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No, LOL. My thoughts are the same! Always supervise the pup. And make sure you teach a leave it command. I can walk you through the steps if you like.
That said, Bonnie Doon ate rocks constantly. In fact, she would bring rocks in and stash them behind the TV (I found it one day while cleaning, you can tell I don't clean behind things much).
She likes rocks still, but fortunately no longer eats them.
We have two long pathways in the back yard that are nothing but large gravel and rocks. And we had rock in the gardens to keep the weeds down back then.
Luckily she did find and pooped out rocks on a regular basis. But I have known of about 4 swissys who have ended up with surgery and one who was x-rayed years later for something else and rocks were found still in the intestine.
Swissys will not stop at rocks, they will eat underwear, socks, wash cloths, their toys (so make sure toys always are large enough not to fit into the back of the throat), a box of dozen donuts, pill bottles containing meds they don't need. Most of these things will require surgery to remove, and most involve rushing to the emergency vet which ups the price considerable. They don't do these things during normal business hours.
I had an Irish Setter who ate mud, and I know of a lab who eats mud. While it is not immediately harmful, it is certainly not desired. You can get worms and all kinds of parasites. But, just having returned from a trip into Alberta, Canada area, the guide told us that big horn sheep come down from their mountains to lick the rocks. It gives them some needed minerals.
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