Hound dog eats a bloody skewer

[tex]

last night, my 10 yo Fox hound decided he'd not been fed enough proper food for dinner.

During a walk, he comes across a wooden skewer with a couple of bits of chicken on it, and before our farkn eyes, swallows it down, all 20cm or so of sharpened wood.....

Vet has said to feed him up, and see if it comes out the other end. Flecther the hound dog has become well known at my vets for his accidents, he's been bumped by a car, bitten by a Tiger snake (requiring 2 shots of anit venom) , cut through his rear hock with broken glass (requiring 'after hours' micro surgery)................. eaten loads of plastic bags (containing food, or at least the smell of it), he's been lost up the central Highlands of Tasmania , and now this.....

I'm here at work, he's at home alone.... probably running around like a loony, turn the wrong way too quick... and I have these visions of finding a dead or dying dog when I get home. He's been my best mate for over 10 years.... and it will devastate me if things don't turn out well. he's been through so much crap, now this..

Surgery is booked for 8.45am tomorrow morning to remove the scewer without further injury hopefully.

Tex