Greedy dog swallows barbecue skewer – and lives!
A PUPPY needed life-saving surgery after swallowing a corn-on-the-cob skewer at a family barbecue.
Chubb, a six-month-old collie, was eating leftovers when owner Yvonne Crawley, noticed the 3in skewer.
Ms Crawley, from Glasgow, said: “Chubb is a very greedy dog and he was so fast I couldn’t reach him in time to stop him swallowing the remains of the corn-on-the-cob together with the skewer.”
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Ms Crawley, who was celebrating her 40th birthday took Chubb to a PDSA hospital, where vets were “amazed” at his X-ray results.
Veterinary surgeon Siobhan Casey said: “Dogs often swallow strange items, but something as sharp as this could have caused some serious internal damage to the dog.”