A DOG with a penchant for eating underwear has undergone emergency surgery to remove his latest meal from his stomach. Taffy, an 18-month-old springer spaniel who lives with owners Eubie and Sharon Saayman in Staffordshire, northern England, underwent an operation to remove the 40th pair of knickers he had scoffed. | Springers are kinda stoopid that way ... |
Mr Saayman, a vet, performed a two hour operation to remove a pair of undies belonging to his 3-year-old son from Taffy’s stomach. “Nine times out of ten nature takes its course, but this time he was in discomfort,” Mr Saayman told The Sun.
Taffy, who reportedly has also eaten about 300 socks, 15 pairs of shoes and a key ring, made a full recovery after surgery. "We make jokes about it but it's actually very serious,” Mr Saayman told the BBC. "If a dog gets an obstruction it can be life-threatening, so we try to keep things away from him.
"Whenever he picks things up we tell him off and hopefully he drops it before he swallows it."