>Mike, I don't know what the toy is, but does the vet perceive a significant risk that might require this sort of decision? Or is s/he realistically confident that it'll be passed and that'll be the end of it? Also, are you sure the dog swallowed the toy?

It was a stuffed toy (without the stuffing (she had originally tore it up so we removed it)) about the size of a person's hand. It was cloth about the thickness of a normal t-shirt but it was doubled up. The vet said he did not want to operate if there was still a change it would pass or not cause a blockage. Movements have been normal and the blood was a half a day thing. The vet still says that as long as eating is normal, bowels are normal, behavior is normal, and there is no vomitting then we should just wait. We're 100% sure she swallowed it because my wife had ahold of it but it slipped out of her fingers.