A family were left with the devastating decision of paying upwards of £7,000 for their dog's life saving surgery, or having to put him to sleep. Milo the weimaraner was vomiting and producing blood when his family became concerned.
After rushing him to hospital on October 23, Shannon Stone, from Porth in the Rhondda, said the vet asked if it was possible the four-year-old dog could have eaten something he wasn't supposed to. Shannon said Milo, who still acts like an energetic puppy, sometimes chewed socks around the house but she hadn't seen him eat anything directly.
The vet could see Milo's tummy was upset and a scan discovered a rock in his lower intestine. Shannon said: "They gave us the options of taking him home with pain medication and seeing if it would pass or leaving him there under observation. Obviously we left him there to be sure. We had a phone call later that night that he needed life saving surgery to remove the rock." You can get more local news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
