If he just ate a little bit, he may be okay. YOu should call your vet to make sure. And though its too late now to give him the peroxide that Cynthia suggested, its a good tip for pet owners to know in case your dog decides to eat something else that he shouldn't. I've used the peroxide successfully when my dog ate a bolt. I called the vet and he said the bolt could slowly dissolve in the dog and over time the metal could cause problems with his kidney's or liver. I would highly recommend that if you ever need to use the peroxide in the future, that you and your dog are outside when you use it. It gets very messy.

I understand you rescue your animals and want to love and help them so they have a home, but please trust me having 2 or 5 acres of land isn't going to solve any animals behavioral issues. I rescue and pet sit animals myself. October 3,2010 I rescued a chihuahua which thank god he has survived and living a happy life as my service dog now. May 2011 I rescued a 8 month old chow which the dog owner said he was pet and human friendly so my husband and I said ok. At the time of rescuing him we had 3 chihuahuas, 2 adult dogs and a puppy not including the chow. First few days the chow was great with the other animals. Fourth day came a bunch of older kids walked by our fence and was teasing our animals. I decided to let out my chow/boxer puppy so he could bark them away from the fence. My chihuahua ran out with him barking and running towards them instead the 8 month old chow grabbed him, threw him to the ground, and just kept attacking him and the noise from the kids kept getting louder and they were laughing and saying the most cruel comments. My husband ran outside had to kick the dog off so my chihuahua could get loose. When he did get loose the dog kept going at him so my husband kept trying to keep him away until we got inside. My chihuahua and I sat on the floor he laid in my lap my mother in law came over. Carefully she took care of his wounds and made sure he was wrapped up warm in my lap since he doesn't go to anyone else. Called the shelter spoke with them we had to immediately put down the chow because he kept attacking everyone after he attacked him. Got him in the van took him to the shelter and he tried to bite them as well. They do use the gas chamber and Euthanizing shot, but since he kept biting we got him in the chamber. When opening the door it didn't work on him until the 3rd try. If my husband hadn't got him off my chihuahua in time he would've killed him his tooth was very close to the rib. Having a huge yard is great and fun, but unless if you plan to train and socialize every animal with the ones you have you will end up with a problem just like I did. My chihuahua has survived, but since being attacked he's not the same dog and he only allows and feels safe around my Anatolian shepherd that we have which protects him from everything. We do have two cats they will play with him, but I'm very cautious about what happens outside and inside. If you believe your dog bit your cat you need to work with him one on one and I'm sorry, but at this time I'm moving as well and having furniture packed and boxes around doesn't make a dog attack another animal. I recently, just pet sit 4 dogs that weren't my own and two were aggressive towards mine, but it had nothing to do with me moving. I'm sure even with moving you could take the dog on a short walk twice a day, play with him inside for a bit, give him attention. If your going to rescue then you have to do it right not just build up a yard or house with a bunch of pets. It's unfair to them and truthfully I would consider you neglecting them. I am a cancer patient I at least take my dogs on one walk a day no matter if it's short long or even in the yard. My cats I spend at least a few minutes during the day several times petting them, hugging them, even talking to them so they know their important and loved. If you had a child would it only be sitting in front of a tv all day? Animals are just like our children maybe with four legs, but they deserve the same treatment love, patience, good health, and support always.

'Why on earth would you allow a breed like that in your home is beyond me. Keep the pit mix and expect more of the same incidents in the future.' Why would you question what type dog a person has if they are a responsible owner, as sarah appears to be. She has realized that there is a problem and working to resolve it. This dominance/jealousy problem could have risen with any breed dog, not only a Pitt. I have been around/worked with dogs all my life; the three times I was bitten was by a Cocker, a Jack Russell and a Sheltie. Pitts are not the top bitters, but as larger dogs they do more damage when they bite. A lot of smaller dog bites are also not reported making their bite statistics lower on the list. I've seen Pitts who were wonderful "people/kid dogs", who were wonderful pets and great with other pets and I've seen Pitts who were wonderful pets but couldn't be trusted around other pets, same as can be found in any breed. I can't say I would never have a Pit because I've had too many rescues to say never but I probably wouldn't go out and intentionally get a Pit due to not knowing bloodlines or how the animal had been raised. At one time there was a guy here in Florida who bred Pitts just for fighting. He took the worst of the worst and bred them over and over. If you got a dog from his bloodlines in error, you could very well have a problem because this IDIOT had bred them to be vicious. I've seen people who want their Pitts to be bad and train/abuse them to be so. Sadly, in cases like these the dogs are the ones who suffer. Personally I think that people of this ilk, people who fight dogs and people such as this breeder need to be put into a cage and forced to fight in the same manner which the dogs are forced to do. Animal abuse laws aren't strict enough in my opinion. People who abuse animals have no respect for any kind of life as far as I am concerned. Bless you sarah for fostering.

Just a suggestion as to how to train a rescue dog to come when called. After all, do you know his name? Well maybe the one someone gave him a few weeks ago. But to you know the name he comes to. No, I'm betting you don't. And he doesn't know his new name also means he's suppose to come as he did with his old name. Get a stout line of nylon rope. not really heavy, he's a little guy and I'm sure not that strong. Just good strong line. Tie it to his collar/harness and let it drop on the ground and stand still. Let him go a few 100 feet, make a loud noise, like stop, whoa, hold it, or his new name and then step on the line. Don't pick it up with your hands. You don't want him to see you holding him back. Once he's looking at you squat to the ground and pretend to be searching for something all the while talking in a nice voice to him. He will be very curious and will return to you at which point you greet him with his name and a treat. And make it a really good special treat that he never gets any other time except when he returns to you. like a piece of a hot dog a bit of cooked beef....something really good. Never take him out without the long line. And I'm talking LONG line, and never allow it to get past the place where you can step on it. We worked with a Newfoundland for 3 months. It wasn't that he wanted to run away, he was raised in a kennel and we are country and he just figured that when he ran sooner or later he'd come to the fence/confines of his space. We have 180 acrea, wasn't going to happen. lol We used a heavy weed trimmer line for him, and each day it worked better and better until we were soon able to take him out and he'd stay around and if distracted by then he knew his name was Hersey and he'd respond. Now after 6 months he's a farm hand and earning every bit of treat he gets. just an idea that worked for us. This method was told to us by my brothers boss who trains bird dogs for hunting. And by all means get him a buddy/friend. Two dogs are no more work than 1 and what they can learn from one another will be so much more than you can every teach them. It's your job to make sure they learn the good things from each other. And I'm betting your boy won't be going far if he thinks his bud is at your knee getting those special hot dog treats. And for sure, if you put them in your pocket you'll smell like a giant hot dog and have their full attenion most of the time. :.)