The other day, the top box got knocked off but we didn't really do anything about it. Later that day, we went out for something. (I can't remember what.) When we came home, Chris pointed out that the Milk Bone box was folded open and there was a little cone shaped indentation in the pile of treats inside - almost like a doggie snout shape! We realized that she must have snacked on a bunch of treats while we were gone! Who can blame her - but we were still a bit upset, and definitely started keeping the box of milk bone treats inside another box.
The next day, I happened to be done early with work and the three of us spent the day (from early afternoon on) hanging out in the living room, with Chris working on the computer, me studying on the couch, and Lilly snoozing on the ground. I don't want to go into great detail here, but let me just say that there were some amazingly disgusting smells (with an occasional accompanying sound) emanating from Lilly's area of the room. Later that night, we took her to the dog park, where she played as usual for about a half hour but as we were heading out the gate, she started throwing up. She only did it a few times, in the dog park (it was almost closed, so there were only a couple other people there) and then walked home very slowly. She looked so uncomfortable - but it was hard to feel TOO sorry for her!
Chris spent some time looking up possible toxicity of Milk Bone on the web, but didn't find much. The next day, according to Chris, she left a very large pile on the sidewalk for him to pick up. She has been totally normal ever since. I wonder if she recognizes that she got sick because of the treats? Or maybe she is convinced that she got sick because she couldn't reach the rest of the treats and therefore wasn't able to finish the whole box.
But of course, she is still our baby, and has managed to earn herself a couple of treats since the incident.
She had a Milk Bone hangover
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