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Updated: 7:02 PM Jul 8, 2009
Puppy speared by BBQ fork on his way to recovery
You have to see it to believe it. A large fork pierces a Chihuahua brain prompting emergency surgery. Somehow the puppy is OK. Posted: 6:37 PM Jul 8, 2009Reporter: Dave Spencer |
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You have to see it to believe it. A large fork pierces a Chihuahua brain prompting emergency surgery. Somehow the puppy is OK.
Smokey is a 12 week old Chihuahua puppy who was somehow reunited with his family on Wednesday afternoon.
On Sunday, during mealtime at a Manchester home the Wager family was getting ready to feed smokey and the family's other dogs.
Hughie Wager says his sister was using BBQ knife to scoop out the food when the fork broke off, flew through the air, and lodged itself in Smokey's head.
The shock of it sent Smokey running into the woods, not to be seen for two days.
Smokey came back and was taken immediately to Cumberland Valley Animal Hospital.
Dr. Keaton Smith took Smokey directly to surgery saying it took 30 seconds to remove the fork, saying the whole time Smokey never appeared to be in pain.
Hours after the surgery Smokey was alert and eating and again not showing any signs of pain.
The doctor says he's never seen anything like this before, and while Smokey might not be out of the woods until 6 weeks from now.
He's optimistic for a full recovery.
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Puppies are the same as babies, as they are growing thier skulls are soft, before fully developing for the brain to grow. It is Easily possible for the fork to have gone through. Although i'd hate to believe that someone would purposefully harm an animal, especially one as cute as "smokey" I could also be wrong about that. However It is not anyones place to Publicly denounce someone's claims of what happened if you were not there and did not whitness said action, Especially if you can't spell and use all caps to get try to force your opinion onto someone else via the internet.
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There were "flicking food at the dogs with a fork"... FLICKING? How'd you like it if I
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The dog is my brothers who lives in Kentucky, it was an accident!! My brother would never in his life hurt any animal. He loved this dog very very much and cried when it happen. They where at a family bar-b-q and was flicking food at the dogs with a fork. The fork flew off the handle and hit the dog in the head. If it where not an accident they would not have taken it to the vet!!!!!! Smokie was never abused in anyway..That dog slept with my brother every night and he was so heart broken when it happen.. So please do not twist and turn something around just because you don't understand something.. It was an accident..
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