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I wouldn't wait. Take him to the vet now. I don't think there is any way to know if it will pass or become a big problem without an x-ray. IMO it's not a good idea to wait 24 hours. You could make things worse by waiting.
No insight, but if something like it happens it again take him to the vet immediately. They can get him to vomit it up before it moves into his intestines(where it would get stuck if it was going too) and save you lots of money and worry.
Heck take him now. Maybe it hasn't moved from the stomach yet.
This is coming from the parent of dog who eats everything and had to throw up 15 tampons a few hours after he got into the cabinet and ate a box of em.
I would think that you want it in the stomach acid as long as possible so it gets smaller. I wouldn't want to force it out.
It won't digest at all in a dog's stomach, and you want to have a vet remove it before it gets into the intestines, where it can perforate the intestines and/or cause blockage.
My dog, a 60 Lb lab mix, did the same on thanksgiving almost 6 years ago. It was those small ears of corn(3 inch or so). My brother was having Thanksgiving dinner with my wife and I and thought he would let our dog eat some corn off his cob. Buddy took the whole cob and ate it.We saw him chew it once or twice, and then it was gone. The next day, he was acting funny and sluggish, and like you, we researched it on the net and saw the possibilities, so we took him to the emergency vet on the Parkway by The Rock church as they were the only ones open. $350 later and 2 xrays and we were told he just had bad gas, likely from eating the cob. No surgery needed, but they gave us some "doggie Gas-x" and he was fine a few hours later. Never saw the cob pass and he is fine 6 years later. The picture below does him no justice, as he does weigh 60 pounds....lol.....
This is coming from the parent of dog who eats everything and had to throw up 15 tampons a few hours after he got into the cabinet and ate a box of em.
LOL, that's why I'm a proponent of giving dogs some people food. I know someone's who's dog got into the cupboard and ate a box of dry macaroni, it swelled in his stomach and he had to take the dog to the vet. My dogs would never eat food that didn't smell good, including cotton or paper.
Walter eats those from time to time but he actually chews them up and thank goodness he has never eaten anything that wasn't actual cooked food.
This dog is so spoiled he won't even chew on a marrow bone that hasn't been cooked.
When my Springer Spanial was young, she used to gulp stones in the back yard. Vet said not to worry she will outgrow it, and she did.
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