Author: Mark Tovey for Mailonline

Published: October 22, 2021 at 12:09 EST | Updated: October 22, 2021 at 14:00 EST

This is the time for a veterinarian and her team to rescue a dog that was choked to death by a ball.

The mixed bulldog named Hansel was taken to the West Mountain Animal Hospital and Emergency Center on Long Island in Huntington, New York after being stuck in the throat with a rubber ball on October 17.

The dramatic footage showed that before Dr. Christie Williams used a little-known technique to "pop" the ball from his throat, a group of veterinarians pried open his jaw and Hansel was lying on his back.

According to a report from ABC7 New York, the clinic’s veterinarian, Dr. Williams, recalled that he had seen “external extraction” technology in a training video “a few years ago”. 

Her footage shows her straddling the dog, applying pressure to the outside of Hansel's throat and releasing the ball.

Unusually, just 20 minutes before Hansel arrived, the vet gave the same emergency treatment to another dog—a Doberman who inhaled tennis balls. 

On October 17th, at the West Hill Animal Hospital and Emergency Center on Long Island, Huntington, New York, a fast-acting veterinarian rescued Hansel. The mixed bulldog was suffocated to death by a solid rubber ball. 

That day, October 17th, this was the first time the clinic used the "external extraction" technology.

Dr. Williams told ABC7 New York: "The weather is good, so I believe everyone wants to play with their dogs. But it was a strange day. 

A post on the clinic's Facebook page detailed the technique used by Dr. Williams to rescue two choking dogs.

It reads: "In most cases, panicked veterinarians will try to pry the ball out of the back of the dog’s throat with hands or tweezers. This method has a high failure rate, and then an emergency tracheotomy is required for the dog. To prevent suffocation. 

"Sometimes, many times, it's too late."

When her dog was about to catch the ball, Hansel’s owner Kellyskinner sat with the medical staff, apparently not suffering from him

In an interview with ABC7 New York, Kelly Skinner, the owner of Hansel, recalled the experience at the time with tears, saying that the bulldog was "blue" due to lack of oxygen.  

But now, according to Kelly, her dog was “ready to play and fetch again every day” and soon forgot the traumatic event that brought him to the clinic.

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