Puppy nearly died after swallowing glass in Rutherglen

William Murphy has spoken out about the “traumatic” incident in a bid to raise awareness of how dangerous broken glass can be.

The 21-year-old and his partner Sid Duff took Border Collie Susan out on her usual walk in Rutherglen on November 27.

William said: “Susan went over to a pile of broken glass and Sid pulled her away, so we thought she was okay.

“It wasn’t until over 12 hours later that she started vomiting blood and having seizures and stopped breathing.

“I was in the living room and all I could hear was scuffling on the floor in the hall and she was making this really horrible noise.

“When I went through, she was on her side and violently shaking. I picked her up and brought her through to the living room.

“I know with seizures the last thing you should do is hold, so I let her lay there until it stopped and then she stood up and she vomited blood everywhere.

“It came out of her mouth, literally pouring.

“She was her normal self the night before and we checked her mouth, so we thought we had protected her from the glass.”

William knew he had to go straight to the vet, and while in the car on the way, four-month-old Susan went “completely limp”.

“She was lifeless, almost like she was already gone,” William said.

“I phoned the vet, and they advised me to do mouth-to-mouth to try to keep her alive.

“I took her up to the vet desk and the vet came running out. Susan then woke up and started wagging her tail and licking the vet, but the next minute she started vomiting blood.

“She got rushed into ICU. She was first assessed at PDSA Tollcross and transferred to Vets Now at Charing Cross.

“The vet surgeon advised us that Susan’s body was very weak. They diagnosed her with aspirating - which means she had inhaled blood into her lungs.

“She was really struggling to breathe, and her heart rate was double what it should be. Her body was shutting down.”

Susan spent days dependent on oxygen in an incubator-type tank.

William added: “We weren’t allowed to see her so she could recover, because every time we went over her heart rate rocketed with excitement, and they were trying to keep her as calm as possible.

“They gave us a call at 5am one day and said they were taking her off the oxygen to see if she will manage on her own.

“By 8am she was running around the vet, playing with everyone, and by 4pm that afternoon we were told we could come and collect her and take her home with medication.

“I was over the moon, I was saying ‘thank you’ to the vet team repeatedly, they saved her life.

“It was a complete turnaround from carrying her lifeless body.”

William and Sid after picking up Susan (Image: Supplied)

William and Sid have since set up a fundraising page to give back to the PDSA.

So far, more than £250 has been raised.

William said: “The PDSA took us in and helped us, knowing we wouldn’t be able to pay a lot and they saved her life.”

The couple are also speaking out about the incident in a bid to raise awareness.

“I’m hoping people realise that such a careless act could cause an innocent dog to die,” William added.

“We want people to see the impacts it had in this case. There’s a photo of Susan in an incubator, hooked up to the machines. Hopefully, it would make people think twice about smashing a bottle in the street.

“I’ve been cleaning the streets myself. There is litter and it’s never going to end but I was taken aback by the number of sharp objects and shards of glass. It did surprise me."

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