![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/urgent-uk-beach-warning-over-little-known-hazard-which-could-kill-your-dog/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23360689-1691192760504.jpg&description=WATCH OUT Published : 0:49, 5 Aug 2023 DOG owners have been warned to watch out for a little-known hazard during beach walks - as it could be fatal for your pooch. Inquisitive pets could become seriously unwell and even pass away if they run into this danger while exploring the seaside. 1 Dog owners have been urged to keep an eye on their pets at the beach Credit: Alamy Vets have urged people to be vigilant on strolls across the sand as one dog nearly died after ingesting some stray fish bones. Denver, an adorable cocker spaniel, came across the dangerous snack at a beach in Worthing, West Sussex, and devoured them. His owner Samantha said her back was turned for just a few moments, but the pup managed to eat them all up. She explained a side effect of his medication for his epilepsy, which the dog was diagnosed with last year, is that Denver is constantly "ravenously hungry". Although he mostly sticks to chewing up cardboard around the house, the pup had taken his snack obsession to new heights. The fish bones terrifyingly became trapped in Denver's stomach and refused to budge, much to Samantha's horror. It meant her beloved furball was at risk of suffering from a perforated colon as well as toxic shock. She told the Mirror : "Anything at all he can scavenge he's in at straight away – including, for some strange reason, the inside tubes from toilet rolls. "With the fish bone incident, we were at Worthing Beach for our usual walk and he literally bit off more than he could chew. "He started chewing a lump of compacted fish bones and then spat it straight back out - but what we didn't realise was that he'd somehow managed to swallow some of it as well." Samantha said although he initially appeared okay, Denver's stomach then "just completely seized up." She found him whimpering in pain in the garden and realised he needed to be looked at immediately. The owner rushed her darling five-and-a-half-year-old pooch to the emergency clinic Vets Now for treatment. He was h){kind=link}
DOG owners have been warned to watch out for a little-known hazard during beach walks – as it could be fatal for your pooch.
Inquisitive pets could become seriously unwell and even pass away if they run into this danger while exploring the seaside.
Vets have urged people to be vigilant on strolls across the sand as one dog nearly died after ingesting some stray fish bones.
Denver, an adorable cocker spaniel, came across the dangerous snack at a beach in Worthing, West Sussex, and devoured them.
His owner Samantha said her back was turned for just a few moments, but the pup managed to eat them all up.