Real Life Nightmare...

lowendmafia · #1 07-06-2008, 10:46 PM

As some of you may know, I am a dog breeder and trainer. I also am a big hiking enthusiast. I love to take a handful of dogs on this nice trail near my house because it follows a stream and has some decent climbs. Today I took 4 dogs with me on that trail, an 8 year old female (my main dog), a 1 year old female, a 1 year old male and an 8 month old female that doesn't get to go too often. Everything was going fine until we started to head back to the truck. The 8 month old ran full speed into a very sharp branch and sliced her face open from her eye-socket to her ear. She started to panic and would not move. I had to carry her, on my back, for at least 2 miles. It was one of the most gruesome things I have ever experienced, as I was completely covered in blood by the time I got her back to the truck. Thankfully she didn't do any serious damage to her eye, and I was able to get a vet to stitch her up. I don't know if anyone really wanted to know, but I needed to write it out to calm my nerves.

kesslari · #2 07-06-2008, 10:49 PM

Oh man.
I know how you love your dogs. that must have been a nightmare indeed.
Glad she's OK.
Time now for a cold beverage for you, man, and to get the adrenaline out of your system...

Snakeman1066 · #3 07-06-2008, 10:52 PM

God luck I hope it all turns out well....i like animals more than i like most people...and it is always hard when one gets hurt or dies....

I recently lost my favorite dog to a venemous snake bite

I feel for ya

ynie92992 · #4 07-06-2008, 10:56 PM

That made me tear up a little because I got the thought that that would happen to my dog. Hope everything is ok.

cheesemonkey · #5 07-06-2008, 10:58 PM

Aye plus one to animals over most people. Hope the little guy gets good soon. Can't imagine how it must of been to have to carry a injured animal like that after seeing its head sliced open

quick recovery and best of wishes

whoatherechunk · #6 07-06-2008, 11:32 PM

How did the other dogs react? I'm glad that every went fine.

buzzbass · #7 07-07-2008, 08:37 AM

Good thing you were there for her, nice job

FL Knifemaker · #8 07-07-2008, 08:41 AM

You did well!! I know a lot of people that would have fainted on the trail and let everything go sideways

We keep a suture kit in my Jeep and on the airboat. In the woods around here, there are all sorts of things that cut the dogs. 99% of the time, they don't even realize they're cut. That eye wound could have been horrible

RiseOfTheWooten · #9 07-07-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by lowendmafia

I had to carry her, on my back, for at least 2 miles. It was one of the most gruesome things I have ever experienced, as I was completely covered in blood by the time I got her back to the truck.

Good job, I would've done the same.

Just a side note, I once found a baby bird in a friend's front yard, it looked lost and also looked like it had had its tail bitten off by a cat or something. It would've been a goner if I had left it out there. So I got down and tried to catch it but it turned out to be a lot harder than it looked, it was quite active and fast for an injured little bird. But I persisted, I'd hate to have it die in pain.

After half an hour of crawling after it through bushes and shrubs, I finally caught it and drove it to an animal shelter...

...where the vet nurse told me it was a actually perfectly healthy baby bird who had not yet grown its tail feathers. It had probably dropped out of its nest and couldn't climb back up. And here I thought it was in some kind of pain.

varunkapahi · #10 07-07-2008, 10:21 AM

hope everything goes okay. lowend i always REALLY wanted a dog so does my brother but my parents say we cannot afford one and one's needs as such food and health care/treatment and training and everything. but now i want a dog all the way even more

you have any suggestions? very occasionally i see a tiny tiny little pup somewhere in some street and am so tempted to pick him up and go home but wouldnt that be separating him and his family???

and my parents are against the idea because they have no clue how would i make the dog understand that he/she shouldnt poop inside the house and everything like this??

hoping for some advice. please have a look at my location though

lowendmafia · #11 07-07-2008, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by whoatherechunk

How did the other dogs react? I'm glad that every went fine.

Annie, my 8 year old just looked up at her and whimpered a little bit. Solo and Rebel (both 1 year) just ran around like nut cases.

cheesemonkey · #12 07-07-2008, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lowendmafia

Annie, my 8 year old just looked up at her and whimpered a little bit. Solo and Rebel (both 1 year) just ran around like nut cases.

hows she doing right now lowend?

lowendmafia · #13 07-07-2008, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cheesemonkey

hows she doing right now lowend?

She is all stitched up and a little loopy due to the pain killers, but she is doing just fine. I have to keep her in the house because I don't want her running with the pack quite yet. Thanks for asking.

steve21 · #14 07-07-2008, 11:46 PM

I'm happy to hear you saved your dog. Props, man.

varunkapahi · #15 07-07-2008, 11:48 PM

hey lowend please give me some advice regarding what i posted above

cheesemonkey · #16 07-07-2008, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by lowendmafia

She is all stitched up and a little loopy due to the pain killers, but she is doing just fine. I have to keep her in the house because I don't want her running with the pack quite yet. Thanks for asking.

good to hear she safe and getting better. Again hope for a quick recovery

MakiSupaStar · #17 07-07-2008, 11:52 PM

You were her hero. Good job.

GeneralElectric · #18 07-08-2008, 12:13 AM

You be careful she doesn't try to pull out the stitches. Get her one of those fashionable cones.