HA for Pets?

[AbeLinkedIn]

Has anyone ever felt health anxiety for your pets? Recently I've been worrying about my dog, at least since last night. I had thrown some chicken wing bones in the trash and hours later I found the trash can with the bones ransacked without a trace and a guilty looking boxer. He's 8 and a rather big pup for his age but I almost kept myself up all last night because I was searching endlessly for what to do and letting the worst case scenario play out in my mind.

I know it's unorthodox to ask about animals in a forum for humans but I love my dog too much and I'm afraid my negligence signed his death warrant. He seems to be okay, he was playing around earlier, rolling on his back as boxers tend to do, and ate/drank/used the bathroom as usual. He hasn't shown any signs of choking or soreness and I heard a dog's digestive cycle is pretty quick so by now a day later I'd assume it's out of his system? These were tiny and he's again a big dog but cooked bones can splinter as I'm told and could hurt him badly.

I guess I feel like a failure for allowing him to find and eat them.

 

[Cuchculan]

Dogs and other animals feed off of scraps. That is the nature of the beast. They would eat almost anything and have the stomachs to do so. If it doesn't agree with them, like humans, it will come back out again. I am sure your dog is just fine. i am sure the animal has eaten a lot worse than chicken wing bones. That does not make you a failure. Dogs are also smart animals. They will find a way to get to almost anything.

 

[AbeLinkedIn]

Update: Nothing to freak out about, my pup is just as spry and normal as ever. Only problem he has are ear mites which he's on medication for.