'Rattling' Dog's Diet Included Golf Balls

Black Lab's gut gives up a baker's dozen
By Marie Morris,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 5, 2008 4:17 PM CDT
'Rattling' Dog's Diet Included Golf Balls
If Oscar had followed this dog's example instead of adding golf balls to his diet, he might have managed to avoid surgery.   ((c) Gramody)

Oscar the Scottish black Lab is on the mend after undergoing surgery to remove the snacks that were disturbing his digestion: 13 golf balls. "He normally brings a few home, but I had no idea he had eaten so many," Oscar's owner told the BBC. "It was like a magic trick," said the vet who performed the surgery. "They just kept coming until we had a bag full." (More Labrador retriever stories.)

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