our dog is nuts

For those that may not know we have a 95lbs chocolate lab, named Sydney. We got Sydney about 6 months after we were married and we named her "Sydney" because of an opportunity we had right after we were married to move to Sydney, Australia.

If you've read the book "Marley and Me" then you should hopefully have a little understanding of our dog. I found myself as I read the book replacing "Marley" with "Sydney."

Sydney likes to eat. When I say "eat" I mean not just dog food, but socks, panties, toys, and even baseboards (yes, I mean baseboards as in those things you have in your house.) She typically has a routine of swallowing a sock and then it eventually comes up through her esophagus about 2-3 days later, typically at 2am. I would say she's had with no exaggeration about 20 socks and 5 panties pass through. Don't think I just leave socks/panties on the floor either. I'll have clean laundry on the table and she jumps up to eat them. This is all building up....

Well, on Monday she started throwing up continually for 2 days. I knew this was bound to happen, at some point she would eat something that would not pass. After $150 at the vet he confirmed that there was in fact something in there(no way). He gave us the option of a really strong medicine that may help stir up her stomach or surgery ($1000). We decided to try the medicine. At 2am this morning Keith woke up to that famous noise and he could see a little foot trying to make it's way out of her mouth. He managed to pull out a pair of Caroline's wool stockings. We're fortunate that the medicine actually worked. The vet thinks that Sydney now has a damaged esophagus as well as colon so she's on medication for that.

I'm thankful that I have a champ of a husband for cleaning up all the messes and I'm thankful for his big heart b/c I would have said adios a long time ago.


"No need to bring flowers, just some edible panties."
Sydney Kate Elliston