Ultrasound is much better as it goes much further to examine the organs in the body, etc. than a x-ray . However, due to the expense and tech knowledge needed some vets do not offer it. My vet has used it many times on my horses and dogs and sometimes a x-ray depending what we were looking for. Theresa -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 3/30/14, Kathryn Springer <showgsd@xxxxxxx> wrote: A friend of mine had the same thing happen with two of her dogs! Ex-Ray showed nothing and both times she told the vet to open the dogs up and in one there was a sock and in the other a piece of rubber from an unknown object. Wonder if these things would have shown up on an ultra sound? Kay Springer ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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 SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================