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Veterinary Practice News Editorial Blog:
December 9, 2011
Time Out for a Laugh
Katherine Dobbs, RVT, CVPM, PHR
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There is one sure-fire way to release stress and combat compassion fatigue—humor! Our profession tends to do a good job with this. In fact, our sense of humor is sometimes absurd, sometimes rather gross, but always funny…at least to those of us “inside” the veterinary profession! (Keep it quiet, there’s a client in the exam room there!)
So when we come across a particularly humorous piece of news, it’s a good idea to share it with your teammates. Here’s one that I stumbled across while scouring the Yahoo! Home page sometime last week. Man’s Best Friend? Hmmmm.
Man is accidentally shot by his own dog
By Eric Pfeiffer, as discovered on the Yahoo! Home Page
Duck Hunt gone awry.
Dogs are man's best friend. Except, you know, when they're shooting a gun at you.
And strangely enough, that's what really happened to a hapless dog owner in Brigham City, Utah. The man in question--a 46-year-old hunting enthusiast who is not named in local news reports on the incident--got a behind-full of birdshot courtesy of his loyal canine companion when he was out duck hunting over the weekend.
KSL.com reports the man and his dog were traveling in a canoe-like boat when the man stepped out into a shallow marsh to set up some decoys. His left his 12-gauge shotgun resting across the bow of the boat, according to Box Elder County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Potter.
That's when the dog "did something to make the gun discharge," Potter said. "I don't know if the safety device was on. It's not impossible the dog could have taken it off safety."
Apparently excited to join his owner in the marsh, the dog jumped up on the boat's bow and stepped on the gun. The gun was fired, hitting the man in the buttocks with 27 pellets of birdshot.
The man promptly called 9-1-1, and is now reportedly recovering. Potter said that thanks to a well-positioned pair of waders--the hip-length rubber boots he was wearing at the time--the dog owner was able to avoid a more serious gunshot wound.
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