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October is National Animal Safety and Prevention Month; a month dedicated to promoting the safe practices of handling and caring for both domestic and wild animals. ... National Animal Safety and Prevention Month was created by the PALS Foundation. PALS is dedicated to helping people and animals coexist in a way that benefits all of nature.
Being animal safety month, I want to share my story that just occurred over the Labor Day weekend when I took Josie to the local beach here in Malibu. It was a beautiful weekend, and would be slightly cooler at the beach, so off I went with a friend and her two labs. We went early in the day, around 10 a.m. and planned on leaving at 1 p.m. It would be a short day to just get the fur kids on the beach, and the water was actually warm here on the pacific which is rare, and a good time to go and enjoy the water.
I take Josie out to play with her tennis ball in the morning and evening at least 5 times a week. She is a dog motivated by the ball, more than food to do anything, and the thing that brings her most happiness. She absolutely loved running for the ball at the beach, (she does not really care for the water), so I would just rinse her under belly down to keep her cool, since she is also black and attracts heat. She truly was so happy - running, playing, other dogs were there her size doing the same, and just a fun day. Upon returning home, I went for a swim in my pool, and Josie was inside to rest. Around 5 p.m. it was time to head to the park to meet with friends, and do just a little play since she had already been at the beach…This is when I started to notice issues. She was just not herself at the park. She actually spit up some water, and had some poop issues - not really like her. We came home and she was still acting strange/quiet- she then threw up two more times, and I just knew something wasn’t right. I looked on Google and was shocked by what could be happening from my day at the beach.
I called my best friend to come with me, and we were off to the Pet Hospital by 8 pm. She was physically examined and I was told, she seemed okay, but probably best to do a X-ray since there was sand in her behind, and I agreed.
The Vet came back in with some bad news - she had a 6 inch impaction in her large intestine, and a 4 inch pack of sand in her small intestine as well.
I have included the picture for you to see.
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