Vomiting socks!

[Sarah85]

Hello everyone. My Cane Corso puppy is 12 weeks old and I've recently been finding wet socks around my home. I thought nothing of this initially. I figured maybe she got ahold of them when my daughter was folding laundry and was merely chewing on them. This of course until I watched her vomit up a sock! I figured ok, we need to be more careful. This morning I awoke on my couch only to find two additional socks and now I'm freaking out over the fact she had 3 socks in her stomach (and I had no idea), exhibited no symptoms, and of course whether or not there could be anymore in there. She has an appointment to have the sutures removed from her ear crop on Monday, so I asked the clinic to perform an x-ray to be sure there are no additional socks in her stomach. I've researched the complications and how to induce emergency vomiting if needed but am curious how realistic it is my pup has any more in her stomach than has already come out? Has anyone experienced this? Thanks a lot.

 

[HeatherA]

when Tornado was a small pup he would snatch socks and swallows in an instant we all learened very quickly to NOT leave a sock on the floor EVER. if you do not induce the vomiting withing 30 minutes of the sock being swallowed do not induce at all this can cause harm.
it is very likely she could have more in her tummy or she is just finding them in hidey holes while not being watched swallowing them and then vomiting them up

 

[karennj]

My swissy ate 7 or 8 socks when she was a pup. She threw them up one by one whenever her stomach was empty. X-rays can be difficult to see something like a sock but you should ask the vet what they recommend. We did a barium series just to be sure nothing was getting stuck anywhere. She ended up throwing them all up on her own and thankfully did not block. We had to keep the laundry basket in a closet and make sure to not leave socks anywhere. They are dangerous for pups (also some like to eat underwear). If she starts to act differently, cannot keep food down or does not poop normally take her to the er clinic.

 

[Sarah85]

The vet recommended x-Ray and will go over possibilities with me Monday. I would never induce vomiting unless I physically witnessed her inhaling a sock and spoken to a vet first. I'm somewhat relieved I'm not the only one who has endured this, but feel absolutely awful that I hadn't the slightest clue. She's not showing any signs of complications and is eating and drinking/urinating/deficating normally but I will certainly be tense until Monday... Thanks so much for the responses! Fingers crossed she is ok.

 

[Cody]

Tuna was a sock eater, found them in his kennel thrown up No idea where they came from but with kids in the house it could be anywhere. We did a sock crack down lol, and he hasn't had one in about 6 months. Seems to be over the fetish now, but yes I was worried. Went through a blockage surgery with our boxer years ago and don't want to repeat that.

 

[HeatherA]

these little brats will find a sock anywere they can, its crazy!! i am sure almost every single corso owner can tell you sock stories. be sure to update us monday after vet vistit.
Tornado once threw up a baby sock in front of me and uh we don't have any babies in the house our oldest is 6... LOL

 

[irina]

Ajax got a hold of a sock and swallowed it before we could get it away from him when we were visiting family. We don't have any lying around at home. I was expecting to find it thrown up, but no. After a few days of no show I started getting worried. He pooped it out about a week later.

 

[DDSK]

Lol this kinda makes me chuckle.
Abby the red cc on my profile was an avid clothing consumer.
Socks, underwear, nylons, shirts, ropes, soft toys, you name it.
She would either puke or poop them out.
We had her rayed a couple times but never saw anything, vet said
It is best she not do this, but if she is able to pass it there is no problem.
Thankfully she has seemed to have outgrown this behavior been since we got her at 9 weeks till over 1 year she is about 19 months old now.

 

[Ginurse]

My seven year old lab pooped out my best dress socks when he was a pup. It scared the carp out of me. In the end, these socks could have balled up and made for a horrible impaction. I was lucky this time, but in two other instances (a super ball and metal packages from treats he stole from our pantry) we ended up with two major surgeries (stomach and small bowel).

My EM puppy can find my young children's socks (no matter if they are in the laundry) and it scares the heck out of me. I hope he outgrows his sock love.

 

[season]

I have no sock stories, not that I don't have stories to tell Bottom line is owners need to be more vigilant on what they leave laying around. It's better to be proactive in life than reactive.

 

[irina]

Mr. Obvious here!

 

[season]

Mr. Obvious here!

Well, if it was so obvious then we wouldn't be having ppl talk about how their dogs eat socks....and it happens more than once. That's not a dog problem, that's just laziness, messiness, whatever u want to call it. It's on the owner.

I got an obvious solution....stop leaving stuff laying around. Watch your dog. And if you want to blame the kids then get them in line, too. It's not rocket science.