THIS hapless puppy is lucky to be alive after spending two days with a barbecue FORK lodged in his skull.
The 12-week-old Chihuahua, called Smokey, was speared with the metal grilling fork when its handle snapped off unexpectedly at a family party.
He ran into the woods in shock with the end of the FIVE-INCH spike in his brain and did not return home for two days.
Owners Hughie and Billie Wagers, both 32, immediately rushed him to the vets where the fork was removed by emergency surgery.
Headache ... x-ray shows fork in Smokey's brain
Incredibly, Smokey is now expected to make a full recovery apart from some loss of sight in his right eye.
Billie, from London in Kentucky, US, said: "Hughie's sister Vickie was outside giving the scraps from the barbecue to the dogs when the accident happened.