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Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Carnage Continues

posted by on January 31 at 8:29 AM

A paralyzed Lexington man was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after he woke to find his dog had chewed off parts of his toes, police said.

The man woke about 9 a.m. at his home on the 1400 block of Bryan Avenue to find that his pit bull pup had “chewed off four tips of his toes,” Lexington police Lt. Mario Russo said.

Thanks to Slog tipper Victoria.

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1

Even when they're young, they're evil. Well, at least he didn't chew off his dick.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 31, 2008 8:33 AM
2

Oh...never mind. Wouldn't have mattered.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 31, 2008 8:34 AM
3

WTF? He slept through having parts of his toes eaten?

Also, puppies are adorable.

Posted by NaFun | January 31, 2008 8:35 AM
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NaFun, he's paralyzed from the waist down. Can't feel his toes. Still wants them, though, I imagine.

Posted by Fnarf | January 31, 2008 8:40 AM
5

I love pit bulls and children. The two greatest things on the planet..... (puke)

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger | January 31, 2008 8:40 AM
6

he wasn't really using them...

Posted by max solomon | January 31, 2008 8:40 AM
7

My page-a-day calendar today features this quote: "I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves." - Sir Geoffrey Streatfield.

Posted by Ziggity | January 31, 2008 8:43 AM
8

Ah, didn't see that part the first time.

This would have been adorable puppy behavior instantly corrected had it not been for that fact. "My puppy woke me up by chewing on my toes, the little scamp!"

Also, why the fuck were the police involved?

Posted by NaFun | January 31, 2008 8:45 AM
9

Oh, stop it, you're killing me. Thanks, Dan, for starting my day off with a really good laugh.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | January 31, 2008 8:46 AM
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Puppies need to be taught bite suppression, which their mothers would teach them in nature by yelping loudly when the bite too hard. People who adopt puppies need to do the same thing so they learn how to have a "soft mouth"; a person with paralysis can't have puppies has to think of ways of training this skill with or without help before having puppies.

Owning a dog is the most rewarding thing in the world, truly, but it is a HUGE amount of responsibility and not to be taken on lightly. All the complaining one hears about dogs and dog owners on SLOG is less about dog ownership in general and more about dog ownership by irresponsible or clueless people.

Now, because of the failure by a human to teach a puppy bite suppression, they will likely be put down. The owner's irresponsibility as a dog owner lost him his toes and may have lost his puppies their lives.

Posted by S. M. | January 31, 2008 8:49 AM
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The puppy wasn't doing anything any puppy wouldn't have done (doesn't matter what BREED it is). The problem was that the guy couldn't FEEL it.

Put puppy in a crate at night, there wouldn't have been a problem. My almost-2-year-old youngest dog has only STARTED being allowed out at night, and is still crated during the day due to his impressive ability to find things to chew that he really shouldn't be chewing (like disposable razors or my asthma inhaler).

Posted by Nora | January 31, 2008 8:53 AM
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"Owning a dog is the most rewarding thing in the world, truly, but it is a HUGE amount of responsibility and not to be taken on lightly. All the complaining one hears about dogs and dog owners on SLOG is less about dog ownership in general and more about dog ownership by irresponsible or clueless people."

most rewarding? what, for invalids? apparently not, according to this story... most rewarding...wow.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | January 31, 2008 8:55 AM
13

Wah wah wah. He wasn't using them anyway.

Posted by Carollani | January 31, 2008 8:58 AM
14

Carollani, would the world be better off if someone took my brain, because obviously i dont use it?

Posted by Bellevue Ave | January 31, 2008 9:07 AM
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Wait a minute. Nora keeps her dog in a crate? For two fucking years? And y'all thought I was crazy.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | January 31, 2008 9:15 AM
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Nora @11 has it right. Puppies chew on everything, including their owners. This is just a tragedy.

Posted by StotheL | January 31, 2008 9:15 AM
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@10: Thank you. This is also important training for my new boyfriends. When they bite my cock, I smack the shit out of them.

I haven't had a BF eat my feet in my sleep yet, though. I figure when that happens, I'm giving up dating.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | January 31, 2008 9:17 AM
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Bellevue Ave, surely even you can figure out the answer to THAT question.

Posted by Fnarf | January 31, 2008 9:22 AM
19

Crating dogs makes me fucking crazy. Dogs are animals and behave as such and they're going to do things you don't like, like chew on shit and shit on shit that you DO like. When the solution to that problem is to jail your pet in a small enclosure because sometimes they are inconvenient, and you're too lazy to TRAIN your pet, or simply accept that they are animals and are going to behave as such, then I don't have much use for you.

Oddly enough, many dog craters are also the same types who insist on dragging their pets around with them everywhere they go: the bar, Pike Place market, your house when you have a party, because they "love" their pet so much they can't bear to leave them at home, despite the fact the majority of dogs and most animals in fact, hate crowds and being forced into unknown, scary environments...

Love most dogs, and cats; hate a lot of their owners.

Posted by michael strangeways | January 31, 2008 9:34 AM
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They taste like ladyfingers.

Posted by Boomer in NYC | January 31, 2008 9:38 AM
21

#14 - Yes, please.

Posted by wbrproductions | January 31, 2008 9:41 AM
22

"Owning a bazooka is the most rewarding thing in the world, truly, but it is a HUGE amount of responsibility and not to be taken on lightly. All the complaining one hears about bazookas and bazooka owners on SLOG is less about bazooka ownership in general and more about bazooka ownership by irresponsible or clueless people."

Nothing that can't be cured by a couple of classes at the local community college, really.

Posted by dog hater | January 31, 2008 9:51 AM
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Jub, why are your boyfriends biting your cock? And don't smack them too hard if they are, that could cause them to accidentally bite harder.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 31, 2008 9:52 AM
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My Dear Poe:

Even after my recent wiener reduction surgery, it's simply too big. Whilst you are no doubt correct about the effect of slapping them, the reflexive act is impossible to overcome.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | January 31, 2008 9:59 AM
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#19 What? I have 3 dogs, and the only one who is ever crated is the youngest, and that's when I'm not home. Crating is PART of the training, not an excuse not to train. The other two are trustworthy and have full run of the house at all times.

My dogs do Agility and Flyball, and a little competitive obedience, and some herding too. I'll bet they're better trained and get TONS more positive attention than dogs allowed loose to poop and pee and chew on things during the day (if those dogs ever actually make it to adulthood, considering the kinds of things I've caught the youngest trying to eat and the excuses I've heard from people giving up their dogs at the shelter).

Anyway, my point stands. Crate a puppy at night and he won't be eating your toes.

Posted by Nora | January 31, 2008 10:11 AM
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Now I'm intrigued.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 31, 2008 10:42 AM
27

Dan : pitbulls as ECB: Obama.

Posted by torrentprime | January 31, 2008 10:44 AM
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@19. Our dog doesn't naturally get into mischief or chew things, and is generally very well trained. We almost never crate him, even when we are not home.

That being said, he actually likes his crate. It's like his little cave (or rather, his big cave, since he's 80 lbs.). He will go into on his own, and sometimes makes a little fort with his blankets to similate being in a small space.

Many other dogs I know are like this -- for some reason they are more comfortable in their own little defined space. So, crating your dog for 16 hours a day is bad, for sure, but there's nothing inherently wrong with crating.

Posted by Julie | January 31, 2008 11:48 AM
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@19 Locking a dog in a crate all day long=bad. Putting a dog in crate when your gone or asleep and giving them plenty of exercise and attention when your around=a well mannered and happy dog.

Posted by Giffy | January 31, 2008 12:12 PM
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I agree with Julie and Nora. My puppy chewed everything in the world, had trouble with house-training, and barked constantly the entire time, every time I left the house. Then I started crate training. In her crate, she felt safe and protected, even when I wasn't home. She got over her separation anxiety. Now she has full run of the place, but prefers to just curl up underneath lots of blankets. Dogs prefer small, enclosed spaces when their protectors (that's their owners) aren't around.


PS, she's not a pitbull. She's a border collie, and yes, she did used to try to chew on my toes when she was a baby. I trained her not to. There's no such thing as a bad dog, just bad owners.

Posted by me | January 31, 2008 12:21 PM
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would you have posted this if it wasn't about a pit bull, dan? because this could have happened with any breed of puppy, with the operative word being PUPPY. puppies chew on their people, thus this could have happened if he owned a poodle PUPPY-- the guy was paralyzed, and couldn't feel it happening!

Posted by ellarosa | January 31, 2008 12:57 PM
32

I must be sick, cuz that story made me giggle

Posted by FS | January 31, 2008 1:59 PM
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Should never have fed that puppy Snausages. Obviously, he thought the guy's toes were just a variant on his favorite snackie.

Dogs like their crates, when they're used as refuges and sleeping quarters, not punishment. Denning is natural behavior for dogs. Anthropomorphizing it to how a human would feel if crated is just ignorant. Crating a dog when the dog is unsupervised is perfectly humane, provided the dog gets plenty of exercise and attention the rest of the time.

Posted by Geni | January 31, 2008 3:17 PM
34

Kudos to those who stood up for puppies everywhere - for training them - and crating them - and loving them.

But my question is - Would Dan approve of RUFF fucking a pit bull? Without consent?

Posted by Ayden | January 31, 2008 5:21 PM
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@34

Raping a monster doesn't involve the act of rape. You're just raping a monster. Big deal.

Posted by Mr. Poe | January 31, 2008 9:43 PM

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