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Pooch swallows nine golf balls

Thursday, July 30, 2009
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Pooch swallows nine golf balls
An X-ray of Bertie the dog from Essex, England, has revealed a strange case of doggie digestion.

Bertie had swallowed nine golf balls while on daily morning walks with owners Mark and Michelle Jewell.

The Jewells took Bertie to the Clarendon House Veterinary Centre after they noticed he was walking oddly. During an examination, vet John Matthews realised there was indeed something wrong.

"We were absolutely flabbergasted when we saw Bertie's X-ray," veterinary centre employee Emily Nightingale told the UK's Daily Telegraph.

"His stomach could have easily ruptured from the pressure of all of the golf balls, which could have been fatal."

During two-hour surgery to remove the balls, surgeons also removed a bullet that was lodged in the fat surrounding his stomach. Bertie's owners were not aware that their pooch had been the victim of a shooting.



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