Nipple cream and marbles: a few of the things our dogs love to eat | Letters

Readers respond to an article on the weirdest thing pets have eaten

On the strangest things eaten by dogs (‘She’d consumed a kilo of sand’: 11 Guardian readers on the weirdest things their dogs have ever eaten, 15 June), back in the 1960s, friends of mine in Hampshire had a dog, and they later got a kitten, which loved chasing marbles.

The dog became rather slow and poorly, so was taken to the vet. An operation released 100-plus marbles accumulated in her stomach.