Has your dog ever knocked you for a loop?

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 It's almost ironic that my favorite story from John Grogan's "Marley and Me" actually happened to me last Saturday. I took the boys to the lake and after walking over the levee and about 1/4 mile we reached the lake and the boys dove in. They were about thirty feet away when they came bounding out of the water and started running toward me at full speed. As Grogan said about Marley as Marley was running at him "I thought he would stop but just before impact, when I could see his eyes, I could tell that the pilot had left the wheelhouse." Duke, likewise, didn't seem to notice that I was standing there and slammed into my knee pushing my knee back and inward and believe me knees do not bend that way.
When I hit the ground I actually thought my leg was broken. The intense pain did start to abate and in about five minutes and I was able to push myself up into a sitting position. I could see a couple of people way off on the other side of the lake so I knew that I could eventually get help if needed.
In the meantime the boys were off a ways sniffing and frolicking like nothing was wrong.
In another ten minutes I managed to get on my feet just as a couple of other folks arrived with their dogs. Testing my leg I knew it was not broken but I also knew I needed to get an ice pack on it ASAP. I gathered the dogs in and gimped my way back to the car and in another 20 minutes I was propped up with the ice pack and stoked up on Ibuprofen.
With the help of a brace the knee has continued to improve so I am now convinced no ligament damage was done and it was just a bad sprain.
I just can't imagine why he did not see me. He was not distracted by Freckles as I have learned to take evasive action when they are coming at me playing bitey face. I know they are not paying attention but in this case he was just blinded by the pure feeling of elation I guess.
Has anyone else been clobbered by their dog?

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Of course! There's a reason why my boys are known as the Horsemen of the Apocalypse! Some of my more interesting pummellings include:
-Being beaten/bruised while wrestling with crazy Zeus....who was trying to jump off a bridge to get to a raccoon down below.
-Given a fat lip by Voodoo head-butting me
-Gotten my back bruised and arm scraped. Voodoo decided to cannonball into my arms, and I flew back into the stucco wall of the house.
-Trampled by two large dogs who decided to have zoomies on the bed at 5 a.m....while I was IN the bed.
-knocked on my rump twice by Voodoo, who decided to be helpful by ramming the door open while I was turning the knob.
-Caught in a stampede when I accidentally turned the corner into the path of two rampaging dogs.
Hmm. I'm noticing that most of these are caused by Voodoo.....:rolleyes:

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My back is covered in scratches and cuts from one of my dogs who crawled up on my bed and then pushed off me.
I've normally got some dog related injury... although Jenn gets them much worse from my dogs then I do for some reason.

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lol. My puppy's small, thank god, my only injuries have been small scratches and such. Although my mom's wheaten did nearly knock her out. She was sitting on the couch and he jumped right into her face.

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I have a dobe-so yes:p
And anyone else not watching out has also been ran over!

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Are you kidding? ROFLMAO!!!!! The RIOT GRRRRLS?????

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WOW!!! I'm glad that Sasha respects me!:yikes: The only terrible thing she's ever done is rap the leash around my legs. Thank God!:)

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back in the day i had a rottie - 120 pounds of a black and tan streak that loved to see how close she could weave around me at top speed. if she clipped me, i would be down. somehow she knew better than to do that to kids, thankfully! and it only happened when we'd take her for walks off leash on the farm.

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WOW!!! I'm glad that Sasha respects me!:yikes: The only terrible thing she's ever done is rap the leash around my legs. Thank God!:)

I don't know about the rest, but with Shiva, it's a matter of her not realizing (when she was younger) just how strong she is. That, and her impulsive nature :eek: That dog is a force of nature and a free spirit, lol.

Kharma's gotten me a time or two when she was so focused on something that she was conscious of nothing else. I've never seen anything with the total focus she has.

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*g* i have two pit bulls with reinforced titanium skulls. i've seen stars and little birdies, among other things ;)

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not quite the same thing, but Jager peed on me today.:yikes:
we were at obedience class, and i explained the reason i bring my dad along is that i want Jager to understand he has to listen to people, not just this person (me). So my dad was giving the commands and then the treats, but i was still holding the bait bag... and he just got so stressed out he lifted his leg on me! not much, i moved away as soon as i saw his leg go up, and it was pretty funny, but he still peed on me.

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Victor got me good this year. A friend reached down and grabbed the very end of his tail. He whipped around hitting me in the back of the knees so i went down like a sack of cement on my elbow. I am amazed i didn't break it, it did sound rather crunchy for quite a while. Hurt like sin.

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Tosca has taken me down so many times that is really is a miracle I have not broken anything. Now that she's a bit older, she's a bit kinder to me though. lol.

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I wouldn't call it a lack of respect that my dogs have injured me. More like a lack of paying attention - on their parts as well as mine.
10 years ago, almost to the day, my right hip was oblitered by 285 pounds of great dane running at me - my male and female were in a huge field running and playing, and happened to run into the only thing out there - ME. They dislocated my hip and tore the ligaments that hold my hip in place. So by the time I'm 40, I will need a hip replacement, as it never really healed right.
Also, just recently, while walking Hannah, I knealt down to tie my shoe. I had her leash around my hand. She saw a cat. Because I was bent over, when she pulled on the leash, I lost my balance and fell down a hill. That caused me severe nerve damage in my spine and the lost of sensation in my left hand for about 4 weeks. She has a prey drive for small animals, and had I been watching, I would've seen the cat and acted accordingly.
Add on the numerous black eyes, busted and bloodied lips, scratches, scrapes and bruises. This all from their displays of "affection" :cool:

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:yikes: Are you kidding ?? I live with the Red Menace of Terror. Last week I was blindsided by the red four legged maniac in his neurotic quest to heel my vacuum cleaner it happened. The Red Menace came tearing down the hallway at full bore and hit me from behind. End result he got the vacuum and I got the floor , only after narrowly escaping a face plant into the entertainment center. I know he did not mean to do it he just misjudged his speed + narrowness between vacuum and entertainment center so that = me! When I got my wits about me I knew that it was Ibuprofen and hot pad time.
This isn't something that happens often but when it does you will remember it for sure.

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Yep--when an ACD hits you full force--that is something you never forget LOL!---One time hubby was rough housing with Blue and worked him up to a major case of the zoomies --he came barreling through my narrow galley kitchen and nailed me exactly behind the knees--a large bowling ball could not have sent me crasing down any faster or harder!

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I took a real flyer once. Bubba used to like to get running in the woods with I.B., Bear and anyone else who was visiting . It was like hide-and-seek at full speed. I was watching them one day ....Bubba was watching over his shoulder and flew into my knees. After that I always squatted down when the fun began !!

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Okay, now Sasha did something crazy!!:yikes: LOL she ran accross my feet to get at the cat. That hurt so I guess she's realizing that she is a dog. Lol! I hope that's the worst I get but hey stuff happens:)

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I've been knocked around by Gunnar many times. Most notable was when he was about 9-10 months old, I had a jolly ball in my left hand, and transferred it to my right hand to throw. I was sorta leaning down and when I moved the ball across my body he jumped for it, the top of his head hit me square in the mouth. I thought he'd knocked my glasses off but when I went to feel for them they were still there, it was my vision that was blurred, lol! I've had a lot of other minor head butt type incidents, all while playing. He also will tear by you at full speed and will try to fit between you and some other object like a picnic table, and will invariably clip you. He's never hurt me doing this but the potential is there as he always hits a knee. If he hits it the wrong way I could be in for it.
I imagine when Daisy is grown she'll be able to inflict some damage too, as shadowfacedanes has already alluded to. :)