RavBytes: Dog Eats 15 Pacifiers

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Having a new baby is pretty overwhelming for most people, which is perhaps why it took this St. Louis couple a few months to catch on to what their dog was snacking on.

All David and Jennifer Zwart knew was that their 18-month-old daughter seemed to go through a lot of pacifiers. But when one seemed to disappear right in front of Lulu, the family's English Bulldog, they took her into the vet just to be sure.

The vet not only found that pacifier (of binkey, or bobo or whatever people call them these days), but he found 14 more in Lulu's stomach while he was operating on her to remove the pacifier in question. Moral of the story? Keep an eye on how much plastic and rubber your pet consumes.