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Rock-eating US pug wins prize for most unusual pet medical claim
Fri 21 Oct 2011 - 21:37
IT SOUNDS like the Rocky Horror Show of Animals. A cookie-guzzling retriever, a ricocheting cat and a pup who had a violent altercation with a vacuum have been pipped to the post by a rock-eating pug.
Harley landed the prize for the most unusual pet medical claim after he managed to eat - and pass - more than 100 rocks and live to tell the tale.
The American pug won the Hambone Award, named after a dog that ate an entire Thanksgiving ham while stuck in a refrigerator,
He managed to defeat such worthy competitors as Gus, a Labrador retriever who gobbled down five pounds of cookies in one sitting; Eddy, a domestic shorthair cat who leapt into the air and landed on top of a hot wood stove; Havee, the Havenese who got on the wrong side of a vacuum and Chico the Chihuahua, who almost became supper for a hungry owl.
Veterinary Pet Insurance Co, which sponsored the contest, narrowed the field down to 12 finalists with the public voting for the winner. Harley managed to nail down some 1800 of the 4000 votes cast.
The pug, from Manville, Rhode Island, apparently began his strange addiction later in life.
When his poor owner, Lori Laverdiere, returned from a trip and took him for a walk, she noticed that he was passing rocks at an alarming rate and could even feel them in his stomach.
Laverdiere rushed him to an emergency animal hospital where the problem was diagnosed and Harley given medication to expedite the rocks' removal.
"I've had Harley for six years, since he was a puppy, and he's never done anything like this," Laverdiere said.
Harley has since made a complete discovery, as have all the other contestants.
But even Harley might have trouble keeping up with the two past winners: Ellie, a Labrador retriever who ate an entire beehive (with inhabitants) and Lulu, a bulldog who gobbled down 15 baby pacifiers, a bottle cap and a piece of a basketball.
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Harley landed the prize for the most unusual pet medical claim after he managed to eat - and pass - more than 100 rocks and live to tell the tale.
The American pug won the Hambone Award, named after a dog that ate an entire Thanksgiving ham while stuck in a refrigerator,
He managed to defeat such worthy competitors as Gus, a Labrador retriever who gobbled down five pounds of cookies in one sitting; Eddy, a domestic shorthair cat who leapt into the air and landed on top of a hot wood stove; Havee, the Havenese who got on the wrong side of a vacuum and Chico the Chihuahua, who almost became supper for a hungry owl.
Veterinary Pet Insurance Co, which sponsored the contest, narrowed the field down to 12 finalists with the public voting for the winner. Harley managed to nail down some 1800 of the 4000 votes cast.
The pug, from Manville, Rhode Island, apparently began his strange addiction later in life.
When his poor owner, Lori Laverdiere, returned from a trip and took him for a walk, she noticed that he was passing rocks at an alarming rate and could even feel them in his stomach.
Laverdiere rushed him to an emergency animal hospital where the problem was diagnosed and Harley given medication to expedite the rocks' removal.
"I've had Harley for six years, since he was a puppy, and he's never done anything like this," Laverdiere said.
Harley has since made a complete discovery, as have all the other contestants.
But even Harley might have trouble keeping up with the two past winners: Ellie, a Labrador retriever who ate an entire beehive (with inhabitants) and Lulu, a bulldog who gobbled down 15 baby pacifiers, a bottle cap and a piece of a basketball.
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Re: Rock-eating US pug wins prize for most unusual pet medical claim
Thu 1 Dec 2011 - 17:48
"a Labrador retriever who ate an entire beehive (with inhabitants)"
woah! that dog is a beast!
woah! that dog is a beast!
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