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Doberman recovering after eating 3 wrist watches
whdh ^ | April 24, 2015 | Elizabeth Noreika

Posted on 04/27/2015 9:01:47 AM PDT by JoeProBono

BOSTON (WHDH) -

A dog who ingested nearly three wrist watches is recovering after undergoing a procedure to remove the pieces at the MSPCA's Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston.

Mocha, a 5-year-old Isabella Doberman, was taken to the facility after her owners found pieces of watches on the floor of their home.

"She had somehow managed to open a drawer, go inside and pull out three watches and some assorted pieces of leather jewelry and she ate them," said her owner, Jeff Courcelle, who rushed her to the hospital.

"They took an X-Ray and she looked mechanical inside. There were gears and springs and all kinds of little pieces of metal," Courcelle said. "There were some very long pieces of untouched leather that she just sort of inhaled and went about her business."

The vet said Mocha's owners admitted her just in time.

"Because we got her there so fast, very few pieces of the debris had actually started traveling into her digestive system so that's why they were able to get almost everything out in that one procedure," Courcelle said.

Over the course of a three-hour endoscopic procedure, doctors removed as much as they could from Mocha's stomach. The remaining pieces should pass through naturally.

Courcelle said he thought Mocha may have had an ulterior motive.

"Those were all of my functioning watches. But I think she might have overheard me talking to wife that I wanted to pick up an Apple watch and I couldn't justify it because I had three working watches, so that situation has been taken care of," he said.

And even though it was a time-consuming snack, Mocha's owners are just happy she keeps on ticking.

"We're very lucky because this could have gone badly, obviously, and we're very very thankful to the doctors at Angell Memorial for taking such good care of her," Courcelle said.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: doberman; dog; doggieping
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To: DannyTN
hope she had a good time

Must have.

Went back for seconds.

41 posted on 04/27/2015 10:32:30 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: JoeProBono

Did she get an Apple Watch?


42 posted on 04/27/2015 10:48:29 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Covenantor

LOL

That there’s a good lookin’ hound!

... of course, anything with Tick in the name got to be good. ;-)


43 posted on 04/27/2015 11:09:04 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: JoeProBono

“I wasn’t chasing my tail. I was winding myself up.” Mocha
Good doggie.


44 posted on 04/27/2015 11:10:43 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: JoeProBono

She’s beautiful!


45 posted on 04/27/2015 11:12:10 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: JoeProBono

Awwwwwww... our dogs are always trying to get under the sheets with their heads on the pillows.


46 posted on 04/27/2015 11:14:31 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham


47 posted on 04/27/2015 11:27:00 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Watchdog?


48 posted on 04/27/2015 12:26:40 PM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: JoeProBono

That particular breed of dog is usually Pinsched for time anyway…

None of the timepieces she ate were stop-watches — those you can always put on Paws…

(At least a cat burglar didn’t steal the items ;)


49 posted on 04/27/2015 12:53:42 PM PDT by mikrofon (Talk about a Swiss movement!)
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To: Nervous Tick

Bwa ha ha haaaaaa!


50 posted on 04/27/2015 5:03:14 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: JoeProBono; shibumi; Daffynition
"They took an X-Ray and she looked mechanical inside.

There were gears and springs and all kinds of little pieces of metal,"


51 posted on 04/27/2015 5:05:51 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: OB1kNOb

lol


52 posted on 04/27/2015 5:06:59 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: Salamander


53 posted on 04/27/2015 5:47:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
My neighbors Dobie ate his wallet.
Had to have surgery to get the credit cards out.
He had to use one of the cards to pay for it.
54 posted on 04/27/2015 6:09:59 PM PDT by right way right
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To: JoeProBono

I was trying to be subtle.

;)


55 posted on 04/27/2015 8:16:04 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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