Dog has surgery after eating homework

IT'S the oldest excuse in the book, but for one teenage girl, a dog really did eat her homework.

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IT'S the oldest excuse in the book, but for one teenage girl, a dog really did eat her homework.

Payton Moody, 13, had just finished building a candy-covered volcano for her science class when her pet devoured it last month.

But after feasting on 50 metal straight pins and chocolate, which is toxic to dogs, Reggie the Labrador was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.

"I made a volcano project out of candy and I pinned the candy to a foam base," Payton, from Colorado, told CBS Denver.

"I woke up one morning and I came down to my desk and it was just all over the floor. I was very scared."

The family found Reggie writhing in pain on the floor and rushed him to a vet.

"They were able to take most of the pins out with an endoscopy," Dr. Brian Van Vechten told GoodMorningAmerica.com.

"But there were still six or so in the stomach, so I was called to take the remaining pins out through surgery."

Reggie was released after a two-day stay and is now on the road to a full recovery.

Meanwhile, Payton worked on a new project.

"I got an ‘A'," the year eight student said.