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It’s a dog-eat-golf-ball world, says Chris Morrison, the owner of a Labrador named Oscar who had surgery about two weeks ago to remove 13 golf balls from his stomach. Oscar had been eating them during his walks around the golf courses near his Scotland home.
“We’re not sure how long exactly this happened over, but it must have been a fair period—several months at least. I felt his stomach and heard them rattling around,” Morrison said in a BBC interview. “He normally brings a few home, but I had no idea he had eaten so many."
Oscar was doing well after the hour-long surgery, the BBC reports. Veterinarian Bob Hesketh, who initially thought there were two or three balls in the dog’s stomach, compared the discovery to a “magic trick."
“They just kept coming until we had a bag full,” Hesketh told the BBC.
Oscar’s eating habits may be strange but, as many dog owners know, they are not unusual for the species. The practice of eating strange, non-food items even has a name: pica. A dog that eats his or another dog’s waste has coprophagy, according to the Humane Society of the United States.
An MSNBC article recounts dog owners’ stories of their pets eating underwear, reading glasses, a Rolex watch, Christmas ornaments and coffee grounds. Similar stories comprise the blog Stuff My Dog Pooped Out, which features photos, videos and news accounts. Though the site hasn’t been updated recently, there are a number of older posts to browse.
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