Raising a puppy is a lot of fun, but many people don’t realize it’s also a huge responsibility since they need constant supervision and care like any other baby.
Forty-six-year-old dog owner Irene Paisley recently learned this the hard way after her 12-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier named Macie mysteriously started getting sick and bleeding from her nose. “Macie was making a squeaking sound – I thought she’d swallowed part of a toy. Then she was sick, but there was no sign of a toy, and she started choking,” Paisley said.
“I was terrified. Poor Macie was still choking and, by the time we arrived at the vet, there was blood coming out of her nose. The loss of our previous dog was still very raw and the thought of losing Macie was devastating,” said Paisley, who had brought Macie to an emergency pet hospital.
The vet scanned Macie’s stomach with an X-ray and discovered she hadn’t swallowed a chew toy, but an entire 8-inch kitchen knife. “I couldn’t believe it when they said Macie had swallowed a knife. I have no idea where she got hold of it – she could have pinched it out of the dishwasher, but no-one saw what happened. None of us could sleep that night as we knew Macie might not survive.”
By that point, the knife handle had passed through the stomach and into the puppy’s intestines, and the sharp tip was still in her throat. Veterinarian Emily Ronald rushed Macie into surgery and thankfully managed to remove the knife before any more harm could be done. “I’ve never seen an X-ray like Macie’s. She was extremely lucky to survive, ” Ronald said about Macie, who is recovering and healing well.
Watch the entire video below to see the shocking moment this woman realized what was inside her tiny puppy.
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