Salami the dog: One family's trash is Salami's treasure.

I have a dog.  She is the following:

• Named Salami. Inspired by the character "Salami" from the television series, The White Shadow.  This show:
• ran from 1978 to 1981.  I wasn't even born yet.
• was executive produced by Bruce Paltrow.
• is about a white basketball coach at an inner city high school called Carver High.
• is a show that few people remember so it's not worth writing anymore about it.

Salami (cont'd)

• very food motivated.  This plays an important part in the reason behind my post.
• is 8 years old.
• has a much younger boyfriend named Ollie.
• is a cockapoo.
• is the cutest dog.
• is #1

This is Salami:

 

This is Ollie:

This is Salami and Ollie: They are frenemies.

We often leave the two home together when we go out to dinner, which is exactly what we did Friday night.

However, on this particular night, one of them was unusually hungry.

We came home from dinner to find an overturned trash can with the bag emptied out onto the kitchen floor.  And one of the two canine mutts had the sweet stench of BBQ sauce emanating from their mouth and front paws.

TaDa...

 

Salami's snout and paws stank with all the evidence any of us needed. My only question is: What the hell was Ollie doing?  Personally, I think he set Salami up.  But none of us will ever know for sure.

According to my brother and sister-in-law, the trash can contained:

• 3 pork ribs
• 2 chicken drummettes
• 1 chicken wing
• 3 eggshells
• and god knows whatever else.

I know I just wrote that list, but let's just recap for emphasis:

• 3 pork ribs
• 2 chicken drummettes
• 1 chicken wing
• 3 eggshells

We were unable to locate any of the above listed items.  Well that's not entirely true, I found half of an eggshell.

With the urging of my brother, I called the vet the next morning and made an appointment to get her checked out.  The Vet suggested Xrays.

After examining Salami's Xrays, the Vet concluded:

• "Uh... yeah... Salami definitely got into the trash alright."
• there are definitely shards of bone inside her intestine.
• fortunately, the shards are small enough that they don't have to be extracted, and can instead be passed through the system naturally.

Here's Salami's Xray:(click on picts for larger view)

The Vet pointed out the shards:

This was concerning indeed... I leaned in closer to have a better look and noticed some more oddities...

The diet she's been on may have turned her into a monster.  In addition to eating the items in the trash can, Salami has ingested other things, too.  It turns out that this was not her first time...to feast.
I zoomed in on the anomalies and enhanced the images:

 Dear God.