A dog owner was left "crying her eyes out" after being told her pet dog might have to be put to sleep, after eating a bone she bought him from a bargain store.

Emma Porcu, 30, told the Liverpool Echo she bought her dog, Toro, the bone as a treat but claims the three-year-old's health dramatically deteriorated hours after he ate it.

She claims after taking him to the vets  for x-rays she was told splinters from the bone had became stuck in his intestine and it would be too dangerous to operate on.

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