Puppy swallows steak knife - and survives

A six-month-old Staffordshire Bull-Terrier named Lexi had an incredible close call recently when she swallowed a steak knife.

Puppy swallows steak knife - and survives

Staff at Sydney’s Animal Referral Hospital say the pup ’came within millimetres of death’ after swallowing the 20cm serrated knife.

Her owner brought her to their local vet, thinking she had an upset stomach that was causing her to vomit but when the x-rays came back, they were in for a shock.

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