Dog has just eaten an entire roast chicken(!) Reassurance of similar escapades please!

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Our 7 year old rescue greyhound (who is renowned for eating a manner of things he shouldn't) has outdone himself this evening. Just found that he's eaten an entire rotisserie chicken (full carcass and leg meat, breast meat had been removed for our dinner). He's been a tiny bit sick (literally a tablespoon equivalent) and promptly eaten that up again. He's had a lot of water too. Other than that he's acting like his usual self.

We're going to keep a close eye on him for 48 hours as I'm aware of the risk of blockage/internal splinters, but I can't help feeling anxious. (Obviously if he stops eating or shows signs of distress it'll be straight to the vet with him). Can others possibly share their stories of their beloved pooches eating all manner of naughty/bad things and being fine afterwards? Thanks in advance xx

We once had a greyhound that had a thing for my husbands hair putty.

Funniest thing she ever did though was eat a whole packet of tealight candles (plain, non perfumed and harmless) and shat out perfect little long poo candles (they even looked like they had a wick in them)

She would eat literally ANYTHING.

My current dog is a lab-collie cross and has a real thing for my cats poo, fresh from the litter tray. -boke-

Mine's a dachshund, so his opportunities for food theft are limited. He's fond of eating compost out of the freshly planted tubs at the moment. but he ignored a dead rat which must have been left by a bastard cat somehow ended up on our lawn yesterday, for which I'm grateful.

Re the grapes/raisins - not sure if this is correct, but I read that what is toxic is produced by a mould which may be on some grape skins. So its not necessarily that a dog is immune or susceptible so much as it being Russian roulette.

My dog ate everything!
The cable to my TV (it blew up when I turned it on)
My carpet
My sofa
My kitchen floor (literally pulled the tiles up and dug a hole in the concrete underneath)
2 packs of trifle bakewells (just left the tins in his bed)
ALL OF THE SHOES
2 handbags (and contents)
A few things I've erased from my memory....so he got shipped off to the mother in laws because I was pregnant and at the end of my rope, where he proceeded to eat
A whole sofa (started with the cushions and then ate the frame too)
Quite a few cakes off the side
ALL OF THE SHOES
and his piece de resistance..... the window frames. Costing 3 grand to replace...!!!!

Mine loves any kind of skin cream/ ointment/ hair gel. You can't put anything on while she's about as she goes daft trying to lick it off you

Haha @ilovepixie you've reminded me that just a month ago 'Dustbin Scoffman' also ate my pregnancy massage bar from LUSH. I had to contact them to ask if any ingredients were toxic for dogs and they took such pity on me (it was a brand new bar and at £6.50 they ain't exactly cheap so I was quite distressed!) that they sent me out not only a replacement bar for free but also a pack of goodies to pamper myself with for the remainder of my pregnancy! 😂😂

My whippet/JR cross could open our fridge door and eat entire contents. So we started to wedge the door shut with step ladders. Her response was to rip out the rubber seal to get to her treasure trove. We had to build a special cupboard around said fridge when mended. That stopped her.

She also managed to eat 2lbs of satsuma off the dining table one Xmas, kindly leaving the peel in the bowl for us.

Another Xmas my DM and DSis had decided to do our Xmas baking together and had produced 144 mince pies, leaving them to cool at the back of the worktop. Darling dog managed to jump up and polish the lot! She finished it off with some dried spaghetti she'd found while she was up there.

She was fine and lived to 16.5.

I once wrestled the Christmas ham from the jaws of my dog. I won. I didn't know I had that much strength

Just a couple of months ago my GSD stole two cooked whole onions out of a binbag.

I didn't notice.

The next morning I woke up to shit everywhere in the kitchen and dining room. Proper nasty runny shit. It was even up the kitchen cupboard doors.

I am much more careful with onions now.

An asthma inhaler (caught doing it so thankfully hadn't got as far as trying to swallow it).
Same goes for can of deodorant! Lucky that didn't explode ffs. It had been pierced and was hissing away in ddog's mouth.
All the laces.
Lots of pants.
Bras.
Strappy vest top straps.
Hair serum - actually broke the pump container open and was happily slurping the contents.
My £40 workout leggings which are discontinued
Crotch from numerous pairs of cheap leggings.
Pockets from work trousers.
My hair (woke up to a new fringe ).
A stone (more than once).
Horse clippings & manure.
Cat poo.
Cow clap (