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4th September 2014, 02:49 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/surgery-ailing-great-dane-yields-43-socks-095534587.html View gallery
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dgQUM5TMgrPgjFIlmhJWQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTMwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/de97d469c997b7225e0f6a706700cfb5.jpgPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital.
It was something he ate!
X-rays showed a stomach full of "a large quantity of foreign material." Nearly two hours of surgery later, Dr. Ashley Magee had the answer — the dog had consumed 43 ½ socks.
DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital spokeswoman Shawna Harch said it's perhaps the strangest case in the hospital's history, The Oregonian reported (http://is.gd/Zb55C9 (http://news.yahoo.com/photos/feb-2014-photo-provided-dovelewis-emergency-animal-hospital-photo-070436931.html)).
So strange that the hospital entered last February's tale, complete with X-rays, in an annual contest sponsored by the vet magazine, Veterinary Practice News, and won a prize. Fittingly enough, the contest is called "They Ate WHAT?"
Even stranger. The $1,500 first place winner was a Plano, Texas, animal hospital that treated an exotic frog that ate more than 30 small ornamental rocks from its cage.
The DoveLewis entry summary says the Great Dane was discharged home a day after surgery. Harch says the owners aren't available for comment but she confirms the dog is alive. No word on what he's eaten lately.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
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(http://news.yahoo.com/photos/feb-2014-photo-provided-dovelewis-emergency-animal-hospital-photo-070435063.html)
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dgQUM5TMgrPgjFIlmhJWQQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTMwMDtxPTc1O3c9MzAw/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/de97d469c997b7225e0f6a706700cfb5.jpgPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital.
It was something he ate!
X-rays showed a stomach full of "a large quantity of foreign material." Nearly two hours of surgery later, Dr. Ashley Magee had the answer — the dog had consumed 43 ½ socks.
DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital spokeswoman Shawna Harch said it's perhaps the strangest case in the hospital's history, The Oregonian reported (http://is.gd/Zb55C9 (http://news.yahoo.com/photos/feb-2014-photo-provided-dovelewis-emergency-animal-hospital-photo-070436931.html)).
So strange that the hospital entered last February's tale, complete with X-rays, in an annual contest sponsored by the vet magazine, Veterinary Practice News, and won a prize. Fittingly enough, the contest is called "They Ate WHAT?"
Even stranger. The $1,500 first place winner was a Plano, Texas, animal hospital that treated an exotic frog that ate more than 30 small ornamental rocks from its cage.
The DoveLewis entry summary says the Great Dane was discharged home a day after surgery. Harch says the owners aren't available for comment but she confirms the dog is alive. No word on what he's eaten lately.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
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(http://news.yahoo.com/photos/feb-2014-photo-provided-dovelewis-emergency-animal-hospital-photo-070435063.html)