Dog Bites Man's Toe Off...

[ArtsyGirl]

Dog bites man's toe off 'to save his life'


A dog in the US is being hailed a lifesaver after it chewed off its owner's infected toe.

Jerry Douthett, from Rockford, Michigan, was passed out drunk when his jack russell terrier Kiko bit off a large chunk of his toe.

"Jerry had had all these margaritas, so I just let him sleep," his wife, Rosee, told the Grand Rapids News.

"But then I heard these screams coming from the bedroom, and he was yelling, 'My toe's gone, my toe's gone!'"

When the 48-year-old went to hospital to get treatment for his injuries, doctors realised that he was suffering from type two diabetes.

Blood tests showed that Mr Douthett had a dangerously high blood-sugar level of almost five times normal.

In addition to the disease, his toe had been swollen and infected for several months before the dog bit him.

"I was hiding it from people, Rosee included," Mr Douthett said.

"It smelled, and I look back now and realise every time we'd visit someone with a dog, their dog would be sniffing all over my foot."

Mr Douthett believes that Kiko could literally smell the disease emanating from his foot and bit his toe to save his life.

Studies have shown that the sense of smell in dogs is over four times stronger than ihumans.

But doctors are not so sure.

"We see all sorts of problems, and I'm rarely surprised by anything, but I'm tucking this one away as an extreme oddity," infectious disease specialist Dr Russell Lampen said.

Dog bites man's toe off 'to save his life'

I'm thinkin the dog was like "I can't handle this smell!! nom nom"

lol

 

[Shadows]

Damn, that's bad ass.

A mans best friend.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Yeah because a woman would have gone to the doctor's right when the toe started going numb.

 

[Synful*Luv]

Dogs.. once again proving how amazing they are.

In other commentary... why in the hell would he "hide" a toe that is smelling and swollen? Hide it from his wife? His thoughts? If he didn't see it did he think it would go away? That's absolutely insane.

 

[masta247]

So the dog actually ate it?

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I think so because there is no mention of finding the toe.

 

[masta247]

eww ww (damn 5 character limit)

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Maybe the dog was just hungry and the smell of infected toe is like Cannelloni to dogs...

 

[Jokerman]

In related toe news: Quick-thinking woman uses toes to alert authorities to home invasion - CNN.com

 

[Elmira]

^What a sensational sounding story. How did she get the letters 'HELP' in caps on that one? Did she have both feet at the keys? Pretty impressive, I must say.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

haha MacGyver, such an educational show..


"I don't have the world's prettiest feet, but I think I'll keep them," she said. "They came in pretty handy." - What a weird thing to say.. Was she considering amputation before this happened?

 

[Illuminattile]

She was thinking of buying a dog.