While holidaying for a few days in Wells, we very nearly lost our Rio (10 month SBT).
While feeding her and Toesy breakfast, the norm, chicken wings, she got one stuck in her throat.
I knew it hadn't gone down right, she quite often crunches once, then swallows, which means more often than not it comes back for an extra crunch. Well this time I waited but it didn't appear :( she stuggled with it for a few seconds, then started to get frantic. It was terrifing. My eldest child fled from the room in a panic, my youngest started crying, while myself and partner Colin stuggled to free it. Colin tried to get his hand in her mouth to get it out, but with no luck. By this time she was really really frantic, foaming at the mouth, pawing and scratching anywhere she could. I thought we were really going to loose her. I was actually shouting she's going to die. Colin then grabbed her and tried to keep her from struggling while I tried to pull it out, it seemed to be stuck round her teeth. Eventually on the second attempt it came out. By this time her lips, gums and tongue were blue. When it came out she collasped on the floor, her tongue hanging out, but thank god she was still breathing. She was totally exhausted. But my poor baby was alive, we were so so lucky.
In about 10 minutes she was back to normal, asking for her breakfast. This time I cut her wings in half, and I have ever since. It hasn't put me off feeding her the wings, as I no she loves them, but I think I will always cut them in half in future.
It's just so scary to think what might have happened if we never got it out.
Anyway apart from that horrible scare, that I never want to go through again, we had a lovely few days in Wells.
We never came anywhere at the Bournemouth show :(  but we had a great day, and met up with Luxnallstaff, which was very nice to meet someone else off champdogs. (I'll be in touch)
And the weather was great.

Mitch.

Good Lord Michelle.
So very very pleased to hear that luckily both of you were present, horrible to consider the consequences of there being only one of you there. :(

But glad Rio is okay Staffs do recover well from traumas it takes us weeks/years to get over don't they?

Take care and carry on cutting

Karen

Jeez Michell :(
glad shes ok

So glad you were able to save her - what an awful experience for you all. Just shows how quickly situations can deteriorate, doesn't it ?

Thank god she was alright Mitch. You hear so many horror stories about feeding dogs and them choking or getting something stuck that you start to think 'well I can't give them that just in case......' and the things you take away are the things they enjoy the most. Have completely withdrawn bones (apart from knuckles) from Lacey's diet but when we go round the in-laws they always try to give her a big plate of bones after they have carved the chicken as they reckon 'thats all a dog needs to eat' and the other day OH's dad said all the vitamins and goodness was in the skin of chicken so just wondered why we don't just eat the fat of bacon and throw the rest away or even start eating leather as that is obviously where the cows are hiding all the good stuff! Worst thing is they have had dogs (until last year when the last one died) for about fifeteen years so they really should know better. Was nice to meet you too Mitch and hopefully I will have the pleasure to meet some more of you soon.

Hi Mitch,

What an awful fright that must have been for you.  I'm so glad Toesy is okay.  Another good example of why you never leave dogs alone with anything they are likely to choke on, whether it is rawhide, pigs' ears or raw chicken wings.  A dog can always find a way to inhale something sideways.

Stacey

I can understand how you feel.

I had a similar experience with my Border Terrier last year.

He has always been a greedy eater and as I had run out of their normal bedtime treat of Shapes biscuits, gave them all a Bonio, he half crunched the end of of his and then swallowed it larke end first it completely stuck.  He started panicking and then was keeling over and going blue, so I stuck my fingers in and managed just to get the end between my nails and managed to extract it.

I was quite badly bitten in the process but he came round quickly and although a litle quiet for a while recovered.

This is one of the reasons though although I can see the benefits of BARF feeding  would never try it with a pack of dogs.