Heart Radio host and Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden said the incident sparked panic and left her fearing the worst for her beloved dog Minnie
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden has opened up about a distressing incident that occurred, just hours before the show went live on last weekend's show.
The 54-year-old said she was "all over the place" during the episode, as on the Friday night her dog Minnie was rushed to the vet for an emergency.
Recounting the experience on Heart Radio to her co-host Jamie Theakston, she said: "I could hear this sort of rustling noise and I went into the kitchen and there was Minnie, my gorgeous rescue [dog] from Battersea, with a packet of Beechams cold and flu tablets in her mouth, the actual slide.
"I had taken a couple of tablets, because I'm a bit under the weather, and I ripped it out of her mouth and I thought there had been at least three left, and there was only one left in the packet."
After quickly researching online and discovering the potential fatality of such ingredients as caffeine and paracetamol to dogs, Amanda didn't hesitate to act.
"I rushed her in, they took her in, I was in a panic obviously, I was all over the place," she shared
And, the vet Alex, I think he's Italian, he was very serious and he was like 'the next few hours are going to prove very difficult, we're going to need to keep monitoring her and pump her stomach', they had to make her be sick, it was just awful.
"Anyway, I didn't sleep, the next day is Britain's Got Talent, I'm absolutely all over the place through all of it."
Amanda revealed that before going live on the show, she stopped by the vet to check on Minnie and ended up coming across rescue dogs in need of homes.
After resisting the temptation to take them home herself, she chose to help by sharing images of the dogs on her social media.
"It broke my heart, as you know I'm a Battersea ambassador for dogs and cats," she said. "I've had over 250,000 hits, and the vets I think has been inundated with people who want to go and visit and see whether they can be the forever home, for either one of these dogs, or both."
Issuing an update on Minnie's condition, Amanda said she was "right as rain".
"She's back at home, she's on liver tablets but to be absolutely honest, we're not even certain now if she took any at all," she shared.
"But, everything was pointing that way and it all sort of died down, anyway, she's well and I just want to say thank you so much to the North Surrey Emergency Vets in East Moseley."
