Accident prone Hunting Dogs

EPointer=Birdss

Guys,

Has anyone else had a dog that could not keep out of harms way!?????
My dog is now 13 months & has already a life times supply accidents to his name!

> He has eaten rat poison (don't tell me how he managed to find it in the middle of a field!) Couse of vit K, stomach pumped & a week of biting finger nails waiting for the all clear!
> He has done bad soft tissue damage to his shoulder which took it's time to heal! Course of anti inflamatorys pain killers etc
> I brought him for a quick run on Tuesday & he managed to find some glass along a ditch beside a farmers yard. End result he severed the skin beween 2 toes so the extent he needed stitches & a course of various tablets! He's now in a muzzle to stop him eating the dressings! Had the lamp shade on him but he managed to get at it so had to bring him back to re-do them!

I would not wish my experiences on any other hunting man! If he was no good nothing would ever happen!
Heart breaking stuff at times!

greenpeter

Poor dog is having a hard time alrite. My pup put himself flat on his back yesterday in the garden, I walked away from him so he turned and went to run after me but ran straight into a iron pole of the cloths line. I taught that was the end of him but he came round and is still a bit shaken today.

pullandbang

EPointer=Birdss wrote: »

Guys,

Has anyone else had a dog that could not keep out of harms way!?????
My dog is now 13 months & has already a life times supply accidents to his name!

He's not called LUCKY by any chance?:D

EPointer=Birdss

pullandbang wrote: »

He's not called LUCKY by any chance?:D

No but anymore of this carry on & I may considor it!;)

He's problem is that he has alot of drive & does not know how to relax so is always hyper hense even small journeys have to be a sprint which leads to all sorts of close calls! More exercise he gets the worse he seems to be!

pullandbang

Any pup I've ever had has been stone mad until they reach two years old. If he survives the next 11 months he'll be fine!

mallards

I have five dogs and one of them is very accident prone. When I had her about two months she was jumping up onto a concret step and damaged her cruciate ligament. That needed an Op and her leg in plaster for two months. When she built herself up she managed to push over a wheelie bin and eat a four day old raw chicken and gave herself samonella. Another run to the vets. She then did it again to a friends bin a year later and this time nearly died due to the food poisioning she gave herself. Year before last she was sent for a strong running pheasant that had dropped on a turf bank about fifteen feet from where she was sent. Followed the little path up the bank and picked the runner as she returned I could see the birds wing covering her face and she stepped out over the bank. Nooooooooooooo! I thought as she fell in a heap to the bottom. I ran over and both her and the bird were dazed. I, ahem, dazed the bird some more;) then picked her up and took her to the vet. She had torn ligaments from that one. Now I keep her wrapped in cotton wool for fear of her hurting herself again! :rolleyes:
Luckily the other four are not as bad, touch wood.


Mallards

EPointer=Birdss

mallards wrote: »

I, ahem, dazed the bird some more;)

Mallards

Classic!

Sorry to hear similiar stories Mallards! It's that feeling in the gut when you see somethin about to happen that gets me! The Noooooooooo moment as you put it!

Picture of the culprit on photo thread!