Doctors pull 24 socks from 7-month-old puppy's stomach in Corona

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- Some dogs have a habit of getting into stuff they're not supposed to eat. Then there's Luna.

The 7-month-old Bernese Mountain Dog gave her Corona family a scare when she started vomiting with a swollen stomach. Her family rushed her to the Corona Animal Emergency Center on Feb. 16.

Turns out, she had been eating socks.

Doctors rushed her into emergency surgery and pulled 24 socks from her stomach. Luna also had a scrunchie, hair ties, a shoe insert and a small onesie lodged in her gut.

"This beat my record. I have personally never cut this much stuff out of an abdomen," said Dr. Jenny Elwell-Gerken, who operated on Luna. "I have had animals eat bigger things, possibly, not this many things."

"That stomach was the biggest stomach I've seen in 16 years of doing this," she added.

Luna is now back home recovering.

Her owners did not wish to go on camera, but told Eyewitness News this has happened before. She recently ate a battery.

Veterinarians say it's not uncommon for dogs to ingest things they shouldn't, but Dr. Elwell-Gerken says Luna's story should serve as a cautionary one for animal owners to always keep an eye on what your pet is eating.