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Heard horrible dog cries from outside .. to find Smoke & Widget lunging at Don , who was writhing around with BOTH front legs caught in an old iron pot plant stand that had tipped over.he was screaming the place down!, The legs of it being a narrow shaped V .. one leg had slid in to the elbow, but the worst one was 4 toes caught, right at the V point!! he had wet himself , and was not in a good state .

After threatening the other two with unholy injuries .. and securing Don's mouth ..( yes he did try & bite, as he was cuddling me asking for help- ) the batteries on the torch started to die ...really improving the experience .! he settled a bit after I had scared the other two away( as you would) ..and the sweet boy even lay down when I asked him .. awwww...

I got the whole leg out easily - but the toes , for some reason, would not slide ... so , adrenaline and rusty old metal meant I could widen the V considerably and he slipped the foot free. Very sore ..but I don't 'think' anything's broken .

he is now inside enjoying a peanut butter piece of toast, and the stand is WELL away from dogs .

it could only happen to him, I'm sure ...goofy beast .

*sigh*

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No marks, but guess it is a bit tender ..GOOF - normal dogs would get ONE leg stuck , and be satisfied ;)

We are lucky - it is rarely we have accidents with the pack... (dog bites, cuts & missing nails don't count ) :p

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Holy crap. :eek:

Huge hugs to you and Don. What a heart starting nightmare that would have been. Poor Don. Poor Pers.

Savour the hot chocolate, find the marshmallows, add a few and savour with a great chocolate biscuit on the couch, in front of the fire.

May both your heart rates come back to normal very soon.

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He's lucky you didn't get the wd40 out to get the toes out...

I would have tried olive oil...

That's if my brain didn't get turned to mush by the screaming.

When my dog injures herself - she comes in, pretends like nothing happened and the only sign I get of it - is she tries to amputate the offending bit with her teeth. urk.

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WD 40 and olive oil would both have been useful - but I could neither carry him and the attached metal inside , or leave him there screaming ...

The hot chocolate worked .. and he then went to sleep on my lap ( BIG treat) ... all good now :) Thanks everyone .

I have aggravated the damn whiplash neck - but that's OK ;)

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Poor Don, poor you - what a worry! Glad it all turned out well, it takes a while to settle after that! Funny how they all get stuck in when one is down...

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well, going by the activity outside this morning - there is thankfully no problem with squashed/broken toes - and I honestly thought there would be ! Lots of running and wrestling and tugs-o-war happening..and lots of noise!

:D:D :walkdog:

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Poor Don!

Sounds like something Stan would do, he does regularly get his head stuck in the end of my 4 poster bed but if he lifts it an inch he can get out. He can't work that out though coz....Stan.

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