18/09/2025
We would like to introduce you to Max, he’s a golden retriever puppy…
Last week he came into us feeling very sorry for himself being sick..his owner was hoping he had stolen some food on his walk that had disagreed with him but was a little concerned as Max is very partial to stealing things especially socks 🧦
Some further investigations made us very suspicious of something stuck in his intestine (not all items show up on X-rays or ultrasound, in this case we couldn’t identify a specific item but we had enough evidence to believe we needed to investigate further)
Our wonderful Vet and Veterinary Nurse team Jenny and Kate took him to theatre and he had a procedure called an Exploratory Laparotomy
(In his case a search mission to check his digestive system).
We were a little worried as his intestines did not look or feel as healthy as they should. We found an area of irregularly in his small intestine which on exploration we retrieved a chewed white sock..
… this was not the end of our findings and at a different location is his digestive tract we found another sock (this time a green one).
Before we finished our investigations we did a final check from his stomach all the way to his large intestine.. it’s a good job we did as we also found a shoe lace! Although you may think that a shoelace is narrow and would pass on its own, often long thin items will get tangled and can cause the intestines to bunch up like a concertina, not something you want to happen!
😳🐶Cheeky Max had been hiding 3 stolen items! 😳🐶
Although his surgery was complex we are so pleased to share that he has since made fantastic progress and is recovering well ❤️🩹
His owners were so grateful that Max’s story had a happy ending!
Their cheeky pup is now being watched like a hawk 👀
Thanks to Max’s family for letting us share his story 💙
