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61.After killing and eating a rat, which had eaten rat poison, Freddie, a 17 month old West Highland Terrier ingested the poison and was lucky not to have suffered more than he did. Treatment cost just under£50.

62.After falling in a neighbour’s vehicle inspection pit, elderly terrier Hamish was trapped for three days until the neighbours returned from a holiday. The poor lad suffered hypothermia and lung congestion and had damaged his claws trying to scramble out.

63.Warfarin poisoning to a farm dog called Casper resulted in him being given a blood transfusion. This cost his owners £913.02.

64.Kara, a six year old Pointer, locked her jaw when bringing in the mail for her owner. She was referred to a specialist, which cost her owners £393.85.

65.Tess, a four year old Rough Collie, needed more than £400 worth of treatment after the gate to her kennel blew shut in her face.

66.Rupert, a four year old pet Greyhound from Sheffield needed surgery to his eye after he bit a guitar string. The string snapped and whipped his face, causing severe lacerations to his cornea.

67.A six year old Dalmatian from South Shields on Tyneside required surgery costing more than £550 after she pulled a spade from a hook on the garage wall and it landed on her back.

68.Jackie Reece's two English Springers cost her more than £200 when they destroyed a neighbour's water feature.

69.It cost just under £320.00 for the owners of Stella, a four year old Weimaraner from Basingstoke, to pay for treatment to the dog’s left eye following a fence collapse in her garden.

70.Kelley, a six year old cross breed from Denby in North Wales, incurred veterinary bills of more than £1,000 to repair her front legs when she knocked over a ladder and tool box.

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