i have a 13 week old jack russel and on tuesday evening she swallowed my sons rubber bit of the dummy , i phoned the vet the next morning and he said let nature take its course , she has not passed not that i think anyway i have a huge back garden so there is  a chance i might of missed a poo , she is eating fine and she is not ill but i am still worried it could be stuck inside her.....
could someone give me some advice as the vet dosent seem to think there is anything to worry about because she isnt ill......

If she is still eating and behaving normally then I wouldnt worry too much. Chances are it has come out and you've missed it. If i remember right the ends on dummys are quite small and would imagine easy to miss inside poo.
As my kids are alot older not had a dummy problem but my kai has eaten god knows how many socks in the past 6 mths and all have re-appeared a few days later, thrown up.
If she does stop eating or looks unwell then take her straight down to the vets, better to be on the safe side. :)

I would have him to the vet.

I had a little lurcher pu that ate my daughters dummy, it was more than 20 yrs ago, and she died.
I took her to the vet after about 3 days but the vet waited for the dummy to show itself. He waited too long before surgically removing it.
My pup had become too weak to go through the op.
I would ask the vet to x-ray your pup and find out if there is a foreign object in there.

I know it's been an awful long time since my China died but I always think about it and blame myself.

The other option is unthinkable.

Good Heavens, this is where the language differences between Canada and the UK really show up.  I would call that big sausage shaped thing used to train retrievers a "dummy".  It would take a huge dog to swallow one, if it could be done at all.  And then I'm horrified to see the next poster say not to worry.  LOL, LOL.  Here we call those baby things pacifiers, or soothers.  If I keep on with this board I'll be able to understand everything that's said when I eventually make a vacation to the "old country".

LOL @ Jetstone.. i can just see the look of horror on your face when you read that ROFL :D

If she's eating and normal poo is coming out of the other end, I wouldn't panic. If she appears off colour in the next day or two, probably best to take her to the vets. What do they make dummy teats out of these days?

i think its some kind of rubber or latex stuff  not sure thou.... but i do know that the teat bits rot eventually, i found an old one down the back of my old sofa when i was throwing out the sofa and it had started breaking up. it had been there a few years thou :D

just an update , still no signs of the rubber teat yet and its been 4 days but she is eating fine and pooing fine , maybe i have missed it , if it was still inside her would she be ill by now as it has been 4 days now , if it was stuck inside her she would be ill wouldnt she ?

It took my China more than a week to become ill.
It was a long time ago and maybe they make the teats of something different now but then the teat just swelled up.
The teats may be small when new but once soaked in stomach acids they swell to an enormous size and just can't get through a tiny pups guts.

If it were one of the newer small teat dummies then it may eventually get through but I wouldn't risk it.

I don't mean to panic you and you should probably go with what the vet has advised but I did that and lost my pup. It was horrendous to watch her suffer. When you see this happen on the vet programmes they always x-ray and check to see if the object is moving throguh the gut or not.

Just thinking - would a teat show up on an x-ray? I've had a look on google (I'm curious - he-he) and they seem to be made from latex or silicone nowadays. Apparently, latex is  digestible to some extent, so that might answer the question of why it hasn't reappeared! However, silicone is pretty inert, so at least it should't expand or anything.

If the pup becomes sick in the next few weeks, I'm sure her owner will take action immediately and let the vet know about the dummy incident.

hi everyone , thanks for all the advise , i did ask the vet if he would do an x ray but he said at the moment there is no reason to as she might of passed it and i have not noticed , and to bring her back if she becomes ill , do you think i should go back and demand one , when i read some of the storys about puppy dying because of swallowing a teat i get really worried , she is my little baby and cannot bare the thought of something happening to her ,  after all it is my fault for leaving the dummy around for her to get , i think i will phone the vet in the morning and ask him to do an x ray , just for peace of mind if anything ,
ill keep you all informed,,,,,

An Xray would involve an anaesthetic which is not without risk.  I don't think you can be 100% what to do either way but personally I think the vets plan is the most reasonable as although in a very few cases this might cause problems I can see that a little bit of teat can just as easily pass on through the gut without difficulty.

Sorry my story panicked you. It was long time ago maybe the teats are of a different material now????????? They are often a lot smaller than the older type as well.

Also I would hope that vets nowadays wouldn't leave a puppy to get as ill as my China.

The teat she swallowed showed up on x-ray. It had swollen too big to get through her gut.

Keep a very close eye on her and at the slightest inkling she is ill I would take her for another check-up.

On a more positive note my Bullmastiff ate my glasses with no problems he just passed them the next day. He was 18 months old and a lot bigger than a pup but my vet was astonished he didn't need to have them removed surgically.
I haven't been lax in my care of these dogs the two incidents were 23yrs apart and no-one expects a dog to eat a pair of glasses.

hi , took her to the vets and he didnt do an x ray just said to keep a close eye on her , but he said he could not feel anything stuck , so there is no need to worry , he said that it has probably passed and i have missed it and there is even a chance that it broke down inside her , i would just like to thank everyone for their advice on this and if i need anymore i know where to come.....