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Hi there. One of my dog's has an ear infection and we bought her a medication for it called Baytril Otic.
I just found my other dog chewing on the bottle (he chews on EVERYTHING he finds) and I noticed that the bottle had a hole in it. I'm afraid he may have swallowed some of the medication. I read the lable and all it says is not for use on humans. It doesn't say anything like Warning: If swallowed please call poison control or something along those lines. The bottle said there was more information on the package, but my mother threw it out. I'm just wondering if he'll be okay or if I should take him to the vet just to be on the safe side. Again, the medication he swallowed was for an ear infection.
Oh.. And how do you think I could get him to stop chewing on every damned thing he finds? We buy him toys all the time, but he seems to be obsessed with climbing on the couch and grabbing pens, wrappers, paper clips, napkins.. Anything that's on the desk next to him, or anything he finds on the floor (Inside or outside)
Thanks SO much if you could help!
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I know, I know, this is like a month too late, but I'll give my opinion on it anyway. sorry for the delay, I've been busy lately.
My only advice for you about the medication is to call the vet. If anything like this happens again, you don't necessarily have to rush your dog to the vet, but you should at least call. It's free, and most of the time they can tell you what you could do at home, or whether or not your dog should be brought in. I hope you worked this out on your own in the past month, but that's what you could do in the future :)
About the chewing, I;m not entirely sure if I can help. Here's what I might try.
Your going to need to watch him really really good, and keep things out of his reach like you would a baby. If you want to continue to allow him on the couch, then that will be harder. But, I would make him get off the couch every time he gets up. Tell him "down" and then make him get down. Hopefully he will soon realize that down, means, down, and you won't have to make him get down after saying it.
Also, try to teach him "drop it" Say "drop it" every time he has something he isn't supposed to have in his mouth, then force it out of his mouth. Hopefully he'll also learn "drop it" and he'll actualty do it when you say it instead of you having to force it out of his mouth.
Also teach him "no" This is a little harder. What I always did with my dogs was when they do something bad, shake my finger at them while saying "NO" sternly enough for them to know that your not happy with them.
It's a lot better to say "NO" when the dog is being bad instaed of doing what most people do, by yelling their name. "Spot, stop it" If you do that (not saying you do, it's just that most people do without realizing it) but, if you do say that, then the dog will have a hard time distinguishing between it's name and you scolding him. If you do, then it's sort of like changing a habit, every time you notice yourself doing it, stop yourself and correct yourself.
Anyway, basically, keep him off the couch, keep the bad things out of his reach, and teach him "NO" and "drop it" should help you out with his chewing problem.
Also, keep buying him toys, try to find one's that he likes better than the desk stuff, and make sure he knows that he needs to chew those. Every time you find him chewing something bad, take it away, say no, and then, bring him to his actual toys. That might help him realize what he can and cannot chew.
Good luck.
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