dog who was bitten by a poisonous snake was left "unrecognisable" as she fought for her life.Tiny Yorkshire Terrier Chloe was bitten by an adder, the UK's only venomous snake, while on holiday with her owners in Dorset.
Moments after the serpent struck, the whimpering pooch's head began to swell to twice its normal size, with a huge black bruise spreading across her face, SurreyLive reports.
As the venom took hold, her eyes completely disappeared in to her swollen head, and she couldn't open her mouth to breathe.Owners Ray and Denise Peck, who were in the idyllic county on holiday, initially thought that their pet had been stung by a wasp after she ran in from their rented holiday cottage's garden in distress.
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