QUESTION
dog had to have emergency surgery after chew toy caused obstruction
Asked on Dec 27th, 2018 on Animal Law - Florida
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I bought the a rope/chew toy from a store on 12-13-18. On 12-14-18 that was the only toy my 1 year old supply came in contact with. On Friday night she would not eat and was very lethargic and throwing up and in pain. On Saturday she had not improved so I took her to my local vet who did x-rays and sent us immediately to the Emergency Vet. That night she was operated on and 10" of intestines removed and resected and she stayed for observation until Tuesday night. $5000 later they pulled out string and plastic from her insides and sewed her back up. This toy needs to be recalled. I looked at the toy reviews and see others complain about the strings and the quality. She is home resting and on antibiotics and pain meds with a ton of staples in her stomach. If I would not have taken her to the ER she would not have made it.
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Unfortunately, pet items are very diffiicfult to fund over such issues and equally difficutl to establish liability over as they are rarely intended to be infallible for dogs chewing. These cases revolve around the wlillingness of aggreived owners to spend the money to investigate and initiate lawsuits over such issues.
Answered on Jan 07th, 2019 at 6:21 AM
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