Had our retriever try to eat a red devil I left out once.. I heard a strange noise coming from the entrance and I found her trying to shake it loose from her upper lip!!! Took that one off myself without too much trouble.
She did eat a shinner left on a little hook one spring whilst fishing for ice out whities and had to be taken to the vet to have it removed from her throat. I could feel the hook and so could the vet but it was impossible to get it out because the urge to swallow was too overpowering. The vet had me hold her down while he tried to anesthetize her and after he had inserted the tube, realized that it was too small and had to pull it out. I saw a bit of blood on the tube and I passed out right there in the operating room!! When I came to she was drooping drunk and behind bars, but he had gotten the hook out..
Then there was the incident with a skunk.. I came home from the bar at 3am and she wanted out, and I didn't think to tie her up cause I was loopy drunk... She bust out the door and went straight for a skunk on the deck! I wasn't about to clean her in my condition so I figured I'd keep her in the shop until the morning. What I didn't realise was that the door leading to the house was ajar and she went straight for momy and daddys bed... I can still hear the shriek. Quite possibly the worst night of my life.
She never did learn though.. Skunks, porcupines, rolling around in carrion and other people's turds, lip smacking outhouse binges, etc..
Stupidest pooch we've ever had. Pretty safe to say that in-breeding was the culprit. Still, best dog ever!!
RIP Maxime. Wish I had a pic.
cheers
HD