Puppy survives after swallowing toy arrow almost as long as herself

An inquisitive puppy survived after swallowing a 10.5-inch plastic arrow almost as long as herself.

Betty, a Staffordshire bull terrier, was forced to undergo emergency surgery to remove the arrow after it became lodged halfway through her body from the oesophagus to the small intestine.

Her owner Emma Watson, 38, from Swanley in Kent, believes her pet gobbled up the item after disappearing into her seven-year-old daughter Lilly-Jay’s playhouse when a gust of wind opened the door.

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