Dogsey

A dog had to be rushed to vets for emergency surgery - after he almost killed himself by eating too many pairs of his owner's silk thongs.

Kaye Banks, 47, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was horrified when her pet Brian was unable to digest his food - so she took him to a vets who found her underwear in his stomach.

Staff at Abbey Vets in Barnsley carried carried out an emergency two-hour operation to save the four-year-old Samoyed's life - and after four days, he was deemed well enough to return home. But within hours of being back at Mrs Banks's £250,000 four-bedroom detached home, the dog raided the washing basket and ate another pair of knickers.

Mrs Banks rushed him back to Abbey Vets, where employee Tony Duffy was able to give him medication to make him vomit, narrowly avoiding further surgery.

The mother said: 'I'd spotted him nibbling on some of the washing and I got really worried when he wasn't eating properly and he regurgitated his food undigested.

'We took him to the vet and they could see a big bulge on the X-ray but they weren't sure what it was. When they pulled out a black lacy thong everyone had a bit of a shock.

'After a two-hour operation we finally managed to bring him home.