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Dog eats man's Masters tickets before he heads to Augusta
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Berkman, who won the tickets in the Masters lottery, had already booked tee times and rooms in Myrtle Beach, S.C, the days leading up, and then planned to head to Augusta with his buddies to check out Wednesday's practice round and the Par-3 Contest.
But his dog had other plans, leaving only the strings from the tickets as evidence when he got home. According to sports radio station KJR in Seattle -- listen to the station's interview with Berkman -- things got serious when he realized that without the tickets, he'd have to call off the trip.
So he did what any golf fan would do: He poured Hydrogen peroxide -- it's safe for animals to ingest -- into his dog's mouth and waited for the remains of the tickets to come back up. They did. Along with a bunch of other things.
But wait, there's more! Berkman not only went through the puke to find the pieces of the tickets, he also took the time to piece the tickets (or what was left of them) together, in one final attempt to keep the trip alive.
As you can see from the photos, the puke-stained tickets look pretty worthless. But they were good enough to get Berkman a new set. After taking the photos, he called Augusta National, told them his story -- seriously, I would kill to hear that audio -- and officials decided to reissue the tickets
So you'll die from that, and your dog will die from eating chocolate but you can pour Hydrogen Peroxide down it's throat and it'll be fine? SINCE WHEN?
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If my pet eats my Flames tickets, I'm going to call the ticket office first with my receipts or proof of purchase, etc. first rather than opening the closet to see what toxic chemicals I can pour down its throat.
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Hydrogen peroxide should be in every dog's medicine cabinet. Although most commonly thought of as a way to clean a wound, another important use is to induce vomiting when your dog has ingested toxins, foreign objects, drugs or spoiled food. However, check with your veterinarian first because there are times when it is best not to induce vomiting. Dogs won't drink peroxide willingly so buy an oral dose syringe or keep a turkey baster on hand to help administer the liquid. Also check the expiration date; expired peroxide is not as effective.
Just a heads up given for anyone needing to use hydrogen peroxide. There is a food grade version (available at some health food stores in the city). It doesn't have the stabilizers and other chemicals added to it like the stuff you can buy in the pharmacy. Still not sure if I'd want to use it on my dog though. Too high a dose and I would think you could do some serious damage.
I've heard its really good when fido eats some chocolate to make it come back up so he doesn't die.
A dog has to eat an obscene amount of chocolate to die from it. It would take about 20 ounces of chocolate to kill a small dog. That's more than just "some". Certainly if your dog devours a big chocolate cake or a child's Easter basket, then you should be worried. I wouldn't go pouring hydrogen peroxide down a dog's mouth when it eats a small amount of chocolate. There would probably be more of a chance of the dog dying from choking, not to mention how traumatizing it would be for the dog.
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A dog has to eat an obscene amount of chocolate to die from it. It would take about 20 ounces of chocolate to kill a small dog. That's more than just "some". Certainly if your dog devours a big chocolate cake or a child's Easter basket, then you should be worried. I wouldn't go pouring hydrogen peroxide down a dog's mouth when it eats a small amount of chocolate. There would probably be more of a chance of the dog dying from choking, not to mention how traumatizing it would be for the dog.
I don't know much about chocolate, but I know of a big dog that was fed a single grape, resulting in kidney failure (I think it was the kidney) and death within a day.
Some dogs seems to get away with more, some less. Why risk it.
The 'trauma' from a turkey baster and resulting barf is much less than what might take place.
Better advice as always is to limit what your dog has access to.
My dog has eaten a tonne of chocolate and he's fine. My wife stopped leaving it on the floor after he wolfed down the really expensive stuff. She'd been doing it for years up to that point.
Certainly if your dog devours a big chocolate cake or a child's Easter basket
Unlikely this would do anything to a dog - the cheap "chocolate" in kid's candy has almost none of the theobromine that is toxic. Even chocolate cake is unlikely to contain enough.
Baker's chocolate, in pure form, on the other hand, can be deadly in _very_ small quantities.
So you'll die from that, and your dog will die from eating chocolate but you can pour Hydrogen Peroxide down it's throat and it'll be fine? SINCE WHEN?
At 3% (then diluted with water), it takes very little to make you throw up vs what it would take to kill you. Especially if there's anything in your stomach.
Dog eats man's Masters tickets before he heads to Augusta
