Dr Chris Brown left his fans stunned when he revealed the shocking true story of a dog who was addicted to cigarettes.
The celebrity vet, 46, shared the almost unbelievable tale during a chat on Triple M's Mick & MG in the Morning.
He heartbreakingly revealed he once treated a dog who was addicted to nicotine due to its chain-smoking owner.
‘I once treated a dog owned by a chain smoker. The dog came in for three days of boarding and went off his food, it was depressed, flat. Withdrawals,' Chris began.
‘There was no other conclusion, but the dog was missing the owner… or their cigarettes.'
Chris told co-hosts Mick Molloy and Mark ‘MG' Geyer that he discovered the beloved pet was suffering from nicotine withdrawal after being separated from the owner.
‘I was curious, I had a nurse who smoked, I told her to take the dog for a walk while she smoked, and the dog suddenly sprung back to life and started eat everything around it and was back to normal again,' he explained.
‘The dog now has an electronic voice box for when it barks,' Mick then quipped.
Dr Chris Brown (pictured) stunned Triple M listeners on Thursday morning when he revealed the shocking true story of a dog addicted to cigarettes
He shared the shocking story on Mick & MG in the Morning by revealing he once treated a dog addicted to nicotine due to its chain-smoking owner (stock image of Dr Chris with a dog)
Chris recently made headlines when his past partnership with a major Australian pet insurance company resurfaced after he encouraged animal owners to avoid getting insurance coverage.
The Bondi Vet told fans with fur babies to eschew pet insurance and put that money into a separate bank account instead.
But Dr Brown previously partnered with Medibank's pet insurance as an ambassador back in 2011, where he said the plan helps pet owners have ‘a little control over the financial side of owning a best friend'.
‘There's no doubt that pet insurance saves lives,' he said at the time.
However, he has since told the Daily Telegraph that owners should instead simply set up a separate bank account for pets to cover things like vet bills for general check-ups, as well as treatment for an injury or illness that impacts a pet.
‘It comes down to trying to ration your money in the best possible way,' the Dream Home host told the publication.
‘It is about staying on top of their health so smaller things don't become bigger because that often leads to that impossible decision people have to make, which is a reality – the pet or the finances – and you never want to see people in that situation.'
He said Australia has very poor options for pet insurance ‘because so many things are excluded', and advised pet owners to put the money they would have spent on a policy into a separate bank account instead.
