Worse Pet Related Injury?
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Met a lady today in plaster. Broke her ankle tripping over a seriously underwhelmed and unrepentant Hamish, her West Highland Terrier.
Worse dog related injury I've suffered was due to a clash of heads with a young and daft Doberman where I had stooped to pet him just as he jumped up to say hello. I broke my nose (or rather he did).
Who else has suffered damage at the hands (or rather paws) of their pet?
Worse dog related injury I've suffered was due to a clash of heads with a young and daft Doberman where I had stooped to pet him just as he jumped up to say hello. I broke my nose (or rather he did).
Who else has suffered damage at the hands (or rather paws) of their pet?
i grew some ladybirds from eggs once. One of them bit me really hard and it hurt like a bugger.
been bitten by all my snakes a few times - just leave comedy marks (tho a friend got struck by his reticuated python and it broke 5 of his ribs!)
slightly head butted and bitten by the horse
actually ive been bitten by a lot of things now i think about it - cheetah prob the best, tegu gecko or ladybird hurt the most
My wife, however, has had her toe broken, tendon separation and serious internal crush damage from various horse-related incidents!
been bitten by all my snakes a few times - just leave comedy marks (tho a friend got struck by his reticuated python and it broke 5 of his ribs!)
slightly head butted and bitten by the horse
actually ive been bitten by a lot of things now i think about it - cheetah prob the best, tegu gecko or ladybird hurt the most
My wife, however, has had her toe broken, tendon separation and serious internal crush damage from various horse-related incidents!
Nightmare said:
i grew some ladybirds from eggs once. One of them bit me really hard and it hurt like a bugger.
been bitten by all my snakes a few times - just leave comedy marks (tho a friend got struck by his reticuated python and it broke 5 of his ribs!)
slightly head butted and bitten by the horse
actually ive been bitten by a lot of things now i think about it - cheetah prob the best, tegu gecko or ladybird hurt the most
My wife, however, has had her toe broken, tendon separation and serious internal crush damage from various horse-related incidents!
Appropriate username been bitten by all my snakes a few times - just leave comedy marks (tho a friend got struck by his reticuated python and it broke 5 of his ribs!)
slightly head butted and bitten by the horse
actually ive been bitten by a lot of things now i think about it - cheetah prob the best, tegu gecko or ladybird hurt the most
My wife, however, has had her toe broken, tendon separation and serious internal crush damage from various horse-related incidents!
As a bairn of around 8/9, was lying on our kitchen lino, petting our dog Trixie when my Mum opened the kitchen door, pushing me into Trixie and squahing her against the kitchen cupboards.
She panicked and bit me in the throat, narrowly missing my jugular.
She then latched onto my right calf muscle and bit into that as well.
My right leg was black/blue/brown/green from knee to ankle for weeks and my throat didn't look much better.
I forgave Trixie.
She panicked and bit me in the throat, narrowly missing my jugular.
She then latched onto my right calf muscle and bit into that as well.
My right leg was black/blue/brown/green from knee to ankle for weeks and my throat didn't look much better.
I forgave Trixie.
Broken toes loads of times kicking HUGE bones in the middle of the night while trotting to the loo. Dog was/is always leaving half a cow laying around!
Had my front tooth knocked out by an over-excited puppy, had that fixed and three weeks later another puppy did the same thing to the same tooth, still having problems with it now a year later.
Broken my right collarbone when I tripped over the dog (sleeping peacefully) and banged into the door frame.
Caught the worst eye infection known to man from my dog (Phoebe) which she caught swimming. Her eyes cleared up in about a week with anti-biotics, mine took about four months of hospital visits and no driving (blind/or very blurred vision) and then got a huge cyst in my left eye and ulcerated eye ball. It was a 'fun' time.
Had a variety of bites from dogs, usually my own! Had one dog (Sam, RIP) who was a complete bomb head ( a pro trainer suggested PTS as the only option for him, He lived to be 19!) and if he did something wrong (often) would not accept being told off and would bite me! We had many, many fights over about four years before he quit, and my arms and hands still (28 years later) bare dozens of scars from the sod. I should have PTS or something, but, a dog is for life .... He turned into a lovely mutt eventually, but not until he was about 12. There are many times I could have strangled the daft bugger.
Had my front tooth knocked out by an over-excited puppy, had that fixed and three weeks later another puppy did the same thing to the same tooth, still having problems with it now a year later.
Broken my right collarbone when I tripped over the dog (sleeping peacefully) and banged into the door frame.
Caught the worst eye infection known to man from my dog (Phoebe) which she caught swimming. Her eyes cleared up in about a week with anti-biotics, mine took about four months of hospital visits and no driving (blind/or very blurred vision) and then got a huge cyst in my left eye and ulcerated eye ball. It was a 'fun' time.
Had a variety of bites from dogs, usually my own! Had one dog (Sam, RIP) who was a complete bomb head ( a pro trainer suggested PTS as the only option for him, He lived to be 19!) and if he did something wrong (often) would not accept being told off and would bite me! We had many, many fights over about four years before he quit, and my arms and hands still (28 years later) bare dozens of scars from the sod. I should have PTS or something, but, a dog is for life .... He turned into a lovely mutt eventually, but not until he was about 12. There are many times I could have strangled the daft bugger.
Looking at some of the replies, I think I should consider myself lucky 
The only two that spring to mind are the bitten ankle (two puncture wounds nicely placed either side) courtesy of my lovely boy Hudson. Entirely my fault, I did stand on him accidentally in the middle of the night....
And the bite through to the bone on my knuckle courtesy of one of my rabbits. No excuses there, she's just a grumpy old mare!
Worse non-pet related injury was when I tried to pick up a seagull which had been hit by a car and injured but not killed
Everyone else was just swerving around it and I couldn't bear to see it hit. I thought I had a plan, it thought otherwise, and latched its beak onto my hand. This did allow me to move it, but I still have the scar now, several years later.
The only two that spring to mind are the bitten ankle (two puncture wounds nicely placed either side) courtesy of my lovely boy Hudson. Entirely my fault, I did stand on him accidentally in the middle of the night....
And the bite through to the bone on my knuckle courtesy of one of my rabbits. No excuses there, she's just a grumpy old mare!
Worse non-pet related injury was when I tried to pick up a seagull which had been hit by a car and injured but not killed
Everyone else was just swerving around it and I couldn't bear to see it hit. I thought I had a plan, it thought otherwise, and latched its beak onto my hand. This did allow me to move it, but I still have the scar now, several years later.Out walking my two mutts after work on a friday, went down the local river at low tide to walk on the beachy bit, got a german shepard and a elderly half blind half deaf scruffy yorkie cross. Chose to walk down a concrete slope to the beachy bit so carried the yorkie down as she doesnt like downward slopes, tripped or slipped on something at the bottom and went down onto my knee due to holding onto the dog,smashing my kneecap into half a dozen bits! Yorkie was fine but I had to ring for a ambulance and get someone to come get the dogs.
jackthelad1984 said:
Out walking my two mutts after work on a friday, went down the local river at low tide to walk on the beachy bit, got a german shepard and a elderly half blind half deaf scruffy yorkie cross. Chose to walk down a concrete slope to the beachy bit so carried the yorkie down as she doesnt like downward slopes, tripped or slipped on something at the bottom and went down onto my knee due to holding onto the dog,smashing my kneecap into half a dozen bits! Yorkie was fine but I had to ring for a ambulance and get someone to come get the dogs.
I winced as I read that.SteellFJ said:
Broke my Tail bone and fractured my heel falling down the stairs after tripping over the cat in the dark while carrying my then 1 year old.
sacrificed myself to save him. nearly went the other way about and went head first.
Always been fearful of falling down stairs whilst holding my little one! That must have been frightening experience.sacrificed myself to save him. nearly went the other way about and went head first.
I buggered my knee and my back, falling down the stairs trying to save my budgie that I was carrying down in a cage! He was fine, I ended up in a&e!
I got bitten by a campsite owners Jack Russell, it just missed my eye. Day in hospital being cleaned and stitched up. Back in the 70s, I was chuffed with a free lollipop from the shop in compensation
My Dad...
Managed to damage a muscle throwing a stick for the dog (retrievers), it took about two years to recover.
He also broke his leg when walking passed a (lying down) dog, the dogs moved, he dodged to avoid it and fell.
PositronicRay said:
I winced as I read that.
Oh I winced a bit when I did it! Worst bit was I had to call over the only person in shouting distance to come and put my dogs on leads and keep hold until someone came to get them, poor bloke was a bit nervous of my quite large german shepard (who is as soft as they come), only for his jack russell to come bounding over to me to say hello, jumping up at me putting a paw where my kneecap should have been, that was far worse than the impact! Was given ketamin at the hospital to allow them to move the bits of bone before a temparary full leg cast was put on, bloody hell that stuff is effective!! About 12 years ago, when Piran (staffy/collie/spaniel, pics in the dog pic thread) cross was about 1, we were having a BBQ, but the one I had was quite low down. I'd not thought of it before as was the first BBQ we'd had since getting him, but he was tall enough to take food off the grill. I'd kept an eye on him, but looked the other way and he was stealing a chicken wing. I wasn't bothered about the chicken, just the bones, so went to grab it off him. I still have the scar on my thumb where he bit straight through it, trying to eat the wing rather than giving it up.
I've had a few other bites separating other dogs in fights, but nothing much.
When I was little, my parents got a Shetland pony on the basis it would keep our fields in check. Horrible creature. It would rear up at me whenever I'd go near him, he bit my brother's hand quite badly and kicked my Gran (in her 80s at the time) really hard. He's now 34 or 35 and has only just started to calm down a bit.
I've had a few other bites separating other dogs in fights, but nothing much.
When I was little, my parents got a Shetland pony on the basis it would keep our fields in check. Horrible creature. It would rear up at me whenever I'd go near him, he bit my brother's hand quite badly and kicked my Gran (in her 80s at the time) really hard. He's now 34 or 35 and has only just started to calm down a bit.
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