 Rhys Williams and his canine companion Nancy ( Rhys Williams) Mr Williams, 49, heard his dog yelp and called her over to check if she was okay. He said: "Her tail was between her legs and I knew something wasn't right." The dog owner noticed a "little bit of blood" on Nancy's fur and took her home where she sat on her favourite spot by the window. It was then he noticed a large wound which looked quite serious and was bleeding. Mr Williams showed his step-daughter who almost passed out after taking one look at poor Nancy. The family pet was sent to the PDSA as it was out of hours for the vets and the family were told she had a 32cm tear right under her stomach and along her hind quarters which needed treatment immediately. The 32cm wound was 'pretty horrific' and vets told Mr Williams the tree branch could have punctured her vital organs ( Rhys Williams) The tree which had caused the tear fell in a storm around a year ago. Mr Williams said it was a "pretty horrific wound" and the vets told him that Nancy was lucky to be alive as the tree branch could have punctured a vital organ. He said: "She's a brave little girl." The initial vet){kind=link}
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Rhys Williams had taken Nancy out for a walk when the golden retriever jumped a jagged tree branch, catching the side of her stomach on a sharp piece of wood
A dog impaled herself on a tree and it cost her owner £4000 to save her life.
Rhys Williams had taken golden retriever Nancy out for a walk when the accident happened and nearly claimed her life.
He was throwing a ball for the five-year-old pet on the grassy bank near his home Cwmbwrla, Wales.
But when he called her back she instead decided to jump over a fallen tree on the bank rather than go around it.