Dog feels below par after eating 28 golf balls

LONDON (Reuters) - Vets cut open a German Shepherd dog to find she had scoffed no fewer than 28 golf balls.

Eighteen-month old Libby had been coughing blood after weeks of fetching golf balls at the Manchester course where owner Mike Wardrop works as a bar manager.

Wardrop told Reuters on Friday he hadn't realised the dog had a secret appetite for the dimpled balls she found at Didsbury Golf Club.

"When I take her for a walk every day she is prone to finding golf balls," Wardrop said. "She can fit five in her mouth."

Libby is now recovering from the operation to remove the balls, with 30 stitches across her belly.

"I've had to buy her two footballs," said Wardrop. "She can't swallow them."

Yikes!!!!! :eek: I worry about this all the time, but never 28 of them at one time!!!! :) We live on a golf course and sometimes those golfers can hit some pretty wild shots. Can't tell you how many stray golf balls we have found in our yard! I just have to try and find them before Honey does! She will chew the cover right off of one and it scares me to death!!!!

Logan

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Wow!!!! I'm glad she is going to be alright!!!

Ouch!:eek: