A heartbroken woman has warned other dog owners that they should avoid using tennis balls for playing fetch, after her pet choked to death.
Emma Meen was horrified when her friend called to say that her beloved fox red labrador Toby had collapsed after swallowing a tennis ball on Thursday May 11.
The mum-of-three, who has inflammatory arthritis, arrived 10 minutes later at the field where the three-year-old dog was being walked, and while the ball had been removed, the labrador could not be resuscitated.
