A dog called Bertie was found to have nine golf balls lodged in its stomach when worried owners took it the vets.
By Jeni Oppenheimer Published: 4:35PM BST 29 Jul 2009
Bertie swallowed the balls while out on walks in Maldon, Essex, with his owners Mark and Michelle Jewell.
When he started walking oddly, the Jewell's took him to vet John Matthews who upon examining the dog quickly realised there was something worrying inside Bertie's stomach.
"We were absolutely flabbergasted when we saw Bertie's x-ray," said Emily Nightingale, who also works for the Clarendon House Veterinary Centre.
"His stomach could have easily ruptured from the pressure of all of the golf balls, which could have been fatal."
After the x-ray, Bertie was taken to surgery where he was operated on for almost two hours to remove the golf balls from his stomach.
In addition, the vets removed the bullet found in the fat surrounding the dog's stomach.
"The fact that the bullet miraculously missed his vital internal organs proves just how lucky this brave little chappie has been." she said.
Mr and Mrs Jewell were unaware that their dog had been the victim of a shooting as Bertie had never shown any signs of an injury.
"Bertie's amazing story highlights the dangers of dogs swallowing potentially harmful objects and also to shotgun wounds, which dogs and cats are occasionally the victims usually accidentally as a result of mistaken identity," said Miss Nightingale.
Bertie is scheduled to have his stitches removed next week.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5932810/X-ray-shows-dog-swallowed-nine-golf-balls.html
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