Dogs are the greatest things on the planet. Seriously, I don't care how breathtaking a location is or how delicious a meal can be - nothing compares to seeing a happy dog! And this is why they make such amazing pets. They lower our stress levels, make us happier, and really complete our families. Dogs are the best.

Don't believe me? Just check out this adorable pit bull "fainting" every time somebody tries to cut her nails:

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Therefore, it's natural that we want to spoil our dogs the same way we do our children. Treats, trips to the park, and, of course, toys. However, not all doggy toys are created equally, and now vets at the Foxhall Veterinary Clinic in Ruskington, England, have shared an important warning for all dog owners.

Poppy was brought into the clinic by owners Helen and James Hartley, who found their dog with her tongue stuck in an airhole of a rubber toy ball. Poppy's injuries were so serious, they left her unable to eat and it reached the point where her tongue what quite literally hanging by a thread.

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Posting on their Facebook page, Foxhall Veterinary Clinic shared Poppy's story:

"Poppy's owner returned from work to find that poppy had got her tongue stuck in the air hole of a dog ball. They weren't sure how long it had been stuck for. Poppy's owner managed to remove the ball from her tongue and although Poppy seemed bright, she was acting strangely, so her owners brought her down to us.

"On arrival at Foxhall, the front half of Poppy's tongue was very swollen, we could see a red line on her tongue where the ball had affected the blood flow. Apart from this her tongue was pink and warm to touch and appeared otherwise normal. She was also happy to eat our treats, so was given some medication to help with the swelling and booked in for re-checks.

"Poppy came in to us daily over the course of the next week for check-ups. Unfortunately the red line gradually changed in to bruising, the bruises then started to smell and formed white plaques on top, which eventually turned black, necrotic and died off."

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Sadly, Poppy's tongue deteriorated and she was left with a very nasty looking injury:

"Poor Poppy was left with two great big slits on either side of her tongue where the ball had been and was struggling to eat and drink because of this, so she was booked in for surgery with Sophie our Vet!

"During the surgery Sophie removed all the dead tissue and stitched the tongue back together. The surgery was successful and our Nurses couldn't believe it when Poppy ate and drank as soon as she woke up!"

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The good news is, Poppy's tongue recovered from the surgery, and now she can give "plenty of kisses" - although, there is an important lesson to be learned from Poppy's story:

"We are happy to report that Poppy's tongue has pretty much healed now, she is using her tongue normally to drink and can still give plenty of kisses!! The stitches are still in place but will eventually dissolve.
We've all grown very attached to Poppy here at Foxhall and we will miss her daily visits. Poppy's Owners wanted us to share her story to highlight the dangers of leaving your dog unattended with toys, no matter how innocent they seem!"

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They may be independent creatures, but be sure to supervise your dogs the same way you would your children whenever they're playing with toys.

Related - Watch the heartwarming moment this owner was reunited with his dog after three years of searching:

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Any dog owner will tell you that sometimes your pet can find some pretty strange things while out on a walk. A happy pooch can mistake any long object that's been carelessly thrown away for a stick or some kind of canine toy.

But this story definitely takes the (dog's) biscuit!

A dog-owner was shocked and amused when her dog discovered a sex toy while they were out for a morning walk. The dog then refused to let go of the adult toy, which was all captured on camera.

The trouble started when Lissa Cross, who hails from Canterbury in New Zealand, was walking her four-year-old Staffordshire Mastiff crossbreed Huni. Suddenly Huni disappeared into the undergrowth, only to reappear moments later with a silicon sex toy clamped between her jaws.

Writing on Facebook, Lissa said: "'Houston we have a problem' the dog found herself a new chew toy at the river and refuses to give it up!! How the hell do I make her understand this one and seriously WTF Ashburton hahahahahaha [sic]".

Lissa burst into laughter when she saw her pet with the NSFW object in her mouth. But Huni couldn't see what was so funny and she refused to let go. After an hour, Lisa was able to get the dog to release the rubber toy, which Lissa was forced to bury in a safe place to keep Huni away from it.

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Lissa even recorded the whole incident, and since she found it so funny herself, she decided to share it on social media so other people could have a laugh at the comical scene. The video and pictures quickly went viral, and have attracted more than 2,000 likes, shares and comments.

I guess the bottom line here is if you own something that you don't want a pet to get a hold of, then please consider storing it somewhere safe. Or maybe don't throw it away so carelessly!

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A dog owner's Facebook post has gone viral on social media this week, after she discovered he'd destroyed her favorite sex toy by chewing it.

Stacey Eales, a business developer who hails from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, came into her home to discover a number of shattered pieces of pink plastic scattered across her staircase.

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At first, Stacey believed that her French bulldog crossbreed Bugzy had chewed one of his own rubber toys into pieces, but when she went up to her bedroom she got a nasty shock.

She discovered a very guilty-looking mutt hiding next to her bed, along with several more torn piece of plastic. Stacey found that the one-year-onth-old pooch was peering sheepishly up at her because she'd found her Stacey's sex toy, and had chewed it to pieces.

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Stacey later took to Facebook to share some pictures of the dog's naughty crime. She captioned the pictures with a joke ad that read: "FREE TO A GOOD HOME. Breed: Staffy X Frenchie. Reason: HE'S A T***. [sic]"

Commenting on the incident, Stacey stated that she'd been suspicious at first because the dog didn't have any pink toys of his own. Although the sex toy had been expensive,  she said that she didn't have the heart to shout at her dog, since he looked too cute.

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Stacey also added that the sex toy still worked a little bit, with a limited amount of vibration, despite the heavy bite marks and the pieces missing from it. However, she intends to replace it with a new one, which she will hide more carefully and has forgiven the guilty pooch for making such a mess.

Check out this amazing video of a dog that has learned how to 'speak':

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So if you have an adult toy that you don't want your pet to get hold of, then please considering keeping it somewhere safe. You'll thank me later.

Any dog owner will tell you that sometimes your pet can find some pretty strange things while out on a walk. A happy pooch can mistake any long object that's been carelessly thrown away for a stick or some kind of canine toy.

But this next story definitely takes the (dog's) biscuit! This week a dog-owner was shocked and amused when her dog discovered a sex toy while they were out for a morning walk. The dog then refused to let go of an adult toy, which was all captured on video.

Take a look at the hilariously awkward moment in the video below: 

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The trouble started when Lissa Cross, who hails from Canterbury in New Zealand, was walking her four-year-old Staffordshire Mastiff crossbreed Huni. Suddenly Huni disappeared into the undergrowth, only to reappear moments later with a silicon sex tox clamped between her jaws.

Writing on Facebook, Lissa said: "'Houston we have a problem' the dog found herself a new chew toy at the river and refuses to give it up!! How the hell do I make her understand this one and seriously WTF Ashburton hahahahahaha [sic]".

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Lissa burst into laughter when she saw her pet with the NSFW object in her mouth. But Huni couldn't see what was so funny and she refused to let go. After an hour, Lisa was able to get the dog to release the rubber toy, which Lissa was forced to bury in a safe place to keep Huni away from it.

Lissa even recorded the whole incident, and since she found it so funny herself, she decided to share it on social media so other people could have a laugh at the comical scene. The video and pictures quickly went viral, and have attracted more than 2,000 likes, shares and comments so far.
However, this isn't the first time that a dog has gotten in trouble for chewing on a NSFW human toy. Indeed, this week a woman's Facebook status also went viral, after she came home to discover that her dog had chewed her sex toy to pieces while she was at work.
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Stacey Eales, a business developer who hails from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, came into her home to discover a number of shattered pieces of pink plastic scattered across her staircase. Following the breadcrumb trail, she found her very guilty-looking dog hiding in her room.

It turned out that the French bulldog crossbreed Bugzy had gnawed her vibrator to pieces. Stacey later took to Facebook to share some pictures of the dog's naughty crime. She captioned the pictures with a joke ad that read: "FREE TO A GOOD HOME. Breed: Staffy X Frenchie. Reason: HE'S A T***. [sic]"

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So if you own something that you don't want a pet to get ahold of, then please consider storing it somewhere safe. Or maybe don't throw it away so carelessly!

Dogs pretty much eat everything, don't they? Having visited my parents recently, who have brought a new puppy into their home, I can vouch for this. That particular doggo will knaw on every piece of furniture and bite anything that goes near her surprisingly sharp baby teeth - but luckily for my 'rents, she hasn't come across any weed.

Seth Mersing, an eighteen-year-old from Orange Grove, Texas, recently went viral when he posted a video of a pretty-stoned dog on Twitter. The three-year-old Chihuahua, named Rita, was walking with her owner in the park (according to Seth, anyway) when she ate something she found on the ground.

Soon after, she began "acting strangely," and even lost consciousness. Seth took her to the vet, where she started to recover - but was tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. "Since how tiny she was, she found I’m guessing a wrapper with the THC wax or an actual edible," Seth told BuzzFeed News. "Dogs don’t know what they find!"

Once he knew everything was okay, Seth took a video of the dog in recovery and, let's be honest, she looks like she's high af:

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The original tweet went viral, and now has over 68,000 retweets and nearly 200,000 likes on Twitter. For those that are wondering - Rita is fortunately a-okay, as we can see in Seth's follow-up photo of the mischievous mutt.

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Now she's ready to get back out there and eat more random things she finds on the ground. Hopefully she doesn't come across any more edibles.

If there's one item of food that's almost universally loved among meat eaters, it's bacon. I mean, aside from cheese, pizza, and chocolate, I'd say the salt-cured pork slices are some of the most mouthwatering pieces of food in existence.

And it would appear that dogs crave bacon just as much as we do - if one company's bacon-scented bubbles for dogs is anything to go by!

Yep, Pets Pad, a pet product manufacturing company in the UK, has taken the mouthwatering scent of bacon and bottled it up so that our beloved pooches don't feel left out when we're digging into the meaty treat.

Pets Pad Bacon Scented & Flavour Dog Bubbles, formerly known as K9 Bacon Bubbles, uses an improved formula to create extra bubbles and a much more intense bacon scent.

The product gained phenomenal traction when the Facebook page for Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK shared it with their followers.

One keen buyer commented: "Can confirm, my dog adores these. I don’t think this ad clarifies but the bubbles are edible too so it’s safe if your dog snaps at them and catches a few!"

They added: "Editing to add that I just checked the bottle and the exact wording is ‘non-toxic’ so don’t go pouring it into a bowl as it’s not technically edible just fine for light consumption!!! My bad sorry"

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Another customer wrote: "Been using this for months on my dog Marley he his obsessed with them it gives him so much exercise chasing the bubbles up and down the garden."

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A third person advised: "Better in a bubble machine see how many your dog can catch."

Meanwhile, a final person raved about the peanut-scented version: "I've just used these about half an hour (peanut butter flavour) the dogs loved them and great fun!!!!"

Will you be getting your hands on a bottle of Pets Pad Bacon Scented & Flavour Dog Bubbles?

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