This is worse than eating your homework.
Molly, a 10-month-old Bernedoodle pup, ate her owner’s socks, resulting in an emergency trip to the vet and a life-saving procedure.
Kerrylee Hempenstall, the naughty puppy’s owner, only realized something was wrong with Molly when she refused to eat and began throwing up one day last month.
After the Dublin resident rushed poor Molly to the vet, doctors at the Primrose Hill Veterinary Hospital discovered a “large bundle of foreign materials” lodged in her stomach, which turned out to be multiple socks.
“We were very shocked, though, to learn it was because she had eaten three socks,” Hempenstall, 50, told Southwest News Service.
The vet, Katie Dwan, was shocked herself, declaring it one of the most bizarre cases her clinic had seen.
“I performed an exploratory laparotomy to identify and retrieve the foreign body blocking Molly’s digestive tract and quickly realized Molly had swallowed three socks,” she explained, noting that the procedure was “tricky” due to the socks being spread out through her digestive tract.
“This made the surgery slightly more complicated than we originally anticipated, with two procedures required – a gastrotomy and an enterotomy – for the socks to be safely removed,” she told SWNS.
Following the surgery, Molly stayed in the pet hospital’s emergency care unit, and seemed back to her energetic self merely two days post-op, and has since been returned to her family.
“She’s now back to her bubbly self,” Hempenstall said.
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Pooches have been known to get into the darndest things — one unfortunate Frenchie swallowed 11 rubber ducks, as others sneakily indulge in holiday candies.
Veterinarians have previously warned dog owners to beware of having chewing gum around their beloved Fido, as just one piece could prove fatal.