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Posted on 03/09/2005 8:20:51 PM PST by martin_fierro
Gulp! 18-inch dog swallows 16-inch stick
Wed Mar 9, 7:46 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - In a feat that put human sword swallowers to shame, a British dog managed to gulp down a stick only two inches (5 centimetres) shorter than its own body, and escape unscathed, a report said.
Millie, a two-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier, swallowed the stick by accident while on a walk with her owner, John Hurst, in fields behind his home in Portsmouth, southern England, the Daily Mail newspaper said.
Hurst threw the 16-inch (40-centimetre) stick for Millie to retrieve, but it stuck in the ground like a javelin and the sprinting dog managed to effectively impale herself on it, swallowing it whole.
Fearing the worst, Hurst rushed his pet to a vet, where micro-cameras found the stick had somehow worked its ways down Millie's throat and deep into her stomach without hitting any vital organs on the way.
After a two-hour operation, the only injury to Millie was a small scratch inside her stomach, the report said.
Dogs receiving treatment for swallowed sticks was common, vet Matthew Tyler told the newspaper.
"But for a dog to get a stick stuck this far down is unheard of," he added.
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Need a new graphic.
Bad dog!
I'm not swallowing this.
Dog on a stick.....
Dog on a dog.....
LOL
Hog on a dog.
Dog on a hog......
Last name Lovelace?
Hopefully it all worked out for the poor doggy.
Brings to mind the "Uganda nabs 16-foot-long Man eating croc" story.
Er, well, at a quick glance of the title, that is...
:-)
Is the dog's name by any chance "Monica"?
Poor doggie.
LOL.
Oh, "stick." A 16" stick. Gotcha.
Woof!
(er, I mean, Ping!)
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