Chubby has gotten shot...
but he is okay.
My parents let Chubby out this morning while I was just sleeping. Usually when the boys are having their "bathroom break" they walk around the farm. So, when Chubby wasn't in the yard, we thought he was just walking around like usual.
When I woke up, I called his name. He always comes back after a few minutes. My mom was showing me something on the computer. My dad had left for work. He came back, because he forgot something.
He came into the yard and he saw blood on the sidewalk. He followed the blood, and found Chubby drinking water. He had been shot in his front leg.
My dad came in and yelled for my mom and I. We ran downstairs, and when he told us "something has happened to Chubby," I just about fainted. Literally.
We got him cleaned up, but he was loosing blood fast. He was almost squirting out. My dad pinched the skin so blood wouldn't keep coming. He had lost a lot. He was becoming weak.
We called all of the vets we knew. Everyone said they were booked. We told them that it was an emergency, but no one seemed to care.
Finally, we called a vet on his cell phone, and he told us that we could come in. We had nothing else to do.
We got Chubby into the pick-up, and we were trying to keep him from loosing too much more blood.
I had to pinch Chubby's skin, to help stop the bleeding. When we got to the vet's office, I had blood all over my hands. He took him in and cleaned up the wound some more. Luckily, he was not shot in the bone, just on the edge.
The bullet hole had almost hit an artery.
The vet stitched him up, and gave us some medication for the pain. He slept until we got home.
I am so glad that the worst did not happen. I would have told you guys before we went to the vet, but I didn't know very much then. I was way too busy.
Chubby is now relaxing. He is still tired, especially since he lost that blood. The vet said that he will be fine.
Please, pray that Chubby has a good recovery.
Re: Chubby has gotten shot...
So Glad :) the Vet thinks Chubby will make a full recovery!
But I think you should investigate What HAPPENED to him!
You should try to find out -
1) WHO shot him - and -
2 WHY it was necessary that he be shot
Quote:
Originally posted by Dogz
My parents let Chubby out this morning...
Usually when the boys are having their "bathroom break"
they walk around the farm...
... we thought he was just walking around like usual.
"Letting the boys out ... for their bathroom break ...
and to walk around the farm..."
Can be a bit "risky"!
Is it YOUR FARM the "walk around on" -
or a Neighbor's farm?????
SOME folks do *NOT* like someone else's dog using their property
as a poddy room! (MOST Dawgz furget to "flush"!) :p
Quote:
"My mother told me that there is a rule, by the DNR,
that if animals are harming, or chasing, wildlife,
a person has every right to shoot at it."
I don't know WHO can take action against animals threatening WILDlife -
(might have to be a DNR Officer rather than a "citizen")...
BUT -
Most States allow FARMERS to "protect" their own Livestock
from both wild and Domestic (DOG) predators!
Your Dog - chasing Farmer Brown's Livestock -
is a very likely candidate for getting SHOT!
I'd suggest that you take whatever steps are required to
Make CERTAIN that "the Boys" never go NEAR someone's Livestock!
/s/ Phred
