Time at the bark! Pub landlord finds lost watch INSIDE his pet dog - after alarm goes off

When Terry Morgan's £500 watch went missing, his pet pup Charlie wasn't the prime suspect.

But despite searching his house from top to bottom, there was no trace of his treasured timepiece.

It was only when its alarm went off that Terry realised he owned a real 'watchdog', after the Newfoundland decided it was chime for a snack.

'At first I thought he was lying on it. Only when I rolled him over did I realise it was inside him', said the retired publican.

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'The watch was always set to go off at 10:55pm to remind me to call last orders.

'Luckily I'd never bothered to change it.

'I rushed him to the vet for an emergency operation. I was a bit ticked because that would have cost me about £1,000.

'But when Charlie saw the anaesthetic needle he howled with fright and coughed the watch up out of his gullet.'

Terry, 66, who lives next door to the Anchor pub in Cockwood, near Exeter, added: 'It still cost over £200 because they had to do further X-rays to see if he had anything else in his stomach.

'I've also had to put up with the endless "time" jokes from the regulars. But I've forgiven him.

'He's a lovely pedigree animal. I got him from a rescue shelter but he's still young and very playful.

'He's always hiding my socks and anything else left lying around. I'll just have to be more careful in future.'

A spokesman from the St David’s Veterinary Group in Exeter added: 'It was the talk of the surgery. We had a real laugh about it.'