A Jack Russell dog needed emergency treatment after his mouth was glued shut when he bit into a shiny brochure through the letterbox.
Staff at Estcourt Vets in Devizes, Wiltshire, have issued a warning to dog owners after seven-year-old pooch Finlay was rushed into the practice unable to open his mouth.
The dog's owners, who do not wish to be identified, said their pet had chewed a glossy leaflet which had been delivered with their mail and was lying in the hall.
It is believed Finlay's saliva reacted with the shiny coating on the brochure's paper, creating a strong glue-like substance which welded his teeth completely shut within seconds.
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9 comments:
I wonder if I can get some of that for my wife.
O Snap!
5:06-Your wife might need Gorilla glue.
Looks like the solution to stopping Pitt Bulls from eating children.
And a ton of it! O Snap!
Thank Goodness the dog had
responsible owners! Had he
been a stray dog, he most
likely would have died..
Have never heard of anything
such as this happening.
Anybody who has spent time cleaning dried dog drool off windows knows how glue-like it is.
roger that !
Sounds "fishy" and implausible to me. More than just one top and bottom tooth would have been involved if the dog was "chewing" on a brochure. More likely someone wanted to keep the dog from biting, and realized that they couldn't undo it after the lesson to the dog was delivered. Once they had to resort to a vet to undo the damage, they had to have a story of how it happened, without implicating themselves. More like an act of animal cruelty, if you ask me. It's no wonder the owners do not want to be identified. I can't believe the vet believed their story.
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