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Can Dogs Digest Wood Sticks. Some wooden sticks or tree branches come from trees that may be poisonous to dogs. Swallowed sticks whole or chards will definitely cause intestinal obstruction because wood is impossible to digest. Sticks abundant and free though they may be truly can pose significant and life-threatening injuries to your dog. If the stick is large enough it can do damage even though all the other sticks have passed safely through the dog.
Believe it or not swallowing sticks is actually quite common. Sticks and rocks are especially troublesome since they can injure your dogs mouth and cause intestinal blockages that could require surgery. With the perils of sticks now thoroughly covered lets turn to the other half of that childrens rhyme. Stomach acid can digest the stick however it will take a long time as in weeks to months. If your dog is mostly chewing and isnt eating the stick that can be okay but it also depends on what kind of wood that your dog is chowing down on. So there is a chance that it can pass.
If the stick is large enough it can do damage even though all the other sticks have passed safely through the dog.
Swallowed sticks whole or chards will definitely cause intestinal obstruction because wood is impossible to digest. Wood splinters easily when chewed on and shards can jam into the dogs mouth causing an infection. Moms fiance Bill said there is 70 chance of him being okay. If it is going to pass it can. Unless she is sure about the size of the sticks her dog is eating then she should be taking her dog in. Sticks and rocks are especially troublesome since they can injure your dogs mouth and cause intestinal blockages that could require surgery.