In case you ever wondered, no there really is nothing your baby won't share with the dog. Strained peas, Cheerios, dirty diapers . . . and apparently pacifiers too.
A Missouri mom caught her English bulldog licking a pacifier on the floor one day, and she thought to do nothing more than chide the dog. Jennifer Zwart turned away . . . then turned back to realize the pacifier was gone - inside the dog's mouth.
"I took Lulu to the veterinarian and
expected that an X-ray would reveal the pacifier. The X-ray was
unclear, so the veterinarians decided to perform surgery. Midway
through the surgery, they started a 'binky count,' as they pulled out
pacifier after pacifier. They had never seen anything like it. Over the
course of six months, Lulu had swallowed 15 pacifiers, a bottle cap and
piece of a basketball," Zwart says.
Now her story has been entered into the running for the Veterinary Pet Insurance Hambone of the Year Award, a new prize for claims that come into their office that are above and beyond your average splayed hip. It gets its name from a dog who accidentally got locked in a refrigerator and proceeded to eat an entire ham, right down to the bone, while waiting for his rescuers.
I asked a week ago why parents seem to get uptight when they see another person's kid with a pacifier in the mouth, but I'd never stopped to ponder what I'd think of a dog sucking on a soothie!
I've always blamed the missing kid socks on the dryer gnome, but maybe I should rethink that theory. . .
Image: Flickr, OmniNate
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