I know with horses that are fed in sandy pastures we fed various psyllium fiber products to help clear the sand out of the gut. Never had a dog that ate sand but for future refence would something like this work in dogs to? Anyone have any experience? Sarah -------------------- > Msg: #8 in digest > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 06:02:36 -0700 (PDT) > From: Dawn Restuccia <windwych@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: The first sable I loved . . > > I have waited patiently twelve years for her to "outgrow" her puppy > antics...no luck. When Sally was here watching her recently, she had to run > out and corral her from eating the wet sand. What is up with that??? They ALL > love the wet sand! I went through HUNDREDS of dollars of vet bills initially > before I found a vet who told me "what are you bothering to x ray for? As > long as they are eliminating it, you are all set"... > She said to feed them yogurt, adolphs meat tenderizer, pineapple juice and > laxatone...it breaks it up and pushes the sand out. Krunch ate a grommet > once...and Kiz ate black malaga soap from spain with LAVA in it! not to > mention the nylons, dish towels, entire oinker rolls,etc She has the > digestive system of an ox! > > Dawn Restuccia, Pres. > Last Hope, Safe Haven > Donations may be made to: > Paypal via windwych@xxxxxxxxx ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================