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clareabella - Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:41 am
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My dad was over the field with his dog (sky) on friday night. There were a few youths over there and they started to play ball with her. After a while they went off into the woods but sky follewd them. My dad all of a sudden heard a huge yelp, he quickly ran in and found sky lying on the floor and 3 very shaken lads. It turned out that one of them had thrown a stick for her and she had jumped up to catch it but it had landed straight down her throat Sad

She had managed to cough it out but was in agony.

My dad rushed her to the vets as she was dribbling and bleeding badly. The vet couldn't see anything just by looking down her throat so she had to go staright into surgery which was worrying enough as she is getting on a bit now.

4 hours later and my dad was called to say that he could come and collect her. She has a 3cm deep open wound in her throat which was 1cm away from puncturing her wind pipe and killing her instantly. She is back at home ut very dopey as they had to give her alot of anestheic. The vet said that stitching the wound would proberly make it harder for her to eat so he left it open and had put her on a strong painkiller and antibiotics.

The youths didn't know that you shouldn't throw sticks for dogs so it was an accident but they blamed theselves.

Just hope she recovers quickly as she is far from being her usual hyperactive self Sad

poppydog83 - Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:20 pm
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omg!!! i hope sky will get better soon,big hugs for everyone. i hope the boys are ok too,even though it was an accident they must be so worried

jabbro - Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:51 pm
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Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery...what an awful thing to have happened Sad

rufftydlc - Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:55 pm
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awww poor sky get well soon! Crying or Very sad

shadylady - Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:30 pm
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aww get well soon skye, poor thing.

clareabella - Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:18 am
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awww thanks all, im going to see her tomorrow so i will update you on her progress Very Happy

clareabella - Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:15 pm
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Sky is getiing better now, she is alot more active and happyier but she can still only have very soft food at the moment.

Twig - Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:57 pm
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How awful! Shocked

This just goes to show how dangerous throwing sticks are for dogs, although its more common for a stick to stab them into the chest than injure their throats like this, glad she is ok!

CatSlave - Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:40 am
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Huge huggage to Sky and hope for a quick recovery xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Aww hope the kids don't feel too bad as it's something most people assume is okay throwing a stick for a dog? Bet they visit Sky very soon x

clareabella - Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:35 pm
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Thanks Twig and Catslave Very Happy

Sky has been bounding around the field this afternoon, which shows she is back to her usual self. Very Happy