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He ate a napkin!

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#1 ·
Guys I have an issue and I'm sure I'm just overreacting but I need to know if anything bad is gonna happen to my naughty boy.

I was eating dinner and pushed a napkin off the counter by accident with my arm, and Cooper was right there to snatch it up. I moved to get his treats so we could do a "trade" but he ran away and when he came back the napkin was gone!

I'm not 100% sure he ate it, but I looked all over the house (and the places he ran to) and I can't find it anywhere, so I'm assuming he ate it.

It was just a regular paper napkin, and it didn't even have any food on it.

Will it pass through just fine? He pooped shortly afterwards but I didn't see any napkin in it yet, but I didn't expect to since he pooped less than an hour after he ate it.

He just turned 12 weeks old today.
 
#3 ·
I don't know why, but our pup loves napkins, tissues, and toilet paper. He raids the trash for them and slips into the bathroom to unroll the TP. We try to be careful, but I can tell you that it is possible to pass them, usually in 24 hours.

Ours has also swallowed rocks, sticks, bugs, an earring, grass... all ok so far.

Watch out for socks as these may impact.

Welcome to the adventure.
 
#7 ·
Yep it was just a paper napkin. It happened so quickly too I didn't even have enough time to process what happened. I don't even know 100% if he swallowed it or not, just that he grabbed it, ran away with it, and ran back with it missing and I couldn't find it anywhere. -.- He's a quick little guy I'll tell you that. I wish he was this interested in his toys, lol

Thank you everyone. I'm a bit less worried now. :)
 
#9 ·
You would be amazed if you actually knew everything he does/will eat as he grows. Someone told me their dog ate something very bad that required a vet visit. In addition to what they did find and knew about I think they found two plastic bottle caps and another random item that I don't recall. The other items would have probably passed and would not been realized. Reminds me of the shark in jaws where they found car tags and other random items inside the shark. I would always be aware that they may have eaten something you are not aware of. It is amazing what all they do swallow and get away with unknown to us. On another note a friend had to take his cat in for surgery after the cat ate a number of hair ties. I think they removed twenty hair ties. I think he said the surgery basically cost him $150 per hair tie. The cat is fine now.
 
#13 ·
I can tell when Pippin has gotten into the boys' trash when I mow the lawn. Tissue poop explodes into white fuzz bombs when the lawn mower hits it. I have 3 allergy boys, so tissues are a part of our daily living. I don't get the attraction, but a used tissue is one thing that "leave it" or "drop it" will not work on. If Pippin gets one, he will purposefully swallow it before I can pull it from his mouth; he does not even behave that way with food. Crazy dog. He steals entire rolls of paper towels when he "helps" on a cleaning job. He grabs one end of the TP and runs, gleefully trailing the paper as it unrolls. What is it about paper products?!!!
 
#14 ·
A napkin should pass no problem. I was cleaning up the dog poop in my yard recently and found one with a paper towel in it. I knew it had to be the neighbor's dog because the paper towel had a design on it! With the puppy, we had been going through lots of rolls so I bought a 12 pack of plain white towels. Neighbor's dog is a regular visitor in my yard. They let him out to do his business and don't worry if he dumps in our yard. I'm already cleaning up after my own 2 dogs, so I don't complain, plus I enjoy the dog. I knew I could blame that one on him!
 
#15 ·
Gotta watch the entire rolls of toilet paper. Bits and pieces will pass but an entire roll will cause issues. My girl, Chloe, ingested an entire new roll. Just think of a clogged toilet pipe which can be caused by too much tp. To avoid blockage we had to induce vomiting.
 
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#18 ·
Your boy should be ok, but I would keep a close eye on him in case he has any problems.

My Bridge boy was a master at stealing napkins, he was very very sneaky about it.
He ate a lot of paper napkins and paper towels in his 15.5 years. Fortunately he never had any problems with passing them.

I agree a entire roll of toilet is a totally different thing and would cause problems.

Just read your update, glad to hear he passed it without any problems.
 
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