Every one of these socks was pulled from the dog’s stomach (Picture: Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital)

Sock quantities should not be hard to figure out; one on each foot and zero in each stomach.

Unfortunately a 3-year-old Great Dane got confused and instead ate 43 of the things.

The dog’s owners took him to an animal hospital in Portland, Oregon, after they found him groaning and retching.

The hospital took X-rays and confirmed the treasure chest of socks in the animal’s stomach, which required a two-hour operation to get them all out.

Despite the intrusive surgery, the dog survived the ordeal, although he could probably taste feet for weeks afterwards.

Dr Ashley Magee, from the DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital, said it was one of the most bizarre incidents the hospital had ever encountered and broke hospital records, unsurprisingly.

She told CNN: ‘We opened up his stomach and kept removing sock after sock of all different shapes and sizes.’

The insides of his stomach probably resembled the back of your washing machine (Picture: Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital)

Veterinarians at the hospital were so impressed with the haul that they entered it into the annual ‘They ate What?’ competition and won $500 (£304) for third place.


They were beaten by a frog who ate 30 rocks in his cage, and a German shorthaired pointer who managed to consume a kebab skewer.

Don’t worry, they both survived.

The Great Dane (not pictured) broke hospital records (Picture: dmussman)