Meat-flavored glove leads to dog’s ordeal

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Meat flavored rubber glove leads to dog’s ordeal

Dear Heloise: I, too, have always used disposable rubber gloves to handle raw meat. It is much cleaner and safer.

However, I learned a huge lesson the hard way! A rubber glove that is flavored with meat will be irresistible to a dog!

Recently, my 8-year-old golden retriever became violently ill. We rushed him to the animal emergency hospital, and after an ordeal that lasted several days and cost us more than $2,000, a glove that I had been wearing while making hamburgers had to be surgically removed from his intestines!

I had been in the kitchen the whole time I was cooking and had the garbage pail out from under the cabinet, right next to me. The dog must have just walked by and quickly grabbed the glove without me noticing.

I am much more careful now when I dispose of food-prep gloves. Kristen, Middletown, N.Y.

Oh my! Glad to know he turned out OK from what could have had a tragic ending. Readers, this is a good reminder to all of us with pets — especially dogs, who do like to eat almost anything! Think of them as furry children — dogs will be dogs! Heloise

Dear Readers: Lee Jaksik of Pleasanton, Texas, sent a photo of four Boston terriers posing for a Christmas photo in a red wagon. They are, left to right, Hefer, Peanut, Rocko and Major. Lee says, “Hefer and Rocko belong to my daughter, and Peanut and Major are mine.”

To see the terriers in the wagon, visit www.Heloise.com. Heloise

Dear Heloise: I have an indoor/outdoor cat. When she is in the house in the daytime, I can tell her “No!” and she will stay off the furniture. At night when I go to bed, I can’t control her. So, before I go to bed, I put foil over what I don’t want her to jump on. Jean Taylor, Pekin, Ill.

Dear Heloise: We also are dog lovers, and we have a puli (with dreadlocks) named Bogey. I started using heavy hot pads as place mats under the water and food bowls. Works great, and I can throw them in the washer easily. Any spilled water is absorbed into the pad and doesn’t damage the wood floor. Kathy Sampson, via e-mail

Dear Heloise: I kept spilling birdseed all over when trying to fill the feeder until I came up with a solution. My canning funnel has a wide mouth and spout, and it fits exactly into the feeder — no more crying over spilled seeds. T.R., Arlington, Va.

Dear Heloise: I have been cleaning my litter box for years by placing the pan in a tall trash bag, then placing litter on top of the trash bag, which is inside the pan. To empty it, I carefully pull the bag from under the pan up and over the pan, enclosing the soiled litter inside the bag. I close it up and throw it away. Billie, Houston

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