Kaley Cuoco's dog recovering from 'intense' foxtail surgery

Kaley Cuoco’s dog recovering from ‘super intense surgery’ to remove dangerous foxtails

Kaley Cuoco smiles in a black outfit and green pendant necklace against a blue-and-yellow background.

July 19, 2023 3:01 PM PT

Kaley Cuoco has issued a warning to “all my dog lovers out there” after her pup recently underwent a “super intense surgery” to remove a piece of foxtail from his body.

The “Flight Attendant” star shared Monday on her Instagram story that her dog King became “violently ill” after coming into contact with foxtails, People reported.

“This is a foxtail,” Cuoco captioned a photo of the annual summer grass.

“They are extremely dangerous to animals esp dogs ... we spent the last 2 months trying to figure out what was wrong with our King ... nothing was working.”

After “many” vet appointments, surgery and “endless meds,” Cuoco said, a specialist discovered two foxtails in the canine’s body that were “days away from piercing his heart.”

A foxtail is a seed head that resembles a fox‘s tail and can be found on some weeds and wild grasses. They can “pose severe health risks by migrating into tissues where they can cause abscesses and widespread infections,” according to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

If left in an animal’s body for an extended amount of time, foxtails can pierce through tissue and migrate to the brain, lungs and other vital organs, per UC Davis.

“He is doing soooo much better but as u can see he has tons of stitches from a super intense surgery,” Cuoco captioned a photo of her pooch.

“Please be careful. Also please note that these must be surgically removed. They do not heal on their own!”