Is your dog hazardous to your health? :)

[Pam]

Yesterday I was sitting in a chair and Ripley's ball rolled underneath. Being the slave to the animals that I am, I of course reached down to get it for him so he wouldn't have to. :rolleyes: Little did I realize he was planning to jump up at the same time. End result: We bashed heads and hard! :eek: He let out a little yelp and I think I did too. I kept feeling his little head all day long and looking for any signs of concussion, etc. Fortunately there is no aftermath to all of this and I don't even have an "egg" today and neither does he.

Several months ago Bella and I accidentally crashed into each other in the back yard and she got me good in the knee. I thought this might be a good idea for a thread. Surely I am not the only one who gets injured by my own pupsters! :D

[robinh]

Dick and I's biggest problem is tripping over them. They want to be with Mom/Dad all the time and we forget they follow right on our heels. I know I've had to learn not to carry things in front of me for fear I'll step on one of them or trip over them.

When we have grand-puppies over they like to charge around me going up and down the stairs. That's fun when they clip you on the back of the knee while running around you. On our staircase, it's keep to the left going up or down.

[Logan]

Pam, I feel your pain!!! LOL!!!

Yesterday, when we went to church, we left all four dogs outside, happily chomping on bones. It was so beautiful outside that I didn't think any of them should stay inside.

When we got home, of course four faces were standing at the door, waiting to come greet us, so I opened the door and they all charged in. Murphy charged hardest and rammed her head right into my shin. :eek: She must have hit right on a blood vessel, because it hurt terribly, and when I went to change and take off my hose, I had a huge blue lump on my leg! The lump has reduced in size and now I'm left with an ugly bruise, about 4x4 inches! Wonder how her head feels?????

[Amber]

Hehe! Me and katie bash heads all the time, when we are playing she jumps on me and we knock heads. but nothing serious!!

[tatsxxx11]

I can't tell you the number of times Star's cracked my skull!:eek: We'll be playing on the floor and she'll whip her head back and BoINk! A few times she got me in the nose and I was sure she'd broken it! When we're playing outside, sometimes she'll come running at me full speed and plow into the back of my knees (sandbagged!:D) or side of my leg and down I go! lol! She's a tough little bugger! 60 lbs of fur power!:D Oh, they BOTH love to step on bare feet! Sounds minor, but they're heavy! And Cody's a "toe picker!" When she wants my attention, she'll come over and paw at my leg!!! With shorts on, if her nails need clipping, that can leave a nice scrrrrrrrratch!

[apcrs5122]

Tats, some of the things you said sound exactly like things that Alex does!!!:eek: When I get him "rowdy" I'll be down on all fours and he'll whip around and we'll bash heads:p We actually did that yesterday lol:rolleyes:

Also outside when he gets excited and wants to play he'll come running at me, full speed, and at the very last minute he'll turn slightly and hit me with his shoulder. We call him a football player because that's exactly what he acts like. One day he did it the hardest of all and knocked me so hard and unexpectedly, I flew through the air and landed about 4ft. away!:eek: I landed in a patch of clover, and found a 4-leafed one too;) :D

He also steps on bare feet, and him weighing in at 115lbs, it really hurts! Also when he wants attention, he puts his foot on you and will hit you every 30 seconds with it, and those claws hurt!:rolleyes: :p ;)

[ParNone]

With Murph and Maddie it's me having to be careful of them.
It's so easy to step on or trip over them. I nailed Murph
not too long ago. He's cream colored and he was sleeping
on Oz's bed which is also cream colored. He had been sleeping
on the ceramic tile in the bathroom, so I was not expecting
him to be there. My eye sight is really bad, so when I got
up in the middle of the night to let Maddie out, his body just
blended right into the bed and I stepped right on the poor
lil' guy. He let out a yelp, but he was okay. I now always
step around the dog bed as a habit.

Now Oz is just like tat's Star. He thinks it's great fun to run
up behind me and knock my legs out from under me. This
usually occurs at agility, much to the delight of the people
watching.:) He then proceeds to pounce on me while I'm laying
on the ground and will stand there in the middle of my chest.
Tailing wagging a mile a minute. Having the best time, while
I feel like I've just been a participant in a WWF match.;)

Par...

[Dobiegirl24]

Pepper can do some very painful things, When we are outside he loves to run right into me, sometimes almost knocking me over. And when i practice heeling with him he heel so close to me sometimes i trip over him, LOL. Since neither of us is very coordinated he tends to hurt me a lot, LOL;)

[tatsxxx11]

They're all alike, aren't they Dayna, Par and Dobie! Maybe they were "separated at birth??":D I had to laugh Par when you wrote how Oz will stand over you after the tackle, tail wagging and oh, soooooooooo pleased with himself!:D That's Star! I've stepped on them too often to mention! Good thing they're hearty beasts!:) I won't even get into our little agility "incidents!":D WIPEOUT!

[wolfsoul]

I found out the hard way when I realized Timber never backs down when I run towards her. She bashed her head into my knee. I fell over and the pain was so harsh that my leg went completely numb. She has a very hard head, and I was running down a hill too. :( Ouch. :o

[KYS]

I am sending each and everyone of you guys sympathy
boo boo wishes. :(

(I am having a senior moment).
I honestly am drawing a blank, accept for my
being scratched by Rocky's ruff heavy
paws.

[Crikit]

Oh they're totally bad for my health. Winter is constantly head butting me while trying to give me a kiss. Smudge occasionally walks over me knocking the wind out of me. I constantly trip over Smudge and the odd time Winter while running agility...true it's not always the dogs fault...I'm just a klutz. The biggest health risk I've ever gotten from the dogs though would have to be from the smallest dog in the house. Yes that's right Tama, I got a concusion attempting to stop him from being squashed.

[Kfamr]

Whenever I'm laying with Nala and something startels her, she bashes her head right into my nose. She's done it over and over again.:rolleyes:

[lovemyshiba]

I can relate completely.

Riley gets so excited to see me, that if I am wearing shorts, I may end up with scratches--it's only when I come home from work, but still. When I picked him up at the vet's after being neutered, he was so excited he put a big scratch in my arm--ouch!!!

Abbey has knocked me over once or twice--she just barrels into anything or anyone in her path--she and Riley have almost put me down the stairs backwards too a couple of times!!!

The only injuries I can remember from Kito were from when he had the cone on--the back of my legs were all black and blue from him bashing into me!!

[micki76]

Chester and Millie always peel out on me on their way out the pet door when the dog next door barks. I usually wear leggings or sweats in the winter, but the summer is hard on my legs. I've been bumped in the nose, teeth and eyes by both of them. Michael has been pounced on in a "very painful place" by both on numerous occasions, usually during a game of dog chase dog.
We both trip over Aneko all the time, cause she refuses to move when you approach her :rolleyes:, and in the dark about a week ago Michael kicked her in her side on his way out to work. Thankfully she was ok.

[Tonya]

Rosco hurt me when he was still alive. He was about 5 months old and we were wrestling on the grass; he bit my ear. I pulled away right when his teeth were locked. It ripped the cartiledge in half. It was the most excrutiating pain and to this day I have a scar on my ear. You can feel the scar where the cartiledge tore on both sides of my ear.

[Rachel]

Since Tucker has springs on his feet and can jump up without forewarning that he is coming, I've had the same type of head on crashes. Seems more likely than not, I get them in the teeth. With Hannah the disaster is more her using my bare legs as traction when she takes a running leap from my lap. However, the most serious injuries used to come from before we had our fence. I would take Hannah outside with a long rope trailing her. She could run and play but if she ever tried to make a break for it, I could run and step on the long rope. Unfortunately, at times she would whip around me and I would get a rope burn on my legs from the dirty rope that had been trailing on the ground. I had some nasty infections from those.

However we have thus far all survived, although my husband keeps warning me I am going to catch something from *kissing those dogs*.

[K9karen]

Ah Ha! So THAT'S why I've become so brainless? It was that Cody leaving me a reminder of all those near concussions with a broken nose with his hard head! Talk about seeing Stars! (or ha, ha Sandra's Star!) As if I didn't hate my legs enough...since I've had Klo, I have more scratches and bruises from the little herder, than I think I had my entire kiddie years! She's not prejudice, she's also left 3 inch scars on my arms from jumping, but I got her this weekend and had her TALONS cut and filed!!! I'm buying stock in Neosphoren and Bandaids!!! Rach, I know where you're coming from with those outside ropes..Cody spun around me when he was a puppy and I didn't get away in time, got cut to the bone behind both knees, out of work 2 weeks as a burn patient and blood poisoning..you should see how high I can jump now!!! Casey sounds like my mother...kiss kiss, pucker, pucker!! :p :D ;)

[kingrattus]

I think Max is trying to kill us...

His tail really is deadly. Have u ever been hit by a 2x4? well imagin a 2x4 being attached to Max's butt & being hit in the face with it, ouch!!

When I run in the park with Max, if I start to annoy him by always running away from him, he''ll run full tilt infront of me & STOP DEAD, & well I become airborn & very bloody.

When my ex-friend & I were teaching her 200p rotty to "come" off leash, I learned the hard way, what a sharp double spiked collar can do to the insides of ur legs & a we bit higher (ya, there!!).

Rocky loves to stand between ur legs (hes very protective, so thats where he stands all the time) & when hes just standing there, the spikes don't do too much except poke. But a charging 200p rotty. equipt with razors, = blood & swearing while rolling on the ground. Then rocky liked to jump on u while u were swearing on the ground, as if the spikes wern't enough.



I had my ribs broken by a 200p rotty named Ceazar. I was risking my skin trying to become friends with this guard my ex-friend babysat. neither of us had really gone near him incase he would eat us (he really would hurt someone). Well we knew that he loved KD with lots of ketchup on it, so we made some for us & him & we slowly brought the bowl out to him. He was ok, he didn't snarl, but his butt was wagging. So I gave him the KD & started to pet him. Everything went well until the KD was gone. Ceazar ended up liking me a little too much. He tried to give me a Rotty hug & I fell down & he landed on me & started bouncing around in excitement, bouncing on me several times.

My ribcage is all messed up now. one side is kinda caved in & is much lower then the other side.

But the good thing is that Ceazar became really good friends with us & we started to teach him that snarling at others while walking is a big no no, he he learned quickly & stoped. He became so friendly on walks an old lady was able to kiss him on the head. But when he was put back into his car, he was guard dog again.

So ya, our doggy friends r out to get us.

[K9karen]

:eek: OUCH! Still love em to pieces, battle scars and all!!! :rolleyes: :D

[cloverfdx]

*ouch* these stories are bringing back painful memories lol

clover has on numerous occasions caused serious and not so serious injuries, the one in particular was when she was a pup she had a bad habit of running full speed at closed doors and her favourite door would occasionally spring open, well she did it one night and my mother was just about to open the door when she heard clover running at it, well poor mother did not get out of the way quick enough and the result was being knocked out, 2 black eyes and severe headaches for weeks after, clover has also broken one of my mothers fingers and nearly broke my nose a few weeks ago.

and theodore is a scratcher if you dont pay any attention to him he will scratch at you and he has sharp lil nails (not long, just sharp)

ohh just remembered i was at a obedience class with clover and before we start the dogs have a play well 2 of the boxers ran at full speed into my legs/knee's and sent me flying through the air and i landed hard on my shoulder and thought id broken my legs (i couldnt walk for days) but the boxers are forgiven now *silly kids*

[Samantha Puppy]

Samantha has a habit of following me EVERYWHERE. Usually it's fine, but sometimes she'll just stop short - right in front of me. I can usually handle that just fine too, but when she does it coming downstairs, it isn't very fun. :)

[Dakota's Mommy]

I think my comment sums it all up: All 3 of my girls have really hard heads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!