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A dog was minutes from death after eating a poisoned sausage which had been deliberately shoved through her owner's letterbox by a vile creep

Blair Williamson, 20, came home from work to let his two pooches out on Saturday evening with his girlfriend Danielle who spotted the two sausages lying on the floor beside "dodgy white powder".

But brown and white dog Lexie wolfed one down before Blair could grab it from her, reports Daily Record .

The support worker, of Bo'ness in the Central Lowlands in Scotland, rushed Lexie to the vets.

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Blair said: "She looked very ill. Her gums were pale, she drank three bowls of water and she was gasping for breath. She kept hacking as though something was stuck in her throat.

"She was given the injection at the vets straight away and she kept vomiting and had diarrhoea all over the floor. It was the most horrible thing I have experienced in my life. Never again.

"The vet said it's lucky she didn't chew the sausage as she could have died. I'm truly disgusted that someone could do this."

The experienced vet, who normally sees cases involving rat poison, admitted to Blair he had "no idea" what the substance was but suspects it was a crushed up tablet.

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Blair, whose emergency trip to the vet cost him £150, said: "The sausages were split and filled with the powder and closed over again. There was crystal powder in the letterbox and on the floor.

"The police told me they might not be able to send it away to get it tested as forensics is too expensive. But this could happen to another dog."

The animal lover, who recently moved to his new home, fears his dogs were deliberately targeted and said he has screwed the letterbox shut while he installs a fire safety box and a CCTV system outside his property.

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He said: "I work all the time and I've only just moved here. I haven't got any enemies.

"The police even said that the dogs were very well behaved and well looked after. They say it could be someone that has a grudge with me, or maybe a previous tenant.

"The door to the close is broken and my flat is a CCTV blind spot. I'm freaked out because it could mean someone has been watching me and knows I have two dogs. It could be anyone. I hope they are caught."