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5 Pounds of Rocks

Ryan Logan July 1st, 2019
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: K-9 Edo, Law Enforcement Dog Category Winner, attends the Sixth Annual American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Chris Weeks/Getty Images for American Humane Association)

A woman in Ohio recently found out her golden retriever had eaten over five pounds of rocks from her backyard. 

It turns out they’d been barbecuing, and someone had poured the juices from their meal on the rocks.  Luckily she took the dog to the vet, and he was able to pass the rocks without surgery.

'It was at least five pounds': Wellington family's dog mistakes decorative rocks for edible food

WELLINGTON, Ohio -- Every owner will tell you dogs eat the "darndest" things, but even veterinarians were surprised when they X-rayed a local dog's bloated belly. "It was a shock to everybody. It was cool to see an X-ray like that, but at the same time when it's your dog it's a little scary," " said Laurie, the dog's owner.