{"id":2285,"date":"2013-07-03T10:54:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T10:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2285"},"modified":"2013-07-03T10:54:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T10:54:22","slug":"40-woof-dog-has-emergency-surgery-after-swallowing-tennis-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/40-woof-dog-has-emergency-surgery-after-swallowing-tennis-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"40-woof? Dog has emergency surgery after swallowing tennis ball"},"content":{"rendered":"
A two-year-old husky-cross has had to undergo emergency surgery after really getting into the Wimbledon spirit and swallowing a tennis ball.<\/p>\n
The round shape was spotted on an X-ray a week after the poorly pooch stopped eating and became sick and very lethargic.<\/p>\n
Owner Anna Dziedzic took Pax to PDSA in Brighton to seek the opinion of an expert, and it was decided that life-or-death surgery was needed.<\/p>\n
"I was in the park with Pax and my other dog Pixie, a Jack Russell, and the dogs were happily playing with their favourite toys, tennis balls, like usual. Pax loves throwing a ball into the air and then catching it; it's something he's always done since he was a puppy," said Anna.<\/p>\n
However, when it was time to leave Pax did not have his ball, and owner Anna thought that he had lost it.<\/p>\n
While tennis balls are a staple play-thing of dogs around the world, it appears that their catching is as good as the Australian cricket team. PDSA says that it treats around 100 ball-related injuries every year, from broken teeth to eye problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was nearly game, set and match after husky-cross Pax swallowed a tennis ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n