Poor Mav!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Saje, this is really horrible....but about 2 weeks ago I was talking to a neighbor who was mentioning hunting season. I don't know how it even came up, but somehow we started talking about dogs running loose. anyway, he said that all the hunters he knows just shoot a dog they see loose in the woods. especially big dogs cause they are afraid of them....but mostly cause the dog is hampering their efforts to hunt!!!!! why he told me this was so I'd NEVER let my dogs loose, especially hunting season. I used to let Addie have a good run, but stopped doing that two years ago. if you can't fence the entire yard, how about an area large enough to give Mav some room, yet be safe. I know I was looking at my neighbor with my jaw dropped, but reality isn't always kind. heck, the hunters around here get so serious about deer....it's a wonder they don't shoot each other.
Maverick was SHOT! Gross pic
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We lived on a farm growing up. Grandpa wouldnt allow hunters mainly because of us kids playing in the woods. One fall we was playing in the woods when we were shot at! A bullet hit a tree just inches above my brothers head! We ran fast all the way to the house to tell. Of course mom called grandpa who then took his shotgun to the woods to look for the person. What I'm saying is Mav could have been in the line of fire of a hunter. Someone who heard the noise and didnt wait to see if it was a deer. Glad to hear he's ok. Maybe he needs to wear a bright orange vest when he goes out to play. 
It should heal just fine. At the vet school there was an incident where a dog got part of his side caught in a weed thresher (I believe that's what the doctor said) and got a huge chunk of his side chopped off.
They covered it with sterile bandages for 6 months and the dog healed up just fine. In the initial picture you could see all the way down to the bone, 6 months later you could barely tell he was hit except that that side looked a little misshapened and scarred.
Bullet wound, if it didn't hit anything inside, should heal better. A lot smaller, too.
They covered it with sterile bandages for 6 months and the dog healed up just fine. In the initial picture you could see all the way down to the bone, 6 months later you could barely tell he was hit except that that side looked a little misshapened and scarred.
Bullet wound, if it didn't hit anything inside, should heal better. A lot smaller, too.
Becca_ said:
Maybe he needs to wear a bright orange vest when he goes out to play.
Saje,
I have an easy solution to your fencing problem. You said the yard was already fenced for horses, so Im assuming either barbwire or square wire (the big square holes big enough for a dog to get through). Chicken wire. All you have to do is buy a roll of it, attach it to the existing fence, which re-enforces it as well, attach it using crimps. This is cheaper and works just as well as chainlink fencing.
Also, as a precaution, get a kennel from Tractor supply. I have a 30x10 (2 10x10 kennels) kennel that my boy stays in when Im gone, and I keep it locked so no one can just walk in and take him. This may be a safer alternative. Just keep him in the kennel when your not there, and when your home to supervise, let him out for playtime and walks.
Good luck,
Dixie
I have an easy solution to your fencing problem. You said the yard was already fenced for horses, so Im assuming either barbwire or square wire (the big square holes big enough for a dog to get through). Chicken wire. All you have to do is buy a roll of it, attach it to the existing fence, which re-enforces it as well, attach it using crimps. This is cheaper and works just as well as chainlink fencing.
Also, as a precaution, get a kennel from Tractor supply. I have a 30x10 (2 10x10 kennels) kennel that my boy stays in when Im gone, and I keep it locked so no one can just walk in and take him. This may be a safer alternative. Just keep him in the kennel when your not there, and when your home to supervise, let him out for playtime and walks.
Good luck,
Dixie
I was thinking about getting some more wire and fencing in the bottom half... I don't know. I loathe barb wire so hmm.... still thinking.
Anyway, he's doing really well. No probs getting him to eat his pill (with cheese, peanut butter...) And cleaning his wound is pretty easy too. It drains well so that's good. It doesn't seem sore. He's happy and active and pretty much normal so we are pleased.
Anyway, he's doing really well. No probs getting him to eat his pill (with cheese, peanut butter...) And cleaning his wound is pretty easy too. It drains well so that's good. It doesn't seem sore. He's happy and active and pretty much normal so we are pleased.
I'm glad to hear he's recovering, but yes....pleeeeeze don't leave your dog unsupervised outside. He is lucky. Hunters around here will shoot anything that scares off the deer. There are some stupid hunters who shoot at anything that moves and dogs or any living thing are not safe. And besides the hunters, there are cars or other things that can kill your dog. Not far from where I live two Rottweilers were killed by a bear or cougar (forget which) It's better that he would be over heated for a while until you get a fence than be killed or badly injured. You can turn your heat way down and he'll be fine inside. I live in a pretty safe area. My dogs never leave the property....never, just not interested in leaving. I have acreage and raw land all around me, the dirt road is way off from the yard. But I still wouldn't think of leaving them outside on my property if I were gone and couldn't supervise. It's just not worth the risks.
Anyhow...I'm so glad he wasn't killed. He is a sweetheart.
Anyhow...I'm so glad he wasn't killed. He is a sweetheart.
poor guy!!! they may not have mistaken him for anything, lots of hunters get drunk or just aren't as carefull as they should be, stupid idiots. lots of shots miss the target. a 22 could easily travel about 300-500 yards (not accurately though), if it didnt hit any limbs or leaves. the holes look a little too large for a 22 though, how large are they? a 22 is smaller around than a pencil, and if it hits and expands (especially a hollow point) it will get about twice as big around as a pencil.
when I was 16 we went out to feed our horses one morning sometime around this time of year. because of the cold weather overnight and forcast for rain/sleet we kept the horses in their stalls overnight. one of our geldings was acting perfectly normal but when he turned around (getting excited about feeding time) we noticed a arrow sticking out of his left hip. it had come through the metal wall of the barn, about 20 feet up the wall there was a hole in the metal. we had wood panels from the ground up to about 6-8 feet incase one of the horses pawed or kicked at the wall their hoof wouldnt go through. so the arrow had to travel across 25-50 feet of pasture and then go through the wall while falling down toawrds the ground. it was sticking out of his hip almost straight up and down, and was stuck in about 3 inches deep in his muscles. the vet came right away (cool thing about large animal vets, house calls) and removed it and I'm pretty sure stitched it up and gave us some meds to put in his feed, may have been more to that but it was a long time ago.
anyway, hard to tell from the picture but the holes look too large for a 22. deffinetly wasnt a hollow point of any caliber because the holes look the same size. with a hollow point or any soft bullet (plain lead, not lead coated with brass) or hunting bullet (for deer most hunters use a semi jacketed bullet, most of the bullet is covered by a layer of brass but the tip is exposed soft lead so it expands making a bigger wound and causing more internal bleeding) the entrance wound is about the size of the bullet and the exit wound is about 2-4 times larger than the entrance wound.
he sure is one very lucky dog.
when I was 16 we went out to feed our horses one morning sometime around this time of year. because of the cold weather overnight and forcast for rain/sleet we kept the horses in their stalls overnight. one of our geldings was acting perfectly normal but when he turned around (getting excited about feeding time) we noticed a arrow sticking out of his left hip. it had come through the metal wall of the barn, about 20 feet up the wall there was a hole in the metal. we had wood panels from the ground up to about 6-8 feet incase one of the horses pawed or kicked at the wall their hoof wouldnt go through. so the arrow had to travel across 25-50 feet of pasture and then go through the wall while falling down toawrds the ground. it was sticking out of his hip almost straight up and down, and was stuck in about 3 inches deep in his muscles. the vet came right away (cool thing about large animal vets, house calls) and removed it and I'm pretty sure stitched it up and gave us some meds to put in his feed, may have been more to that but it was a long time ago.
anyway, hard to tell from the picture but the holes look too large for a 22. deffinetly wasnt a hollow point of any caliber because the holes look the same size. with a hollow point or any soft bullet (plain lead, not lead coated with brass) or hunting bullet (for deer most hunters use a semi jacketed bullet, most of the bullet is covered by a layer of brass but the tip is exposed soft lead so it expands making a bigger wound and causing more internal bleeding) the entrance wound is about the size of the bullet and the exit wound is about 2-4 times larger than the entrance wound.
he sure is one very lucky dog.
