There seems to be a rash of cautionary pet-related tales making the rounds of the internet these days. In addition to the Gorilla Glue story I've also been warned to turn the Autofeed function of my paper shredder to the OFF position to avoid inquisitive doggie tongues (horror stories came with the advisory). And there's always the usual cautions about toxicity associated with the consumption of onions, grapes, chocolate and anti-freeze. However, after nearly 20 years of conditioning by our Labs (who view the world as a pu-pu platter of tasting experiences) I'm just not surprised by any of the bizarre things that dogs will swallow. One of our dog's had to be 'scoped when it was discovered that he'd been methodically sampling my husband's spare change over a period of months! And another dog conducted a midnight raid on our fridge the night before a big family reunion - we were awakened by terrible groans, HUGE amounts of methane and great distress all coming from the dog at 3:00 a.m. after he'd devoured 6 lbs. of stuffed cabbage rolls, 24 deviled eggs, a two-layer cake and part of a sealed salad!

Funny about those labs...they will eat and eat...i had one who ate an entire dozen dunkin donuts while i was inside the grocery store. he didnt move much the rest of the day!

My cocker spaniel/blue heeler Odie ate Gorilla Glue about a month ago. At first he was vomiting and then he seemed alright .. Slowly over the month he has quit eating and gotten really picking about what he eats. We've taken him to the Vet to get it checked out about the Gorilla Glue and eventually had to get it removed.

Just wanted to share what I know now. Gorilla Glue is not toxic and will do most of it's expanding within the first hour. The first vet said his stomach acids would eventually break the thing down. After stressing out for a month we got the glue removed. He ate about a teaspoon and it expanded to the size of a softball. He has an cut about 6-8 inches long. He's on a liquid diet until next Thursday.

Questions or anything, pictures available @ S.e.Stinson07@sbcglobal.net

Gorilla Glue is one of the safest products on the market when cured, but like literally countless other excellent products everyone needs and uses, it is not meant to be eaten.

If you throw away every household cleaning/personal hygiene/cosmetic/craft/gardening product that's not safe to ingest, you aren't going to do much cleaning, crafting, gardening or bathing.

Wouldn't it make more sense to keep it where your dog and kids can't get to it?

My Black Lab ate some of this stuff when some people who were working in my backyard left it out. The poor girl was throwing up for about a month before our vet finally referred us to a specialist for her. They did surgery on her and ended up removing four chunks the size of softballs of rubbery material that the glue had turned into out of her stomach. Luckily they were able to remove it all and she is supposed to be okay, she had just lost a lot of weight. If anyone reading this is researching gorilla glue because there dog just ate it, then i suggest that you tell your vet that you want the stuff removed from your dogs stomach immidiatly so you can save the dog some misery, the stuff isnt going anywhere on its own.