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After Eating 30 Christmas Decor Labrador Undergoes Emergency Surgery

He gorged gingerbread tree ornaments.

London, December 23, 2019: Christmas festivities have started but amid celebrations you need to keep an eye on your furball. Lately a seven-year-old labrador has undergone two lifesaving operations after gorging on more than 30 homemade gingerbread Christmas tree decorations. The dog’s owner, Rachael Bulmer, from Bournemouth, rushed her pet Marley to the PDSA Pet Hospital in the Dorset town after it became seriously ill. Vets performed emergency surgery on Marley to remove ribbons attached to the biscuits.

As per The Guardian Bulmer, 37, said: “I had been baking gingerbread tree decorations, and left them in gift bags on the kitchen counter side, ready to give as Christmas treats. “I thought I’d left them safely out of reach, but when I noticed some were gone, I instantly knew who had taken them.

“Over the years Marley’s been no stranger to eating things he shouldn’t and usually they pass through. “But this time he started acting strangely and looked like he was going into shock. He was violently sick and brought up some of the ribbon.”

During the operations, which lasted three hours, the vets managed to remove 34 decorative ribbons which had been attached to the tree decorations and which were causing a potentially fatal blockage. They also found that Marley had swallowed a number of bones, which had also become lodged in its stomach.

PDSA senior vet Aoife Clancy said: “It was a lengthy, high-risk surgery. Marley’s chances of surviving the night were looking poor, so he was transferred to the out-of-hours provider, Vets Now, so he could be cared for overnight.

“Thankfully he pulled through but needed critical round-the-clock care for four days before he could go home.” Marley has now been brought home for “strict cage rest” and is beginning to recover. The treatment cost more than £2,000, paid for by public donations. Clancy said: “It’s important that owners make sure decorations and toxic Christmas foods are safe from curious paws, as they can be incredibly harmful to our pets.”

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Fifth of short-muzzled dogs require corrective surgery, study finds

Intensive breeding is taking toll on these canines. 

London, July 20, 2019: Bulldog owners are ignoring health warnings about the risks of intensive breeding, veterinary experts warn as they reveal around a fifth of short-muzzled dogs require corrective surgery.

A new study led by the Royal Veterinary College (RCV) reveals a host of problems among the increasingly popular breeds, including breathing difficulties, overheating and eye diseases.However, awareness among owners about the suffering faced by French and English bulldogs, as well as pugs, remains low.The academics found that while one fifth of short muzzled dogs in this study had undergone at least one corrective surgery, only nine per cent of owners consider their dog to be less healthy than average for their breed.

The French bulldog is now the UK’s most popular breed. Dr Rowena Packer, Research Fellow at the Royal Veterinary College and leader of the study, said: “With the UK experiencing a brachycephalic crisis, a greater understanding of the relationships between owners and dogs of these breeds is vital.“Emotional forces may trump rationality, with owners clearly loving their dogs but considering high levels of disease as healthy for these breeds.“With the welfare of many thousands of dogs at stake, along with emotional and financial burdens on their owners, research that unravels these complex relationships is much needed.”

Published in the journal Plos One, the study found that other common diagnoses amongst these breeds included allergies (27 per cent) corneal ulcers 15 per cent), skin fold infections (15 per cent), and airway obstruction (12 per cent).Owners were to some extent aware of such health problems in their own dog, with 17 per cent reporting breathing problems and 36.5 per cent reporting overheating.However, 71 per cent of owners still considered their dog to be in ‘very good health’ or ‘the best health possible.’

(Story by Telegraph UK)

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