Back in 2010, West Michigan residents learned the name Jerry Douthett after his dog, Kiko, bit off his toe and saved his life. Douthett said he was at a bar celebrating his wife Rosee becoming an American citizen on the night it happened.
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I have to say, with all the dogs I've owned in my life, the thought of one of them biting my toe off has never entered my mind.
My balls, yes. Toe, no.
Shit like this pisses me off: "...although her husband never smoked or chewed tobacco, he was diagnosed with cancer of the mouth and throat."
ReplyDeleteDUH! Fuckwit. Smoking or chewing tobacco will not cause cancer, they *increase your chance" of having cancer. You don't have to do a goddam thing to get cancer but be alive.
Well, they did say that the toe was badly infected and had been for some time, and that the action saved his life because of the man's underlying diabetes. Maybe the dog smelled the death in the tissue and made it go away.
ReplyDeleteWith a blood sugar of over 800, that ripe toe was like a candy cane to that dog. Sweet and yummy.............so he ate it.
DeleteI've heard of dogs detecting issues such at this. I reckon they can, as said above, smell the bad tissue. They can also predict seizures. When a dog talks to a seizure pt. they for one thing get down on the ground. I reckon if there is a med they can take they pop some of that to but getting down lying on the floor or the ground is paramount.
ReplyDeleteThere's no heaven if my dogs aren't there. See the "Twilight Zone" episode, "The Hunt". Makes me cry.
ReplyDeleteLol, he knew something wasn’t right when the gatekeeper for hell said dogs weren’t allowed there.
DeleteGreat episode.
MadMarlin
fucking dogs.. years ago I was performing missionary work with a young lady in my bed. like I said, fucking dog.. jumped on bed behind me and stuck his nose down there to have a sniff of what was going on. jeebus-h-fkng-krist I almost jumped to the ceiling before chasing that bastard out of the house. girl was laughing and that fucking dog thought it was hilarious too. me? not so much
ReplyDeleteDoctor Doggie, field surgeon. And nurse kitty. Ohio Guy
ReplyDeleteDogs can smell injuries and infections. My two previous big dogs, every time I put a bandaid on an arm, the dogs sniffed and sniffed and would have licked the wound had I allowed. Biting off a toe, that is a dedicated dog.
ReplyDeleteWhat, you've never heard of Lab tests or CAT scans?
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Smashed a toe up really badly once - had to get the nail bed debrided regularly so that the nail might regrow. One day, the day before I was supposed to go back to the doctor, my dog started nibbling on the toe and cleaned it all perfectly, and as gently as you could imagine. The doctor was impressed the next day. Toe ended up being fine, too.
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