A young puppy that ate the battery out of a TV remote has had emergency treatment to save its life. The four-month-old Hungarian Vizsla, Dexter, grabbed the gadget and swallowed the loose battery before owner Sharon Nicholson was able to grab it from her pet's mouth.
Ms Nicholson had tried to distract the animal after it grabbed the remote off her bed but watched in horror as it gulped down an AA power cell in a “split second”. Fearing that some battery acid might be leaking into the dog's internal organs, the panic-stricken owner rushed it to the local vet.
Specialists at the animal hospital conducted an urgent medical procedure under general anaesthetic, and managed to retrieve the potentially deadly object. However, the battery wasn't the only thing they found — they also discovered that the hungry hound had also been consuming twigs and even part of a belt.
