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\"TrooperTrooper is a four month old Labrador puppy, who wasn’t feeling well. He was vomiting and not eating well.<\/p>\n

His owners took him to an emergency clinic and x-rays revealed something that looked suspiciously like a foreign body. The veterinarian recommended surgery, which I performed at Berks Animal Emergency & Referral Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During surgery, I found hard foreign body stuck in the small intestine. The green arrow shows what the intestine should look like – small. The yellow arrow shows how the intestine is distended.<\/p>\n

\"TrooperThe moral of the story? You should always monitor your pets’ toys! No toy is completely safe. Trooper’s owners did an excellent job of puppy-proofing the house: trash was secured, dirty laundry was inaccessible, and there was no way Trooper could get into something that would hurt him.<\/p>\n

But they did not realize that a toy this hard could be chewed to pieces and swallowed. Lab puppies are masters at finding and eating things they shouldn’t!<\/p>\n

Luckily, Trooper had a happy ending. He pulled through very well after anesthesia and surgery. In fact, he started eating just a few hours after waking up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The x-ray shows typical gas bubbles of various sizes and shapes and a potential foreign body.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

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The toy that Trooper chewed up and swallowed.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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