Dog-related injuries

broken little finger - caught in lead whilst dog was chasing after a ball
extensive bruising and soft tissue damage to elbow - tripped over a tussock of grass whilst tracking (dog continued to track whilst I was struggling to get up). 8 hours in A&E due to a multiple RTA taking priority, triage nurse was convinced elbow was broken until x-ray showed it wasn't.
broken wrist - tripped over puppy whilst walking on the pavement
Not too bad a list for a lifetime of dog ownership
 
Had concussion and a subluxed jaw and temporary deafness when my Dobie ran into me while I was bending down weeding.
Dislocated a finger throwing a kong ball attached to a rope, for the Dobie.
Subluxed a finger 6 months ago when I grabbed the collar of one of my Swissies as she took off at speed ....... as a result I have developed CRPS in 3 fingers, cant move them and am in agony.

Gotta love them though. ?
 
Sprout said:
Had concussion and a subluxed jaw and temporary deafness when my Dobie ran into me while I was bending down weeding.
Dislocated a finger throwing a kong ball attached to a rope, for the Dobie.
Subluxed a finger 6 months ago when I grabbed the collar of one of my Swissies as she took off at speed ....... as a result I have developed CRPS in 3 fingers, cant move them and am in agony.

Gotta love them though. ?
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I had the end of a little finger in the link of a fursaver chain once when a dog twisted around suddenly to gawp at a cat. I'm sure the finger was never meant to be in the shape it ended up in....
 
Well, up until yesterday, having lived and worked with hundreds of different dogs of all sorts over 50 odd years i could say no, not me. Yesterday, whilst out beating, my furry little mutt took off after a pheasant behind me. She pulled me over and crunch, wrist in pieces. Bummer! It is a terrier so must be me being weak in old age. I had been complaining about not seeing my home in daylight for months. Now I am stuck here for the foreseeable but unable to do much. Ah well, I am off to Google osteoporosis
 
I was walking my dog in the countryside a few weeks ago. I crossed a stream, the "bridge" was a massive concrete pipe that the stream ran through. I assume it was originally completely covered in earth but now the top of the pipe is exposed. I stepped on it and in an instant slipped on the concrete and fell on the back of my head on the same bit of concrete - hard. (I think there was a certain amount of skill involved in that manoeuvre). I thought I was going to throw up and pass out at the same time.

I was very pleased that said dog did not bog off but was standing looking quizzically at the old bat on her back in the mud. I am glad she didn't think it was a new game and throw herself on top of me.

Staying where I was and looking pathetic was not an option, I would have died from hypothermia before I was found. It was a very cold and wet day and I choose to walk there because we normally have the place to ourselves.

I then did what any sensible person would do, I carried on. I was at the beginning of a loop and if I had turned back she would have missed out on her walk !

I should have gone to get checked out but I had a dr's appointment later in the week that I had waited a month for and thought I would kill 2 birds with 1 stone, so to speak. She told me I had a head injury/concussion and that I was very lucky that I wasn't another "body discovered by dog walker". Still getting intermittent symptoms of concussion but consider myself very fortunate in the circumstances.

Other injuries over the years:

obligatory mangled finger from unfortunate leash incident.

right knee has never been the same since a Dobie slammed into it at speed
 
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Rokele55 said:
Well, up until yesterday, having lived and worked with hundreds of different dogs of all sorts over 50 odd years i could say no, not me. Yesterday, whilst out beating, my furry little mutt took off after a pheasant behind me. She pulled me over and crunch, wrist in pieces. Bummer! It is a terrier so must be me being weak in old age. I had been complaining about not seeing my home in daylight for months. Now I am stuck here for the foreseeable but unable to do much. Ah well, I am off to Google osteoporosis
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Ouch! You can get tested for osteoporosis x
 
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