A horrible moment of panic when an owner rushed her senior dog to the vet unraveled as soon as they returned home because her canine shockingly demanded food.

Owner Sam told Newsweek that she owns two dogs. With the size difference between the two, she usually breaks off a bigger piece of fruit and vegetables for the larger canine . But, without her seeing, her 13-year-old silky terrier , Nina, snagged the bigger piece of watermelon the other dog spit out.

"Her previous owner abused her—I got her when she was three and now she's 13—but her mannerisms still force her to gobble down whatever she steals, so no one notices and we don't take it from her," Sam said.

Nina began choking, and Sam jumped into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver on her, which she's done on dogs before,

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