Thanks everyone for the suggestions... I'm really sorry I wasnt' clear on what had happened... It appears they'd been 'sharing' their lollipops through the fence.. Anyone with a Dobie knows, sharing means "it's mine!" lol Anyway, to answer a couple of Q's I read here...
It is a 6 foot wooden privacy fence ( I will be making it even more private now!)
The symptoms where pretty obvious.... He had his morning meal and went out for his morning BM... he eliminated partly and then began scooting around the yard like he didn't know what the heck was going on.... When I caught him and checked (
I figured it was maybe some string from his chew rope, or a hair because that happens occasionally and I just get some tissue and help him clear it) I was shocked to see white plastic sticking out of his butt! So, I gently tried to help him clear it...we managed to do that for 2 of the sticks he had in there, the next one seemed to be caught or something and it really seemed to be hurting him..... so that was what prompted the trip to the vet. The vet was really great and had a bit of a chuckle at my reference to the fact I thought I'd bought a Dobie, NOT a Labrador!! Anyway, my Dog is fine now and I've asked the kids to not 'share' with him anymore.... although I got the feeling they weren't interested in that anymore because he doesn't share, he TAKES...