Dogs Bite Off Three of Owner’s Toes
- Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:00am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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In journalism, there’s a saying that the more interesting story is “man bites dog” instead of “dog bites man.” After reading this story, you might disagree.
A man was taken to the hospital Thursday after police say his two dogs gnawed off three of his left toes:
KSWB reports:
Police received an emergency call just before 5:30 a.m. from the man’s caretaker. The caller said he found the victim lying in bed amid blood-soaked sheets at their home in the 200 block of West California Street in Mission Hills. The caretaker then discovered that his roommate was missing three left toes and that one of the men’s two small dogs had blood on its snout, SDPD spokeswoman Andra Brown said.
“Pulled off the sheets and looked at his foot, and I dialed 911,” said caretaker George Chilson.
Paramedics took the man, who seemed confused about how he had suffered the injuries, to a hospital. The victim — whose right leg and one of the toes on his left foot had been previously amputated — suffers from neuropathy, a type of nerve damage that has left him with no feeling in his remaining foot, the roommate told police.
The dogs were not euthanized and are back home with their owner. The man‘s caretaker believes the animals were trying to clean a wound on the man’s foot but got carried away.
“Occasionally he can get a knick on his foot, and I think what happened is they found a scab on his toe and began licking and chewing,” he said.
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Comments (74)
Phyliss
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 3:18pmIt’s cheaper than a hospital stay after surgery I guess. Maybe we can put them on staff like we do the leeches :)
Report Post »muriel395
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 3:17pmWell looks like my cooment was lost in cyber space….so I will say it again ohhhhhhhhhhhhGross
Report Post »muriel395
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 3:10pmohwwwwwwwww that is gross! YUCK That is a yuckky story talk about man eating dogs.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 2:31pmObama care at its best. Let the dogs eat our seniors.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 7:27pmDamn thats hillarious Banjarmin. They should have been named Toto.
Report Post »seniorcitizen
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:46pmI have two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels just like the pictures and there is no way in the world that they would actually bite someone – however they (espically the females) are very concerned about any injury so they could have licked the wound to try to make it better. But they don’t bite or growl or in any way show anger to their masters.
Report Post »Cincinnatus Dogood
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:40pmjust remember if you die, your fresh meat. If they were dauchshunds they would never have found the body. It would have all been eaten.
Report Post »rfycom
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:35pmYea I saw this on an episode of the Showtime sitcom called Weeds. You got to stick your finger up the dog’s backside and he will let go.
Report Post »waterman
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:21pmtoes=snasausages
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:00pmAnd this little toe went to market. And this little toe, Oh no, That’s horrible, OMG, The humanity.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:26pmFunny as heck!
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:58pmWhew. So glad it wasn’t a pair of pit bulls.
Report Post »RUNKIDRUN
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:01pmExactly, local politicians would be drafting up legislation as we speak to save the toes of everyone in their county.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:56pmSo technically the dog really didn’t bite the hand that feeds him.
Report Post »Seriously though. I love my 8 rescue doggies like they are my own children. But hey, they start biting off my toes or anything else for that matter, then somebodies getting hurt. I’ll put a whole new meaning to “Getting sent to the dog house”.
David
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:55pmRemember the story where the dog bit off the poisoned toes of his owner?
I guess this is not the same story! LOL
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:58pmThis was pre-poison toe knowing.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:01pmI meant toe knawing.
Report Post »Waltermelon
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 7:05pmActually toe “knowing” worked too! Like the dogs were “precogs”, and knew that the toes would one day be poisoned, “toe-knowing”…
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:12pmOr it could be the dogs have not been fed in a while!
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:12pmAint that what the left is trying to do to our Constitution?? Naw! I’m not going to be that mean. YES I AM………….Carry on McDuff
Report Post »sarg356
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:06pmWhy is this story even on the blaze?
Report Post »occaperson
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 10:15amTo add laughter, to add some “light-heartness” into the daily ‘negativity’, to show some people have things worse happen to them.
Who of us does not like a story about cats – dogs – animals in general…
Report Post »xm-1774u
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 12:06pmwhen my lab was a pup she pulled on my big toe while i was sleeping playing tug of war
Report Post »she sprained it i still shudder lol
Harvey
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:31amThis is one example of the kind of care our elderly are getting.You cannot trust dogs because they are animals,they are not people and it makes no difference how you treat them and what kind of clothes and shoes you put on them they are not people and you cannot trust them around the disabled or small children,no matter what kind they are.
Report Post »Its so sad that this happened but there is more of this kind of thing happening that anyone knows.If you are responsible for someone and there are dogs in the home please dont use them to babysit anyone that cant take care of themselves.Dogs are animals,treat them like the animals they are and no one else will have to suffer from this kind of tragedy.
Waltermelon
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 6:55pmHarvey, I‘m guessing you don’t like dogs! Lol
Dogs have been known to save peoples lives, despite there being a risk to their own. This is documented over and over again. A dog will forgive you no matter what, and is more loyal than most people. They are not called, “mankinds best friend” for nothing sir, I assure you.
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:21amCan’t trust those pit-spaniels!
Report Post »IPONDER
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:19amWho have they charged?
Report Post »chuck_wagon
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:14amBad doggie!!!!!
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:12am.
Report Post »That must have been one hell of a bender!! Lucky to still have his junk. …………
trolltrainer
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:15amRofl! (please do not submit in all caps…okay…)
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:08amMMM, tastes like bacon.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:43pmI don‘t eat bacon so I’m glad you said that. I was thinking about trying it out, I figured that maybe it tasted like chicken.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:06am.
Report Post »Feed the damn thing…………
Gonzo
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:14amI guess they will try and outlaw cocker spaniels now.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:04pm@GONZO
Report Post »No dont outlaw them! Tax and regulate them!
brntout
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 7:58pmdamn as the computer dances like disco years of past.who would have thought naming a dog named bo hmmmmm whats it“s childs name” ? child what“s it”s name?
Report Post »brntout
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:05amBo was that you?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:04amI am speachless…
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:06amAnd first! …….Again!
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:18amMust have been democratic, socialist, communist dogs to chew off the toes on the foot that feeds them……..
captainron
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:21amThe dogs were following their nature. Prayers to the injured man hopes we recovers well.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:32amThe dude probably had infection in his toes, and that’s why the “kids” helped him out!! It’s not really that unusual for dogs to do that kind of behavior when they live in a pack in the wild, and this guy is the leader of their pack…they were helping. I have a lot of dogs, they clean each others ears, teeth, lick scrapes etc.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 11:49amAnd so you are.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:27pmEvery bed ridden elderly person needs a couple of flesh eating Satan Spaniels for companionship.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 1:34pmWell doggone it, what is gonna happen next. Hope the guy is okay though.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 3:42pmthat’s nice..the world is going to hell and we see dog stories…
Report Post »JESUS-IS-LORD
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 7:10pmDogs are disgusting, filthy beasts and that’s what it says in the Bible.
Report Post »Whenever someone was called a dog in the Bible, that would be an insult.
I don’t understand the fascination with these vile animals that eat their own vomit, lick just about everything and defile any place they find suitable if you let them.
Bob1943
Posted on February 11, 2011 at 10:33pm” don’t understand the fascination with these vile animals that eat their own vomit, lick just about everything and defile any place they find suitable if you let them.”
Give dogs a break! Yes, they may eat their own vomit…but, most of them prefer to eat cat poop.
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 1:36amI take offense to what haysusislord says. Dogs are not disgusting or vile! They have personalities and BOUNDLESS loyalty. Your dog never lies to you. Dogs are discerning. At my house, Haysusislord would not be allowed through the door by my dogs. They know the heart of a man. I‘m thinking dogs don’t like haysusislord. Don‘t believe it’s because of the way he looks or speaks. Dogs know anger and negativity when they meet it. I refuse to refer to this person as Jesus is Lord.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:27amIt’s not hard to be first if you spend all your time staring at the screen with a three word response ready to go. Here’s a three word response for you – “you’r a friggin idiot” sorry, I guess that’s four words.
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