A 6 week old puppy known as Pebbles got into her dad’s fishing gear while dad had taken a break from organizing his equipment for a fishing outing. Unbeknownst to dad our pup had swallowed hook, line, but no sinker. In a few days this girl was vomiting and on physical exam showed a painful abdomen on palpation. An x-ray soon showed the diagnosis—a fishhook was evident in the proximal abdomen- most likely within the stomach. Our curious put was taken to surgery and sure enough a fish hook with some attached fishing line was found and surgically removed from her stomach. Healing was uneventful and Pebbles is now back playing with her dad, but is no longer invited to join him when he goes fishing!
