• DVM360_Conference_Charlotte,NC_banner
  • ACVCACVC
  • DVM 360
  • Fetch DVM 360Fetch DVM 360
DVM 360
dvm360 | Veterinary News, Veterinarian Insights, Medicine, Pet Care
dvm360 | Veterinary News, Veterinarian Insights, Medicine, Pet Care
By Role
AssociatesOwnersPractice ManagerStudentsTechnicians
Subscriptions
dvm360 Newsletterdvm360 Magazine
News
All News
Association
Breaking News
Conference Coverage
Education
Equine
FDA
Law & Ethics
Market Trends
Medical
Politics
Products
Recalls
Regulatory
Digital Media
dvm360 LIVE!™
Expert Interviews
The Vet Blast Podcast
Medical World News
Pet Connections
The Dilemma Live
Vet Perspectives™
Weekly Newscast
dvm360 Insights™
Publications
All Publications
dvm360
Firstline
Supplements
Vetted
Clinical
All Clinical
Anesthesia
Animal Welfare
Behavior
Cardiology
CBD in Pets
Dentistry
Dermatology
Diabetes
Emergency & Critical Care
Endocrinology
Equine Medicine
Exotic Animal Medicine
Feline Medicine
Gastroenterology
Imaging
Infectious Diseases
Integrative Medicine
Nutrition
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopedics
Pain Management
Parasitology
Pharmacy
Surgery
Toxicology
Urology & Nephrology
Virtual Care
Business
All Business
Business & Personal Finance
Hospital Design
Personnel Management
Practice Finances
Practice Operations
Wellbeing & Lifestyle
Continuing Education
Conferences
Conference Listing
Conference Proceedings
Resources
CBD in Pets
CE Requirements by State
Contests
Veterinary Heroes
Partners
Spotlight Series
Team Meeting in a Box
Toolkit
Top Recommended Veterinary Products
Vet to Vet
  • Contact Us
  • Fetch DVM360 Conference
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy
  • Do Not Sell My Information
  • About Us

© 2023 MJH Life Sciences and dvm360 | Veterinary News, Veterinarian Insights, Medicine, Pet Care. All rights reserved.

Advertisement
By Role
  • Associates
  • Owners
  • Practice Manager
  • Students
  • Technicians
Subscriptions
  • dvm360 Newsletter
  • dvm360 Magazine
  • Contact Us
  • Fetch DVM360 Conference
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy
  • Do Not Sell My Information
  • About Us
  • MJHLS Brand Logo

© 2023 MJH Life Sciences™ and dvm360 | Veterinary News, Veterinarian Insights, Medicine, Pet Care. All rights reserved.

This story may be hard to swallow, but it's true

October 1, 2007

Sometimes the animals in a veterinary clinic are just plain funny. You never know what they might do next. But that's a good thing. It adds a bit of adventure and fun to our lives, and is part of the reason we veterinarians have the best job in the world.

Sometimes the animals in a veterinary clinic are just plain funny. You never know what they might do next. But that's a good thing. It adds a bit of adventure and fun to our lives, and is part of the reason we veterinarians have the best job in the world.

The dog came in at midweek to spend a long holiday weekend as a boarder at the Brock Veterinary Clinic motel. The German Shepherd mix spent five days with us — eating, drinking, barking and playing just like all the other dogs. Nothing about it gave us a clue to what was going to happen on Monday afternoon.

Laura's day had been routine until about 1 p.m., when something caught her eye in the kennel where our guest was staying. The dog seemed to have taken ill and was throwing up inside its cage. Laura went to investigate.

What she found brought her running to find the rest of the staff. She was actually blushing. She said the dog had coughed up something in its cage, and we should all come to have a look.

As I headed to the kennel, I wondered what could have made her face turn red. Because the dog had been with us five days, it had to be something it had eaten since it arrived.

Advertisement

Whatever it was, it put the strangest look on Laura's face that I had ever seen. I was about to find out.

Can you guess what we found? Have I done a good-enough job of building up the suspense? I'll give you a hint: It was red.

We rounded the corner and could see the dog looking through the cage door. It looked happy and normal as could be. There was no sign of depression or the downcast look a dog sometimes has when it doesn't feel well. It fact, it was wagging its tail and jumping up and down. I was filled with wonder.

When we finally entered the kennel, there it was...

...a red pair of thong panties.

They just laid there after spending five days in the belly of the whale. And not a tooth mark in them. How could this be?

This dog apparently swallowed them whole. His system finally rejected them a few hours before he was scheduled to go home.

I've known a dog's stomach to reject some pretty weird things: the red plastic strip around a slice of bologna, toy soldiers, milk cartons, paper towels, watermelon seeds, candy-bar wrappers, ponytail holders, nuts and bolts — and once an entire cat! But I would never have imagined a dog could eat a red thong panty, hold it in its stomach five days and then toss it up in mint condition.

I couldn't decide whether to tell the owner when she arrived to pick up the dog.

We decided just to put the panties in a plastic bag and ask her if she wanted them back.

She, of course, did not.

Dr. Brock owns the Brock Veterinary Clinic in Lamesa, Texas.

Related Content:

Law & Ethics
The biggest legal threat to veterinary professionals
The biggest legal threat to veterinary professionals
How to set yourself up with lawsuit protection
How to set yourself up with lawsuit protection
Bill addressing veterinary shortage in Arizona signed into law
Bill addressing veterinary shortage in Arizona signed into law

Advertisement

Latest News

Traditional and holistic treatments for giardia

ASU trustees approve the creation of a new veterinary school

6 tips for first-time dog owners

Must-read articles for National Puppy Day

View More Latest News
Advertisement