Cave Veterinary Specialists, near Wellington, remove kebab stick from Labrador
The owners were worried two-year-old Teddy had eaten a fish on a recent trip to the beach. He was vomiting and yelping in pain so they took him to a vets near Wellington. Cave Veterinary Specialists, in West Buckland, operated on Teddy and found the two-inch kebab stick. The stick had punctured the dogs stomach and spleen. "Teddy was in a lot of pain and discomfort so we carried out an ultrasound examination to try to identify the problem," said Natasha Dickinson, from Cave’s imaging team. “It showed a clear thickening of the stomach wall, possibly indicating it had been pierc...