Our family has always had dogs ~ big dogs. Why? Because we love em’ big where I live.
Our last pair of dogs (Murray and Coco) loved sock balls. You know…where you take one sock, tie a knot in the end and roll it up. Then you put that inside another sock and roll it up, etc… It was a treat for them…they loved solving puzzles and this was the ultimate in fun for our two fur-babies (miss you two).
So, when we got our chocolate lab Bella we decided that she would probably have the same good time with the sock ball as our previous two. We got our wish ~ she LOVES sock balls! Or…I guess I should say she loves socks. Okay…she loves to EAT socks. Seriously…she EATS SOCKS.
On a side note…if anyone had told me that labs eat half the things that our dog has eaten…I’d have reconsidered the decision to get one as much as I love our Bella girl.
Okay…so last night in a moment of stupidity, I tied a knot in a sock and let our Bella girl have it to tug with me. No harm if I’m holding the other end, right? Well..you know how life gets in the way…I got side tracked and BAM…there went the sock straight down here throat into her goat-like tummy.
Okay…riddle me this…how does one swallow an ENTIRE sock whole? This pooch is not even half my size and did this without batting an eyelash…I could NEVER have done this! Alright…so back to the story…
So I call the vet and ask them what we can do to make her throw up (because I want the sock out the natural way and not that $1800 way). They ask me what kind of dog it is and I say almost laughingly, “It’s a lab”. This is when I hear the snickering on the other end of the line…she knows labs eat everything too 
So, they tell me to give her 1/4 C. of Hydrogen Peroxide which should make her drool, foam at the mouth and vomit within about 15 minutes or so. They then proceed to tell me if this doesn’t get the sock out the first time, we can try it one more time and then we’ll be forced to come to the emergency vet to get an IV of super strong puking medicine.
I froze. You want me to give my dog how much? 1/4 of a cup of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE? Isn’t that stuff poisionous??? It’s the stuff moms used on cuts when we were kits to torture us, um I mean to get the germs out of cuts, isn’t it? The doctor reassured me that she wouldn’t keel over because I gave this to her so hubby headed off to CVS to buy a bottle.
One turkey baster full of hydrogen peroxide later and Bella was immediately feeling pukey. We walked her around while I watched her do her best impression of Hooch; drooling all over my kitchen floor. Then suddenly *SPLAT* …no sock. My mind was racing…how were we gonna be able to pay ANOTHER $1800 bill to our vet? After the huge marble she ate last time and had to have removed. Yes…I said a marble. Labs are goats I tell you!
My husband kept her walking per the vet’s instruction. Just as I thought we’d have to give her another dose *SPLAT*
HOORAY! It was the sock ~ which was promptly thrown out as no one in their right mind would wear it again…I don’t care how broke we are
Poor thing was pukey until around 1 when she passed out from exhaustion.
So you learn something new every day…Hydrogen peroxide isn’t just for cuts or lightening your hair…it’s for making dogs puke up foreign objects too. Thank God for modern medicine
December 30th, 2010 
Julie 
