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may be given with the food. Vichy water to 

 drink instead of plain water. 



Choking : 



Symptoms : Dogs frequently choke themselves 

 when eating bones, especially chop or cutlet bones ; 

 also occasionally with a large piece of meat which 

 may become impacted in the gullet. But this is 

 not so serious, as it can easily be pushed down 

 into the stomach if it cannot be pulled upwards. 

 When an offending bone or other matter becomes 

 lodged in the back of the throat the dog coughs 

 and retches violently, and may even die from 

 asphyxia. But as a rule the bone does not stop 

 there, but passes down until the gullet passes 

 over the heart, where it is rather smaller, and then 

 the bone is stopped, which causes the dog great 

 distress. He keeps gulping as if trying to 

 swallow, and occasionally retches. In a day or 

 two the distress passes off and the patient seems 

 fairly well and often ready to eat, but if any solid 

 food is taken directly it reaches the part where 

 the obstruction is it is brought up, and this 

 continues to happen so long as the obstruction 

 remains, but the dog as a rule is able to swallow 

 liquids as milk, egg and milk, beef teas, etc. 



Dogs, especially puppies, often swallow needles 

 and pins, which generally become embedded in 

 the back of the tongue, but sometimes they reach 

 the gullet and pass through, causing a bad 

 abscess to form in the throat just behind the 

 angle of the jaw. 



Treatment : When the bone or meat or other 

 matter becomes lodged in the back of the throat, 



