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Baxter
After knocking over a beer, Baxter quickly consumed enough alcohol before his parents had a chance to stop him. Within hours he was on an IV and having his liver flushed to save his life.
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Beau
Beau's parents came home to find him sitting next to a crumpled metal toy car. A day later, his veterinarian removed 42 metal pieces from his stomach...and a dish towel no one knew was missing.
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Bonnie
Bonnie's eyes mysteriously turned blue following a runabout in the neighborhood. Within minutes, she was suffering from seizures. What could she have eaten in the neighbor's yard to cause such a life-threatening reaction?
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Clawdius
Clawdius' sudden weight loss wasn't a result of a new diet. A visit to his veterinarian revealed a much more serious problem.
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Cosmo
A day in the park went awry when Cosmo suddenly dropped his ball and started pacing and dry heaving. His parents had only a matter of time to save his life.
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Daisy
Daisy's back pain symptoms revealed she had a tumor. Find out how she was up and wagging her tail days later.
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Ellie
When a few chew toys disappeared, Ellie's parents thought she had simply lost them in the yard. Then they noticed Ellie wasn’t eating or going to the bathroom and realized something was terribly wrong.
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Jake
It was the second day of a 10-day hunting trip in Montana when a sharp foreign object became embedded in the web of Jake's paw. The nearest veterinarian was 27 miles away.
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Jewel
When Jewel started having epileptic seizures, her parents were told she had days to live.
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Lola
After eating six pieces of chewing gum out of her mother's purse, Lola was rushed to the animal ER and treated for Xylitol poisoning. Two weeks later, she was still recovering.
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Maxine
Maxine may have enjoyed eating the corn husk, but she soon felt miserable. Within hours, she was in emergency surgery to save her life.
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Molly
Molly's parents saw her eating something in the garden. A quick examination of her mouth revealed she had eaten poisonous snail bait.
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Pepper & Ginger
Unaware that rodent bait smells and tastes great to dogs, Pepper and Ginger's parents didn't realize until it was too late that treating the gopher problem in the backyard would lead to a life-threatening situation.
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Sam
Sam's dental cleaning wasn't exactly routine when it revealed a malignant tumor beneath his tongue.
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Sara
Sara's parents used to rely on her pet health insurance mainly for routine care, until she suddenly became ill with a life-threatening obstruction.
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Thunder
A typical day walking Thunder through the neighborhood turned disastrous when he ended up in the veterinary ER with multiple lacerations to his face.
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Toblerone
Catching snowballs while on vacation wasn't as much fun as anticipated when Toby's leg snapped like a broomstick after landing hard in the snow.
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