A 10-week-old puppy has survived an operation to remove a nine inch (23cm) stick from its throat.

Jack, a Jack Russell, was playing in the garden of his owner's home in Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, when he ran onto the stick on Sunday afternoon.

The stick is more than half the size of Jack who measures 17 inches (43cms) from nose to tail.

Vet, Kathryn Cave, said Jack's breathing was not affected as the stick did not penetrate his windpipe.

She said: "His owners said they saw him run onto a stick in the garden.

"I could feel it in his throat and I thought it was a fragment of a stick and it wasn't until we anesthetised him that we realised it was a rather long stick.

"He could breathe because his windpipe was not affected but he was trying to be sick.

"But he is perfectly ok, he's very happy now and is recovering."