# Dog Eats T-bone whole

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 21, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392 "2012-09-21T13:56:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/21 "2012-09-22T21:36:51Z")

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How do you inhale a bone?

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/22 "2012-09-22T22:11:23Z")

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> [@Simple\_Linctus](#):
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> How do you inhale a bone?

Ever watch a dog eat? “Hoover” is an apt description. 😉

How is the poor puppy doing, anyway?

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**Author:** ![misterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/23 "2012-09-23T03:58:40Z")

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What is the vet going to do in this case though? Operate immediately? That doesn’t seem likely or even desirable. Wouldn’t the vet tell you to keep a close eye on the dog to determine if there is a problem (ie can’t eliminate, etc. )? Bones do get digested. Why don’t you call the vet and see what they suggest?

How big would you say the bone was?

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/24 "2012-09-23T13:37:39Z")

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> [@misterW](#):
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> What is the vet going to do in this case though?

The vet will probably take an x-ray to make sure that there’s not a bone lodged in the dog’s intestine. It’ll set the OPer back around $100, if his vet charges similar prices to mine.

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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/25 "2012-09-23T16:55:17Z")

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While we’ve been discussing this for two days, how’s the poor dog doing?

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/26 "2012-09-23T17:19:51Z")

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> [@Seanette](#):
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> While we’ve been discussing this for two days, how’s the poor dog doing?

My guess is that it shit out its imaginary T-bone just fine.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-eats-t-bone-whole/635392/27 "2012-09-23T17:30:17Z")

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> [@hrhomer](#):
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> My guess is that it shit out its imaginary T-bone just fine.

Word.

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