# Meet Jake, the Sword-Swallowing Puppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691 "2003-04-10T01:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/1 "2003-04-10T01:48:05Z")
LONDON (AP) - A puppy that swallowed a kitchen knife nearly the length of his body is back to his playful self after an operation to remove it. The baffled owners of 12-week-old Jake took him to the vet when they noticed him vomiting and trying to keep his body in a straight line. X-rays revealed why the puppy was so reluctant to curl up: A kitchen knife was running through his body, with the plastic handle at the base of his pelvis and the blunted metal point at the top of his throat. “Dogs are always swallowing strange things, from kebab sticks to corn-on-the-cobs to tape cassettes, but this was particularly unusual because it was such a large knife in a small puppy. It really did run the length of his body,” said vet Christina Symonds on Wednesday. Jake was back on his feet less than 24 hours after the operation on March 30. “He’s totally back to his old self,” said Mallet. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/2 "2003-04-10T02:23:59Z")
[X-Ray photo](http://sfgate.com/news/pictures/2003/04/09/puppy3.jpg). Poor thing. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/3 "2003-04-10T02:37:38Z")
This is truly a shame. For some reason, reading about a puppy named Jake brought to mind a song my boy Chris made me acquainted with some years ago – one I’ve liked ever since: [http://www.angelfire.com/il2/hots/feedjake.html](http://www.angelfire.com/il2/hots/feedjake.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/4 "2003-04-10T02:46:25Z")
I read about this story. Poor pup. But glad he is feeling better now. **Polycarp** , I read the link. I still got the tears in my eyes. Thanks that was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/5 "2003-04-10T02:51:14Z")
Oh man! That’s awful for that to have happened! I’m so glad the puppy is okay! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/6 "2003-04-10T05:05:49Z")
I think we’ve finally resolved the “Which is smarter, cats or dogs?” debate. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/7 "2003-04-10T05:07:30Z")
Hasn’t this happened before to another dog? I seem to remember seeing an X-Ray of a dog who’d swallowed a kitchen knife some years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/8 "2003-04-10T05:22:43Z")
Wow, I am glad the puppy is okay. Good thing the owners were observant and noticed the dog didn’t want to curl up! ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/9 "2003-04-10T06:56:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*[X-Ray photo](http://sfgate.com/news/pictures/2003/04/09/puppy3.jpg). Poor thing. \*\* :eek: Holy COW! Glad the dog is all fixed. But this wouldn’t be much of a news story if the puppy was dead. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/10 "2003-04-10T18:56:09Z")
Here’s a pic of the [lucky puppy](http://sfgate.com/news/pictures/2003/04/09/puppy4.jpg) post-knifectomy. SFGate has a daily feature called “Day In Pictures” that cycles out every afternoon, so the photo captions will be gone soon. The caption for the X-ray image is: \*\*My dog ate the cutlery: \*\*Yep, Jake the Staffordshire bull terrier mix has a taste for fine British steel, as this x-ray reveals in Merseyside, England. Jake’s owners became concerned when the puppy wouldn’t curl up and took him to the vet. Surgery to remove the knife was performed immediately. The pic of Jake and the knife is captioned \*\*Looks delicious, but, oh, what a tummy ache: \*\*Post-op Jake, fully recovered, eyes the not-easily-digested knife held by his owner, John Mallett of Liverpool, England. This isn’t the first time a dog ate a knife. Some years ago, a larger dog gobbled down a kitchen knife along with a cake that had been left in his reach. Recall seeing it on TV’s _That’s Incredible!_ which should help date it. That case also had a happy outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/11 "2003-04-11T06:17:50Z")
Thanks for the memory jog, **gotpasswords**. It was that long ago? I feel old. But then again, when that show came on, I was still wearing Winnie the Pooh feety pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/12 "2003-04-11T12:49:00Z")
**KCSuze** , I think _Maxim_ recently had an article showing x-rays of things that have been inside people, and it also showed a dog that had swallowed a knife. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/13 "2003-04-11T12:59:54Z")
I read that too quickly, as, “KCSuze, I think Maxim recently had an article showing x-rays of things that have been inside people, and it also showed a dog . . .” ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/14 "2003-04-11T13:35:01Z")
It’s a good thing that veterinary medicine has the cutting-edge technology to allow such a surgery to happen! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/15 "2003-04-11T14:20:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neuroman \* > \*\*:eek: > Holy COW! > > Glad the dog is all fixed. But this wouldn’t be much of a news story if the puppy was dead. \*\* Um, we don’t know if the puppy is, ahem, “_all_” fixed (in fact he looks a bit young for that procedure. [hijack] Damn, but what a _hot_ owner! [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/16 "2003-04-11T22:00:47Z")
I liked the comment added to this item on [www.fark.com](http://www.fark.com): “Puppy swallows six-inch knife, doo-dah, doo-dah, London vet then saves its life, oh the doo-dah-day.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-jake-the-sword-swallowing-puppy/167691/17 "2003-04-12T05:07:39Z")
Well, I don’t read _Maxim_, but I think I saw something like that on the Discovery Channel. And I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some loon tried to swallow his Pomeranian.