The Saga of the Corn Dog Stick
May 30th, 2005About a month ago, we attended a party wherein Chuck stole and ate a corndog from a child. He consumed not only the hot dog portion (invoking weird cannibal issues), but also the stick portion. As Heather has noted, we never saw him pass the stick.
Last week, Chuck had several x-rays of his abdomen. We thought it might be the stick and we’d have to have it surgically removed.
Today, Chuck passed the stick. WHOLE. The photo below should tell a substantial part of the story. Heather will undoubtedly tell the rest.
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May 31st, 2005 at 8:20 pm
That’s nothing. Feed him some bubblegum and then watch what comes out in seven years! (Or is that myth only perpetuated up here in Canada?)
May 31st, 2005 at 10:07 pm
Poor Sen. Chuckles. I had kidney stones a few years back and if the pain was anything like that….gah, I don’t even want to imagine.
Glad to hear he’s doing aokay. And Carli is right, go get yourself a powerball ticket.
May 31st, 2005 at 11:22 pm
that’s just plain neat. p.s. we drank whiskey tonight.
(and i am still so much laughing at robin’s comment above)
June 1st, 2005 at 6:35 am
Poor Chuck!! I’m so glad he’s OK…I’m sure he’s quite relieved, and I’m sure he’ll try to do it again! and I thought that MY dog ate everything imaginable…!
June 1st, 2005 at 9:44 am
Oh, ok. I didn’t realize there was a thread to this (apologizes profusely for improper use of thread, but not a geek here).
Glad to hear “everything came out all right”.
But knowing that you and Heather are wine drinkers, let me give you a piece of advice to help prevent future trips to vet.
Make SURE, if a cork is broken during removal (it happens - I’ll take Bully Hill in a twist off before Riunite with a cork any day - the cork was SO dry, it actually broke my friend’s swiss army knife) to FIND the broken piece if it is on the floor, and IMMEDIATELY dispose of.
A few years back, a clumsy friend broke a cork in half while removing it. It landed on the floor. Where the cat ate it. 7 dollar bottle of wine =’d a 200 dollar vet bill.
A few days after intense laxative therapy, a Bully Hill cork (I’ll always love Bully Hill Wine-especially since they switched to the artificial corking material-but this was pre a.c.m.) came out in the litterbox. As this poonkie covered love nugget floated in the commode, all I could read of the original cork detailing was Wine w
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June 1st, 2005 at 9:46 am
could’ve been worse…
when I was 18 months old, I swallowed a one and a half inch rusty nail (which, coincidentally, was the approximate diameter of my stomach at the time).
It took me several days to pass it, during which time my parents did a lot of poop scooping (well, not so much ’scooping’ as ‘rummaging’ really…)
Sadly, we don’t have a copy of the x-rays…
June 1st, 2005 at 1:41 pm
Might Chuck consider forming a splinter group called TOP DOG, or is it HOT ASS DOG, or maybe SHIT HOT DOG, oh who knows - just glad he is ok!
June 1st, 2005 at 2:23 pm
jon & heather-
i’m still trying to figure out how he pooped it out WHOLE. i mean, how did it travel through his intestines without ripping the poor guy open?
this would be an AWESOME episode of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not”! remember that show? it was my favorite thing to watch on sundays before Punky Brewster.
June 1st, 2005 at 7:04 pm
wow. really. WOW. that IS impressive (not as impressive as it coming out sideways, but still). either chuck has a teflon coated GI tract, or heather needs to seriously consider adding kibble to her diet.
June 2nd, 2005 at 5:07 pm
that’s incredible. have you guys thought about getting him signed up on http://www.Dogster.com yet?
June 3rd, 2005 at 12:58 am
hahah, that’s pretty gross
June 3rd, 2005 at 7:27 am
This is why I stick to cats.
June 4th, 2005 at 11:02 am
Dare I say it? Holy shit.
June 4th, 2005 at 1:26 pm
Wow, just wow.
June 10th, 2005 at 7:33 am
Formerly known as “Chuck on a stick” now known as “Chuck with out a stick.”