Sorry about the chews.
Couldn't resist the temptations.
A dogs gotta do what a dogs gotta doos.
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Golden retriever puppy undergoes emergency x-ray and endoscopy after swallowing fork
Camron Slessor & Matthew Smith, 29 April 2020, ABC News Online
Camron Slessor & Matthew Smith, 29 April 2020, ABC News Online
As their name suggests, golden retrievers are known for retrieving things — not for having things retrieved from inside them.
But a lucky five-month-old golden retriever puppy called Dustin is now making a full recovery at home after swallowing a fork.
The puppy was rushed to the Adelaide Animal Emergency and Referral Centre for an emergency endoscopy to find and remove the large piece of cutlery.
"If I didn't have my training, I would have been concerned that someone had doctored the photo," said vet Matt Woodruff after viewing an x-ray.
The dog's owners Elise and Michael Pitt, of Glengowrie in Adelaide's south-west, said they had just walked away from the dinner table for a moment on Sunday when Dustin jumped up onto the table.
"The dog got his paws up and pulled the plate down and scoffed the lot," Ms Pitt said.
"We then had to work out whether he'd eaten the fork or not, so the whole plate was on the floor and because we were yelling at him he was obviously trying so hard to finish it [and] scoffed the fork and ravioli and all."
Ms Pitt said panic set in when she and her husband could not find the fork.
"Straight away it was like, 'where is it, is it in there?'" she said.
"I've opened his mouth, had a look, can't see anything, then we're searching the floor trying to find the fork, but it was nowhere to be found, so we had to make the phone call."
The dog's owners were only too happy to fork out to remove the utensil, and the animal centre posted a video on social media that showed how vets carried out the procedure.
The puppy was rushed to the Adelaide Animal Emergency and Referral Centre for an emergency endoscopy to find and remove the large piece of cutlery.
"If I didn't have my training, I would have been concerned that someone had doctored the photo," said vet Matt Woodruff after viewing an x-ray.
The dog's owners Elise and Michael Pitt, of Glengowrie in Adelaide's south-west, said they had just walked away from the dinner table for a moment on Sunday when Dustin jumped up onto the table.
"The dog got his paws up and pulled the plate down and scoffed the lot," Ms Pitt said.
"We then had to work out whether he'd eaten the fork or not, so the whole plate was on the floor and because we were yelling at him he was obviously trying so hard to finish it [and] scoffed the fork and ravioli and all."
Ms Pitt said panic set in when she and her husband could not find the fork.
"Straight away it was like, 'where is it, is it in there?'" she said.
"I've opened his mouth, had a look, can't see anything, then we're searching the floor trying to find the fork, but it was nowhere to be found, so we had to make the phone call."
The dog's owners were only too happy to fork out to remove the utensil, and the animal centre posted a video on social media that showed how vets carried out the procedure.
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