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Dog
survives after patio pebble feast
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VET says, with some understatement, that a springer spaniel
is “lucky to be alive” after removing more than 400
patio pebbles from its gut.
Margaret Westwood, of Halesowen, near Birmingham took two-year-old
Belle for an emergency operation after she ate the ornamental
stones from the family’s front garden. “I don’t
know what got into her that day, but the stones were blocking
her intestines and she was very poorly,” said Mrs Westwood.
Vet Antonio Fratello said he had never seen anything like it
in his five years in practice. “She is definitely lucky
to be alive,” Mr Fratello said. “She had a stone blocking
the intestine, and it was about to perforate,” he said.
Vet practice manager Val Marsh said: “She’s obviously
got a liking for stones, because she vomited 200 up before the
operation. Some of the stones were quite jagged and the worry
was that she could have punctured her stomach lining.”
Belle, who swallowed at least 620 of the ornamental patio stones
- enough to bury the entire cast of Brookside - has been given
the all-clear after follow-up checks.
Margaret was advised to keep a close eye on Belle and to remove
the ornamental stones from her garden.
“We’ve replaced the pebbles with larger ones that
she won’t be able to get into her mouth,” Mrs Westwood
said.
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