy throw up using hydrogen peroxide and if that didn’t work, just wait it out and hope for the best. (Thank you, Maren, for your valuable advice!)
My canine ate a sock, ought to I make him throw up?
This is of course a question for your dog’s vet, but with my own canine I chose to make him throw up.
if your canine ate a sock, there are risks to making your canine throw up the sock. If the sock is large or if your canine is small, the sock could get stuck in his throat and become a choking hazard. I wasn’t concerned about this with my 62-pound canine and a small sock. and our vet was closed, so I just chose to try it.
Does hydrogen peroxide work to make a canine throw up?
Yep.
Short version: Making my canine throw up the sock using hydrogen peroxide worked, eventually. My canine puked up the sock and he was fine. No trip to the vet. No money spent. Phew.
Long version: read on
Once we chose we were going to try to make Remy throw up using hydrogen peroxide, we kept him on a leash so we’d be able to get him if he did throw up the sock.
We are blessed with a canine who gets possessive of his own puke (!!) and I knew he’d for sure try to re-grab the freaking sock.
First dose of hydrogen peroxide went down, no puke.
Second dose … he threw up a lot. but no sock.
We gave a third dose and chose this would be the final dose. I’m no vet, and I don’t know how much hydrogen peroxide is safe to give. (Turns out, a third dose is typically not recommended for safety but it didn’t seem to bother Remy.)
So on the third dose … he puked again. Still no sock!
This canine is seriously stubborn.
Some dogs will throw up socks on their own
So, I chose at that point I would just wait it out and hope for the best. I went to bed that night hoping he’d be able to pass the sock or that his body would naturally throw it up just as he throws up pieces of wood, turf and chunks of plastic. (Oh, the joys!)
I’ll give him this, his system is efficient!
So, I got up the next morning and greeted my pup out in the living room where he sleeps. and oh my God, there was the sock! He’d puked it up in the middle of the night!
Only, after seeing me, my idiot canine quickly made a beeline for the sock and rapidly RESWALSænk sokken!
WTF?!
Denne gang kan jeg lide, ”OK, hund. Du vil kaste denne forbandede sok op. ”
Så vi begyndte hydrogenperoxidbehandlingen igen.
Første dosis:
Min underornhund nægtede at kaste op. Han kastede op i munden og slukede den.
Anden dosis: Ingen puke.
Tredje dosis:
Jeg kunne fortælle, at han følte sig woozy. Jeg havde ham i snor, så jeg kunne hurtigt få ham væk fra hans puke.
Og så kom det op, sok og alt sammen!
Jeg var praktisk talt nødt til at tackle min hunde for at holde ham væk fra at spise sokken igen for tredje gang!
Wooooo! For sejren!
Jeg fik sokken.
Phew!
Så kort historie kort, hold dine sokker hentet og hold brintperoxid ved hånden. Det fungerer virkelig.
Risici ved at få din hunde til at kaste op
Selvfølgelig er det ikke altid sikkert at give hydrogenperoxid. Hvis din hunde slukede noget skarpt, kan det forårsage meget mere skade for at få ham til at kaste op.
For det andet, som jeg sagde, er der altid risikoen for kvælning.
Og for det tredje blandes visse flydende kemikalier eller medicin ikke godt med brintperoxid, og det kan gøre tingene værre. Nogle ting er ikke sikre, hvis det blandes med hydrogenperoxid.
Når du er i tvivl, burde du altid spørge en dyrlæge.
Se vores indlæg om, hvordan du får din hunde til at kaste op ved hjælp af hydrogenperoxid.
Nu ville jeg meget gerne høre fra dig!
Hvad er det underligste, din hund har spist?
Forhåbentlig viste alt sig ok.
Lindsay Stordahl er grundlæggeren af den mutt. Hun skriver om hundeuddannelse og adfærd, sund rå hunde mad og løb med hunde.