My dog has part of a fish hook in its jowel...what shoukld i do? will it work its self out?get infected?
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Master Advisor Matthew says:
February 08th, 2009 at 06:29 PM
Hi
If the fish hook is barbed then it will need to be removed at your local veterinary clinic, possibly just with a little local anesthetic injected at the site, however if your dog gets stressed with that sort of thing it might need mild sedation.
Good luck
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