6 Responses to “Puppy eats eight golf balls”

1. Animals Away on July 9th, 2009 11:18 am

   That is amazing. You think he might stop after the first due to a lack of flavor. its not like a shoe where they can taste the leather or fabric. What a little bugger!

2. North American Wildlife on July 28th, 2009 10:06 pm

   Wow i can’t believe this. this is amazing! what? Wow!

3. Audrey on July 31st, 2009 1:08 am

   Lucky Dog
   It was a regular day in L.A when Eldad got an urgent email from the rescue “underground” as I refer to it. “Dog ABOUT TO BE MURDERED BY GANG” was the message.

   The email was begging for someone, anyone to do something. The story was that a woman posted an ad on Craig’s List pleading for help. This anonymous woman claimed she lived in the neighborhood where a notorious gang gathered at a specific house where a stray dog had burrowed underneath for shelter.

   The woman wrote, “I have heard them talking about how they are going to murder this dog and I know they have done this before.” She claimed that recently, another dog had been found by gang under the house and that they had attached a knife to a wooden stake and repeatedly stabbed the other dog until it stopped moving. The bleeding dog did not actually die immediately and had languished under the house, for three days before finally expiring. The neighbors knew what was happening, but did absolutely NOTHING to help.

   Now, this new dog was about to endure the same fate if nobody did anything. Animal Control came and left without really trying to capture the dog.

   The anonymous woman claimed that there were stretches of time when the gang left the house and Eldad seized upon this information to go rescue the dog who was unknowingly awaiting a horrible, bloody death.

   Eldad’s friend and fellow rescuer George, came to help him on this most dangerous of missions. The two had been in bad areas before, saving the abandoned and cast off pets of the city who had made their homes among the crack dens and homeless, but nothing compared to this situation.

   Eldad, ready and waiting for the tip that the gang members had left the house, got the call and he and George sprang into action.

   It was rush hour. Fortunately Eldad was familiar with all the roads and shortcuts all over Los Angeles from rescuing animals from every crevice and underpass.

   The two men found the abandoned house. Eldad and George both had flashlights. They parked the car facing the quickest way out of the neighborhood. Eldad secured all possible exits that the dog could use to escape from under the house.

   The dog had used a small entrance to get underneath. No human would fit through. Eldad’s training in the Israeli military kicked in when he broke part of the area open and then crawled on his elbows, grasping a flashlight, and shimmied underneath into the darkness.

   It was hard to see and filthy with dirt and spider webs. George held a flashlight and tried to help Eldad see in this makeshift tunnel. George caught a glimpse of the dog and Eldad went for it.

   Eldad was on his stomach, entering the unknown with barely any room. The only weapon he had was his snare (catch pole) that he was hoping he could use to catch the dog. He was an easy target from behind.

   He and George shone their flashlights and Eldad crawled deeper into the blackness and then he saw a pair of eyes glowing.

   The gang could return at any minute and Eldad’s adrenaline kicked in. A nervous and large stubborn dog was not an issue compared to what could happen if they stuck around too much longer. Eldad spoke softly to the dog and explained to him that he was there to save him and he had to go with him. The dog calmed down but when it came to getting him to allow being pulled, he became fearful.

   Eldad grabbed the eighty pound dog, got the snare around his neck and pulled. The dog fought at first, but Eldad held on and pulled the thrashing dog as he inched back along the dirt out through the makeshift crawlspace.

   In the light, Eldad and the dog were out.

   The dog, a Mastiff, though large was skinny and scared. The dog immediately calmed down when Eldad began to pet him. George was there waiting to help. Since there was no time to lose, Eldad picked up the dog in his arms and got him into the backseat of the car. As he slammed the door, they heard a sound coming from the sky. Suddenly, there was “meow” and a kitten fell from a tree and landed on a trash bin right next to him. It’s as if the kitten knew that Eldad and George were the good guys and he wanted out as well.
   “He’s coming with us too,” Eldad told George. George grabbed the kitten and the two humans and the two saved animals out of the neighborhood and away from the danger.

   George brought the kitten and the dog to his house where they are now being fed and cared for. They will need permanent homes but for now they are safe and I think they must have a sense of how lucky they were to be saved by their two new heroes.

   Please help us help more animals who are facing suffering and death. Visit our website http://www.hopeforpaws.org/book.htm where you can make a tax-deductable donation or buy our full color photo book, Our Lives Have Gone to the Dogs for only $10.00

   Read about our personal rescue stories of amazing animals who we rescued and fostered in our home. The photos are amazing and it makes a great coffee table or gift. All proceeds go to our non profit rescue Hope For Paws which saves animals from the streets and pounds so they can go on and be adopted into loving and permanent homes.

   Thank you,

   Audrey Spilker Hagar

   ps For updates on Dallas the lucky dog and others go to http://www.eldadhagar.com for photos and info

4. octacular musteline on August 4th, 2009 1:20 pm

   I’m amazed the poor thing survived! If my dog ate my golf balls it wouldn’t – not because of the golf balls in its stomach, but because of my golf club soon after

5. Claudia Rosales on February 2nd, 2010 4:41 pm

   Hi Everyone!

   I just created a personal fundraising page on ifaw.org. I’m trying to raise money to support IFAW’s emergency response teams to assist the animal victims of disasters like the Haiti earthquake.

   In the event of a disaster like Haiti, IFAW’s emergency responders and veterinarians provide everything from direct rescue and veterinary care for injured animals to longer term vaccinations or other efforts to prevent outbreaks of diseases such as rabies. They’ve responded to dozens of disasters like this in the past, such as the China earthquake in 2008 and Hurricane Katrina in 2004.

   Please check out my page below for more info and please consider making a gift on behalf of my campaign.

   Thank you!
   For more information on IFAW’s animal relief efforts in Haiti, please visit http://www.ifaw.org.

   Follow this link to visit Claudia Rosales Castro’s page.
   http://www.kintera.org/siteapps/personalpage/ShowPage.aspx?c=lnKPKQOqHoE&b=5767895&sid=hhJRI2NEIeKVL1OzFmF&elid=3134925002

   Thank you so much.

6. Evan on February 23rd, 2010 11:05 pm

   Is this a talent or is this scary….. who knows!? hahaha

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