We were on our nightly walk and he found a piece of chewing gum on the ground that I didn't even see. He chomped on it for a few seconds before my boyfriend got his hand in his mouth to pull it out. It took him two goes and (rather unhelpfully) he doesn't know if what he pulled out looked like all of it or if he swallowed any.
I've just looked it up as soon as we got home and found out certain types are poisonous and possibly fatal to dogs if they contain xylitol. I don't think he swallowed any, but I don't know for sure, and I don't know what kind it was (and so whether it would contain xylitol). Just been watching him when we got back and he seems ok, but I'm fretting between 'he almost certainly didn't swallow any so just keep an eye on him', and 'oh god but what if he did' and take him to the emergency vets.
I have zero perspective when it comes to the dog so can I please ask more clear minds what they would do in this circumstance?
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Help - dog ate chewing gum
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pugparty · 28/12/2019 22:36
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