A BORDER collie has rediscovered his voice and is back to singing along to Shania Twain after specialist care at an animal hospital.

Five-year-old Jax had lost his voice due to a constant chronic cough, but his owner, Ellena Farrow, promised her pet, 'I'm Gonna Getcha Good'.

Ms Farrow took Jax to North West Veterinary Specialists (NWVS) in Sutton Weaver, Cheshire, where a 5cm grass seed was removed from his lungs.

The grass seed removed from the poorly pooch (Image: Supplied) Ms Farrow, from Preston, said: "Jax is back to his normal self and out running with me and chasing frisbees like nothing ever happened.

"Best of all he's singing again."

She often caught Jax singing along to the radio when checking on him through a camera in the living room.

His singing had stopped during his illness, but after his treatment, Jax sang along to Shania Twain.

Ms Farrow said: "It showed Shania is 'Still The One' that makes Jax react.

"It was brilliant and he’s actually much more tuneful than I am."

Ellena Farrow and her dog Jax (Image: Supplied) Ms Farrow, a respiratory physiotherapist, was concerned about Jax's health when he developed a persistent cough in August.

She said: "At the beginning of August Jax suddenly started coughing a lot for no obvious reason.

"I thought it might just be a virus but when it didn’t improve after a couple of weeks I went to our local vet."

After treatment for potential lungworm didn't resolve Jax's symptoms, Ms Farrow was worried it could be something more serious.

Jax was referred to NWVS for a CT scan, which confirmed the presence of a grass seed.

She said: "I was shocked at the size of the grass seed.

"It was 5cm long and more like the full seed head of some long grass."

Ellena and Jax regularly run together (Image: Supplied) Chantal Rosa, the internal medicine specialist at NWVS, said: "Fortunately, no surgery was required as we were able to retract the troublesome seed by performing a bronchoscopy, where a thin, flexible tube with a camera, light source and miniature tools is fed down through the airways into the lungs.

"This allowed us to locate the grass seed and safely secure it before carefully retrieving it.

"The seed was quite a size, measuring 5cm, so no wonder Jax was coughing so much as this would have been a major irritation for him."

The procedure went well, and Jax was allowed home the same day.

He has fully recovered from the cough.

Jax enjoying time on the beach (Image: Supplied) Ms Farrow praised the team at NWVS, especially Ms Rosa, for their care.

She said: "The team at NWVS was brilliant and I’d definitely recommend them.

"Especially Chantal.

"She was very honest with me about my options.

"I felt like I could 100 per cent trust she would do everything she could for Jax and he was in the best hands.

"She rang me after the CT scan to update me and then as soon as the bronchoscopy was completed, the communication was faultless and I’m very grateful."

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