OK Britsmom - here is a website for you to check out - I'm sure if you contact them, they should be able to help in some way - at least you'll be talking to people on your side of the pond!

http://www.americanbrittanyrescue.org/

Frankly, I don't understand why you haven't already been in contact with these people!

Margot

Thank you to everyone that tried to help me stay positive when I was in such hell wondering what could be happening. Everyone will be happy to know that Sergio is in perfect health!! The second I got home I rushed him to the vet and he tells me that though it seems Sergio is a chewer, bless the gods that he doesn't actually ingest things!!!!! I spoke with the vet about my money situation until next payday, and he said that we can work out a payment plan and he wants to see him again in a few days just to confirm he's in no more danger, and he's gonna let me have that 2nd visit free of charge!!!! Not that I have doubts about my vet but even the best miss the small details.....when i got home I gathered the shards of lights and pieced them together just to make sure for myself that there were no missing peices! I have wonderful neighbors as well, a fellow dog lover, whom i met last night while walking Serg,  told me that his pup just graduated from destruction and no longer needs the crate because his wife stays home, so he let me use his crate until next week when I am able to get my own! Ah, thank you all for support and I'm just so happy that things worked out, more than I could have expected. I spoke with my mother (whom if you remember a previos post, lives in a different area of the US) and explained the situation, how horrible it as to sit and wait w/o being able to find transportation in an emergency situation. Needless to say she feels very uncomfortable that these things could happen and I would be stuck so her and my father are driving down in 2 weeks in separate cars to leave me with one until I can get one for myself. Bless them both. I also removed every plug and wire in the house, tucked them under whatever objects they came from , only to be out when I'm home and using them. At least until he gets past the chewing stage. (he's got bones and rawhides galore, don't ask why he decided to chew lights) Anyhow, all is well and my baby's future is looking up! He's getting more time at the dog park to soothe his boredom when I'm working, and we'll love every minute of it!

Good news! :)

LOl It's sounds like he is related to my BC puppy who chews & doesn't ingest.

You can use toys like Kongs stuffed with food & frozen to leave with him to keep him amused when you leave him. My friend did this with her GSD & she now can't wait for her to leave to get her kong ;)

The Crate is a good idea as you won't have to worry & your boy will have his own den ;)

I don't give my dogs rawhide chews as they use too many chemicals in the production. Instead he gets raw pigs trotters/ears(usually frozen & the ears are freeze dried) & chicken wings. He hasn't had a marrow bone yet as these my large GSD bitch enjoys too much

good for you, sounds like youve delt with the difficulty very well. sergio sounds like a typical pup, mischevious and keeping you on your toes.

I think the crate is a great idea, but only for an hour or two at a time of course, but I gather from your post that he is going to a "dog park" while you are at work which I take to be what we in the UK would know as a creche or dog walker.  I am very pleased that on this occasion no harm was done but hopefully you have now taken on board the heavy responsibility of owning a dog and the need to have continguency plans when their need of us is urgent and at odds with other commitments.  I think this thread is well worth perusing by those considering getting a dog when planning to contiue in full time work, emergencies will happen, how will you deal with them?

The dog park is actually just a fenced in meadow where dog owner's who don't have large yards bring their pups for runs and serious romping, tongue lolling and tail wagging with other friendly dogs. how ever he is only alone for the first two hours, then I will able to get home for my lunch hour to let him out and get some exercise and a walk, and then he'll be put back in the crate for almost 3 hours, when he will be let out again for the day. so I think he'll handle it very well, and seeing that he's actiave those times will be his moments to catch up on some rest. Thank you Moonmaiden for the ideas on chew treats. I've had kongs in the past for my pit bull(jaws like those need a challenge) but didn't consider them for him, he does need to get those adult teeth set in tightly so I think I shall pick one up this afternoon. Here there are few places to find raw meats such as pig ears and the like, but I'll do some further investigating. Thanks

Britsmom, you don't intend to drop him at the dog park and leave him, unattended, do you?  I am not sure, but I hope not.

Glad everything worked out.  You dodged a bullet.  And you got to see what a worthless bf you have when you REALLY need him.  I hope you pay attention to the lessons you learned today.

Good luck.

Britsmom, you don't intend to drop him at the dog park and leave him, unattended, do you?  I am not sure, but I hope not.
Odie, I read it like that first but when I re read it I am pretty sure she means she will leave him in the crate for 2 hours, back for lunch and then put him back in the crate for 3 hours!!!!!! LOL
Forgot to say am really pleased he is ok. I was late for work because I was reading the messages to find out what had happened to him :(
Lea :)

Britsmom,

What brilliant news that Sergio is ok :D  I've been wondering all day how he was doing!  It's great that your parents are going to lend you a car, that you are getting to borrow a crate until you can get one and that your vet came up trumps with the payments :)  I bet you feel so much better today than you did yesterday :D

Best wishes

Lesley

>>Odie, I read it like that first but when I re read it I am pretty sure she means she will leave him in the crate for 2 hours, back for lunch and then put him back in the crate for 3 hours!!!!!! LOL<<

Okay, now I feel stupid.  LOL.  Thanks for the clarification, Lea.

Hmmm, I have suspicions...and MM I can't believe the way you reacted to Isabel?? What's up with everyone?? I don't believe this is a real story anyway...for what it's worth...and if it is...I'm with the guys that said they would move Heaven and Earth to look after the dog...and the wisdom of having a young dog if you're at work all day, with a bl**dy obnoxious boyfriend?? He'd be out for a start...but then again IF the story is real??? Hmmmmm...

with a bl**dy obnoxious boyfriend?? He'd be out for a start
If only life was that easy :( :( :(
Its ok saying that but its another living with it :( :( (Take it from someone who knows and took several years to get rid of him still having problems with him 6 years later)
Maybe this happening and the fact she has now spoken to several people and found some neighbours that are more forthcoming than she realised before this happened is actually good, as she now knows people she could call on and feel more part of the community where she lives, as by the sounds of it she was all on her own.
Good luck.
Lea :)

Often difficult to know which posts are genuine and which aren't but I would rather a WUM had a good laugh at my expense than to respond badly to someone in genuine need of advice and/or support - just imagine how you (not you specifically but 'you' in general) would feel if you were genuinely worried and people replied that they just didn't believe you.  :( 

good luck anyway dawn x

I'm sure I read somewhere once that if you think your dog has eaten glass (I know it's 2 days after the OP and not much use now - but an idea for the future:) if you feed the dog cotton wool balls soaked in water (I think) they wrap around any bits of sharp items in the stomach..... think this is what i remember reading!!

This IMHO is not good advice :rolleyes: I'm not a medical expert and please somebody, correct me if I'm wrong, but I would think that this would just complicate matters.

If Your dog has eaten glass, you seek immediate Vet advice by telephone and then get your dog in there... like yesterday!!

Asparagus. (cooked and tinned) Obviously, getting the dog to the vet asap is to be preferred, any time. But if circumstances make getting help emediately impossible, asparagus is said to wrap itself around sharp objects. Having a tin put away in case of an emergency will not hurt .
Karen

I would not feed anything without first speaking to a vet as an emergency anaesthetic may be in the offing in which the least ingested the better.

Obviously the vet's is the best place to go but the OP couldn't get home for hours! I found the info I half quoted and it was something a vet did a few years ago to get staples to pass through puppies who had eaten them while playing, saved the need to operate on young puppies.

I'm just curious - as the OP couldn't get home for hours, who was going to be there to give the pup anything to eat?

The OP was made 2days ago so my suggestion wasn't directly to the Op, was just a comment I made after reading ALL the messages in the 60 ish there were at the time, the OP said her other half was there when the dog ate the PLASTIC which it turned out to be (not glass after all) so he could have sorted it out, I just posted a suggestion that I had read in the past for if your dog had eaten glass or anything else sharp, you need to read all the messages in the thread to understand why I included a message, 2 days after a dog had eaten glass would be a tad late to start any type of treatment, I just offered some info I'd read in a book a while ago. 

I appreciate that you were trying to help and quoting what you believed to be right setspan :)

But IMHO, if a dog has ingested any foreign bodies or dangerous substances then the Vet is the only person who will be able to confidently advise and treat accordingly :)

I know that I wouldn't be posting on a website or asking a friend for advice, I love my dogs too much.

I just quoted what I had read not what I believed to be true - guess I've learned how literally people read these posts on here, I will be very careful what write in future!   I don't know whether it would work or not.
I personally wouldn't leave my dogs in a situation where anything like this can happen if I couldn't trust their teeth wouldn't be nibbling at things; the most I've had to worry about my dog ingesting was some black rubber kong - even then my dog went straight to the vet!