Help!! Dog just ate a big balloon

zaksmum

lozzybeast wrote: »

All vets legally have to provide a 24 hour service, whether thats by way of using an out of hours clinic or by them being on call, if you have a genuine emergency regardless of the time of day then they should always have a service for such a case.
Although your home remedy to induce vomiting worked well on this occassion please do not use it for anything in future, every situation is different, in certain cases inducing vomiting is contra-indicated as it can cause damage to the oesophagus and also if what the dog has ingested is toxic it can cause more harm than good. Vomiting should only be induced by a vet for this reason

I do know not to induce vomiting where the dog may have swallowed anything sharp or caustic that could do more damage coming back up again.

But I needed to get the balloon out of my dog quickly and I'd do the same again if he ever swallowed anything similar.