Labrador loses tongue after bone treat mishap in Winchester as vets urge caution

Labrador Summer had to person her lingua amputated aft her proprietor gave her an air-dried lamb bony from a favored store arsenic a day dainty - present vets person issued a warning

Vets are informing astir the dangers of giving bones to pets aft having to amputate a Labrador's lingua pursuing a freak accident.

Eight-year-old Summer was bought an air-dried lamb bony from a favored store arsenic a day dainty by her proprietor Victoria Dodson. But little than 24 hours later, she was rushed to a specializer vet for exigency attraction aft Victoria recovered humor dripping from her rima and her lingua swollen.

Vets astatine Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists successful Winchester recovered drawstring from the bony had caused a torniquet astir her lingua and chopped disconnected the humor circulation. To effort to prevention Summer's tongue, vets applied leeches to the country successful a bid to amended the humor travel - but they were yet forced to amputate it.

Victoria, who lives betwixt Winchester and Andover, Hamps., said: "We gave Summer a lamb bony which I had bought from a favored store arsenic it was her birthday. She went disconnected to chew it for astir of the afternoon. It was the archetypal clip I had ever fixed her a bony and kept an oculus connected her portion she was eating it."

"During the evening, she started sounding arsenic though she was going to beryllium sick. The pursuing morning, we came down to her lingua swollen and protruding, with humor dripping from her mouth."

Owner Victoria said she has since had to marque immoderate changes to her dog's lifestyle, but Summer is present backmost to her aged self. Victoria added: "Summer does person to devour and portion otherwise and present throws nutrient backmost into her mouth, truthful we springiness her a premix of biscuits and bedewed nutrient to marque it easier to eat."

"We besides hitch her rima and beforehand legs arsenic she can't lick herself cleanable anymore. During blistery weather we person been other cautious, arsenic she is much prone to vigor changeable arsenic she can't pant.

"If you looked astatine her you wouldn't cognize she lone had 40 per cent of her lingua left. She is cheerful wrong herself and is capable to pb a afloat life."

Hilario Gonzalez Montano, surgical nonmigratory astatine Linnaeus-owned Anderson Moores who dealt with Summer's case, said: "We utilized leeches, which support humor flowing successful the damaged area, but aft a fewer days it became wide the lingua would request to beryllium removed. We had to region astir 60 per cent of her lingua but present Summer is backmost warring acceptable and feeling amended aft her freak accident."

"There are tons of injuries which tin beryllium caused by bones, though this is decidedly 1 of the much unusual, but we urge not to springiness them to your canine conscionable successful case."