Budd came to see us as he was salivating a lot and it was slightly bloody in colour. He was playing fetch with his owner and ran to catch a stick but the stick got stuck in the ground and Budd ran into it.
After his pre-med we were just able to see a very small part of the stick in the back of his mouth, in his soft palette. Budd had a full general anaesthetic and we were able to remove the stick that had broken off.
It was 6cm in size and left a hole in the back of his throat. After a good flush out of any other bits of stick left behind, some painkillers and antibiotics, he was able to go home.
Budd was such a wonderful patient and we hope the freak accident won't put him off playing fetch in the future!
