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A greedy dog was left feeling below par after swallowing 16 golf balls.
A Boxer dog named Ben was rushed into emergency surgery after the cluster of 4 centimeter wide balls were found lodged in his stomach.
Stunned vets in Runcorn, Cheshire, were forced to carry out a two-hour operation to save the two-year-old pooch.
Dylan Payne, a surgeon at Northwest Veterinary Specialists, said: 'We performed an endoscopy of the stomach which revealed a large blockage due to golf balls - lots of golf balls.
Ben, a Boxer dog, swallowed a staggering 16 golf balls before he was taken to the vet for surgery
All of the 4cm wide balls were removed during the two-hour operation to save the two-year-old dog's life
'Ben's stomach was very full so we needed to carry out an urgent surgery to open the stomach to allow us to remove the balls.
'It's fairly routine, low risk surgery but the removal of so many golf balls is unique. Sixteen is a lot, even for a Boxer.
'The
