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> I had a fridge cleaning day 2 days ago and they've had some pretty rich
> stuff. Poured a cup of grease over dog food and shared between 2, and
> gave them probably each a pound of cooked chicken that had gotten a
> little old yesterday. It made me nervous but I ran my fingers all around
> her gums and over the roof of her mouth checking for a bone. (washed
> twice with anti-bacterial soap afterwards). She's not coughing at all.
>
> Just now when I went out to feed she still had a string of saliva hanging
> on both sides of her mouth, not to mentioned looped over her nose. She
> wasn't playful but did her her "chores". She went every step I went as I
> fed, carefully keeping her body between the ponies & me as I put out hay
> giving the ponies the "behave yourselves" look. As she stood there
> looking at me her lips started trembling slightly snarlish (but eyes
> remained soft) and you could just see the saliva kind of foaming up on
> her. She does not gag or cough, it's more like acid reflux or something.
> I saw her drinking water, from a couple of different buckets (which my
> horses drink from by the way).
>
> Any suggestions? Too cold for snakes or toads. I don't know of any rat
> poison anywhere. No anti-freeze sitting around...and just for further
> reference, how long is a rabies shot good for horses? I've heard a dog's
> shot is actually good for a couple of years and this dog had shots in
> April of last year. Can a dog OD on bacon grease and if so what can you
> do to help them out?

I can tell you to open the dog's mouth and look for a wedged
object, possibly a bone between the molar arcades at the roof
of the mouth but it could be anything anywhere.

I have had this happen with both dogs and horses.  Pop the thing
loose, the slobbering stops and everything is back to normal.

For what it is worth I think the slobbering is the body's way of
softening the object.

Marv "Mamma Mia is really Mia Farrow?" Walker




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