Grass seeds

[pipandflo]

We've had a major crisis here in the last month, our spaniel inhaled a grass seed and it's worked its way through her lung into the chest cavity and ended up on the end of her last rib in what the vets describe as a foreign body tumour. She's had 3 major ops at Newmarket and is hopefully now over the worst, the bill so far is £7000!. The other spaniel has had two removed one up her nose and one in her tonsil this year. Has it been a particularly bad year for these **** things or have we just been unlucky?

[spot]

pipandflo your poor dog! My cocker has had three grass seeds inbetween her toes on three different legs in the last six months!One eventually came out in her shoulder.Luckily i work at a vets!My friends dog had a very similer experience to yours.I hope your dog gets well soon!I am paranoid about walking our dog in long grass now.

[pipandflo]

Can't recommend Sainsbury's dog insurance more highly, paid out without a murmur and quickly too.

[Flyingbuck]

Sending get well vibes to the Spaniel - what a massive bill to have been caused by a grass seed.

[trixie]

wow touch wood one of mine had seed in foot years ago
i try and keep my springers out of long grass cause the go every where 100 miles an hour
good luck hope all is well poor girly!!