--- description: Parents couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the dog swipe one off a counter title: 'Dogs Will Eat Anything.' Veterinarian Removes 21 Pacifiers From Dog's Belly image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [animals](/tag/animals/) ## animals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'Dogs Will Eat Anything.' Veterinarian Removes 21 Pacifiers From Dog's Belly by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2017 12:19 AM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2017 12:19 AM CUT (EDMOND, Okla.) — An Oklahoma mother and father couldn’t figure out what was happening to their child’s pacifiers until the baby’s grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter. One nauseous pooch and a trip to their veterinarian’s office confirmed the couple’s hunch: Dovey had 21 pacifiers lodged in her stomach. The couple told the veterinarian Dovey had slowed her eating and was vomiting for a few days, but other than that, they thought she seemed fine. KFOR-TV[ reports](http://kfor.com/2017/12/08/edmond-veterinarian-removes-21-pacifiers-from-dogs-stomach/ "undefined") that at first, the veterinarian thought there were only seven to nine pacifiers in Dovey’s stomach, but the surgery proved otherwise. Dovey is on the mend and has already gone home. The veterinarian cautioned pet owners in a recent Facebook post that “dogs will eat anything, anytime and at any age.” Veterinarian Removes 21 Pacifiers From Dog's Belly ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5057707/veterinarian-removes-pacifiers-dogs-belly/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5057707/veterinarian-removes-pacifiers-dogs-belly/"},"headline":"'Dogs Will Eat Anything.' Veterinarian Removes 21 Pacifiers From Dog's Belly","datePublished":"2017-12-10T00:19:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:30:49.386Z","description":"Parents couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the dog swipe one off a counter","url":"https://time.com/5057707/veterinarian-removes-pacifiers-dogs-belly/","keywords":["animals","onetime","APW"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/animals/","name":"animals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5057707/veterinarian-removes-pacifiers-dogs-belly/","name":"'Dogs Will Eat Anything.' Veterinarian Removes 21 Pacifiers From Dog's Belly"}}]}] ```