POLICE DOG EATS A PILE OF ROCKS BECAUSE THEY SMELLED LIKE BEEF SANDWICHES

Grand Rapids K-9 Rocco went under the knife after loading his stomach with landscaping rocks, and the only suspect in this case is a crock pot. His handler, Austin Diekevers, made beef sandwiches, then threw the leftover scraps off his deck for the chickens. Some of the juice hit the landscaping rocks. Rocco, a police dog whose entire job is finding things by smell, found them. Diekevers says it happened in the few minutes it took him to put the crock pot away. He caught Rocco chewing, called the vet, and got told that if the dog was still eating, drinking and having normal bowel movements, he was probably fine. A day later Rocco stopped eating. Diekevers felt his stomach and could actually hear the rocks in there, which is the worst sound a dog owner has ever described out loud. X-rays at the Animal Emergency and Specialty Hospital of Byron Center showed a stomach full of stones, surgery followed, and Rocco spent about 24 hours there before heading home. It was his second trip to that hospital this year. In April he impaled his leg on a fire pit and needed blood transfusions to survive. The hospital is now taking guesses on how many rocks came out, with no prize attached, just bragging rights.

Why you should give a shit: Rocco's back on patrol in about a week, and it's a cheap reminder that your yard is one spilled crock pot away from a surgical bill.