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Is it really insane? More so than £££ on bikes, or coffee machines, or trousers?
This foot injury was 10 years ago and cost a few hundred to get sorted. He’s now nearly 12 years old, you suggesting it would have been better to have him euthanised (which in itself isn’t cheap) rather than paying for the treatment..?
I don't know if it's just luck but our two Sprockers seem to have iron stomachs.
Whole loaves of bread, advent calendars, big chunk of Christmas cake, whole toddler poo (straight in there and gone as she stood up off the potty!) not even flinched. Whole kids socks pass straight through and out the other end (we don't try to reclaim them). The older one even consumed the netting from a beef joint - came out the other end ready wrapped.
The vet will most likely take a conservative approach to any diagnosis. Not worth the risk of it ending up going wrong. The owner may accept it as part of life and move on or might try and bring down the whole surgery in lawsuits.
My Grandma (late 80's) is, and always has been, a worrier who believes most thing she reads in the Express and watches on This Morning. So in her mind the slightest whiff of chocolate or raisins and the dog will keel over there and then. She's also had a single glass of red wine every day for the last 20+ years because she once read it was good for her heart. To be fair, that one seems to be working!
A few crumbs probably would have been OK, but I see it's only a dinky dog - my Ragdoll cats are bigger !
Best the dog's OK.
Our old cat fell ill last year with breathing difficulties - vet decided it was best she was in overnight (sent to local animal hospital). Cat was OK and on antibiotics and was collected next day. Recovered fast. I've had cats years, but never had one this poorly, so sometimes you do get stitched up - I'm not convinced she needed a night in hospital under oxygen - just antibiotics and monitoring might have been enough.
My sisters lab eats everything though, but what can you do.