A British dog needed surgery after swallowing a toy football.
Bracken the Labrador - who swallowed a soft sports ball belonging to his 70-year-old owner John Grant - ended up with the deflated toy, which was about 12cm long, stuck next to his heart.
Mr. Grant realised his dog needed medical attention when he started coughing incessantly.
Bracken had two operations but has fully recovered at the family home in East Dunbartonshire.
Mr. Grant added: "He is quite inquisitive and noisy and boisterous. He eats anything - plastic bottles, golf balls, stones and sticks.'
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