Puppy swallows steak knife - and survives

Vets operated on the six-month-old dog and were able to remove the 20cm serrated knife.

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

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