A 3-year-old Great Dane that had consumed 43 ½ socks might have been the strangest case an Oregon emergency animal hospital ever had, but not stranger than the winner of the "They Ate WHAT?" contest of a veterinary magazine.
The dog was miserable and retching when its owners rushed it to the DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital in Portland.
X-rays showed a stomach full of "a large quantity of foreign material." Nearly two hours of surgery later, Dr. Ashley Magee had the answer — the dog had consumed dozens of socks.
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DoveLewis spokeswoman Shawna Harch said it's perhaps the strangest case in the hospital's history,
The Oregonian reported.
So strange that the hospital entered last February's tale, complete with X-rays, in the annual contest sponsored by Veterinary Practice News and won a prize.
The $1,500 first place winner was a Plano, Texas, animal hospital that treated an exotic frog that ate more than 30 small ornamental rocks from its cage.
The DoveLewis entry summary said the Great Dane was discharged home a day after surgery. Harch said the owners weren't available for comment but she confirmed the dog was alive. No word on what he's eaten lately.
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