So. the Skippa and I had a moment this PM.
Been doing major landscaping, removing some big dead spreading yew/Scottish pine that my neighbor planted . Anyways, the Skippa picked a particularly knarly piece of wood to chew. Next thing I know, he is freaking out. Diving into the the driveway topping. I calmed him down and saw a little blood in his mouth. I thought OK, some cold water will help. As soon as I released him, he's crying and acting really panicky.
So I got the Skippa to relax and stuck 2 fingers done his throat, found a 3" piece of weed wedged in his throat. Crisis averted.
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My ring and middle finger did a deep dive......found it on the first attempt ...hooked and pulled it out. He was immediately OK, but made him drink some cool water to relax his throat. 
That was quick thinking and awesome paramedic skills. 
Late one summer after a storm, we threw some fallen green apples over the fence to our cows, who munched them down contentedly--until one of them started wheezing and coughing and starting to turn blue around her lips. Got a piece of apple stuck in her throat. I climbed through the fence, got on the ground under her, found her breastbone, and started thrusting my hands into her diaphragm area--the old Heimlich maneuver. After ten or so thrusts, I heard her cough up something and then spit something out and stop. So I guess I dislodged it.
Never thought I would do the Heimlich maneuver on a cow. I would've been in deep trouble if I hadn't gotten it out and she collapsed on me. No way i could've gotten out from under her if she had....but somehow, I didn't think about that at the time.....
I'm glad you were able to handle it so quickly!
Poor Skippa!
Glad he's okay.
Good dadding there dad! 
But, before I did the the throat extraction, I was able to relax him. He could breath OK, but the stick in throat was a real panic moment. You do what you gotta do....and I saved hundreds rectifying the situation at the house.
