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Archive for 09/12/2007
An explosive situation
09/12/2007 by Arielle.
My husband is also a vet and had a very strange call a few nights ago. One of the trained sniffer dogs up in Scotland (we live in England but my husband is in charge of all the working sniffer dogs); had eaten some of the explosive that she was supposed to just sniff out!
The call was from the concerned local vet in Scotland. She was alone at the practice and had obviously never dealt with such a condition before. My husband quickly contacted the poisons bureau who advised that the side effects would be seizuring and the dog (a Pointer) was to be kept sedated overnight.
The practice owner phoned back at about 11.30pm as he had just heard about the case and was very concerned that with the stomach juices and the explosive material, the dog may blow up! My husband reassured him that this would not happen and the Pointer is on her way to a full recovery after her explosive meal a few days ago.
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