# A good reason to keep your dog hungry **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751 "2010-08-09T20:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/1 "2010-08-09T20:48:45Z")
[Dog Bites Man](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6735S820100804?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r1:c0.133371:b36388928:z0) . . . but in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/2 "2010-08-09T20:51:15Z")
“He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone,” said Rosee. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/3 "2010-08-09T20:56:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone,” said Rosee. > > :eek: Good _boy!_ Who’s a good boy? Yes sir! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/4 "2010-08-09T22:29:41Z")
Okay, something grosser than the degloved cat’s tail in the other thread. Way to put a positive spin on his dog eating him when he’s passed out in a drunken stupor. Good thing he didn’t have an eye infection. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/5 "2010-08-10T02:30:41Z")
I’m glad the man survived. Doggone shame about his toe though. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/6 "2010-08-10T02:50:24Z")
:hurk: ---
**Author:** ![Todderbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/7 "2010-08-10T03:00:59Z")
WTF. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/8 "2010-08-10T04:22:55Z")
Ick. Reminds me of maggot therapy (I’ll let you google it). I don’t know how that guy has time to take care of a Jack Russell. Lightweight. 7 beers plus 2 margaritas will hit me pretty hard, but I think I’d feel a dog chewing off my damn toe. At worst I’d decide that the dog was stealing my booze. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/9 "2010-08-10T13:09:21Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Lightweight. 7 beers plus 2 margaritas will hit me pretty hard, but I think I’d feel a dog chewing off my damn toe. At worst I’d decide that the dog was stealing my booze. Isn’t loss of sensation a side effect of Diabetes? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/10 "2010-08-10T19:27:47Z")
[Man’s best friend to the rescue.](http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/08/dog_eats_rockford_mans_big_toe.html) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/11 "2010-08-10T19:56:21Z")
> [@linked article](#): > > Kiko apparently sensed an infection festering in his master’s right big toe – and chewed most of it off after Douthett passed out in a drunken stupor. I’m not sure I would be so quick to ascribe such astute diagnostic abilities and lofty motives to the pooch; it seems more likely to me that it was simply a case of “Hey, you’re not going to let that go to waste, are you?” ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/12 "2010-08-10T20:04:49Z")
Luckily his dog was a Jack Russell Toeater. ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/13 "2010-08-10T20:21:16Z")
I know dogs are supposed to have super powers and all, but this mutt was merely gnawing at something attractive to his senses. If you read the story and hear the interview with the people involved, it becomes clear how dopey they are not to have known something was terribly wrong with that foot and the man’s health. And the wife is a nurse no less. Shame on her and no blame to the dog either. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/14 "2010-08-10T21:06:38Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > Luckily his dog was a Jack Russell Toeater. Or maybe a Shar-Peid? A Toeberman Pinscher? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/15 "2010-08-10T21:13:02Z")
> [@Al\_Bundy](#): > > I know dogs are supposed to have super powers and all, but this mutt was merely gnawing at something attractive to his senses. If you read the story and hear the interview with the people involved, it becomes clear how dopey they are not to have known something was terribly wrong with that foot and the man’s health. And the wife is a nurse no less. Shame on her and no blame to the dog either. Hey I was just playing along. Everyone knows dogs don’t have superpowers. Well, except for maybe that [Krypto](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Kryptoross.PNG). I’m guessing it was a LABRATOE RETRIEVER ---
**Author:** ![capeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@capeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capeo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/16 "2010-08-10T21:17:49Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > > [@linked article](#): > > > > Kiko apparently sensed an infection festering in his master’s right big toe – and chewed most of it off after Douthett passed out in a drunken stupor. > > I’m not sure I would be so quick to ascribe such astute diagnostic abilities and lofty motives to the pooch; it seems more likely to me that it was simply a case of “Hey, you’re not going to let that go to waste, are you?” Well, considering dogs can smell cancers in people I wouldn’t say an infection is hard to detect for a dog. As for motive though? Yeah, Fido was probably just hungry. Though a dog would do that to itself if it had a bad infection. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/17 "2010-08-10T21:27:16Z")
Damn! At least, the dog should wait until you’re actually dead to start eating your remains. I mean, that’s just courtesy among family members. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/18 "2010-08-10T23:17:03Z")
Merged duplicate threads. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/19 "2010-08-11T00:21:05Z")
> [@capeo](#): > > > [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > > > I’m not sure I would be so quick to ascribe such astute diagnostic abilities and lofty motives to the pooch; it seems more likely to me that it was simply a case of “Hey, you’re not going to let that go to waste, are you?” > > Well, considering dogs can smell cancers in people I wouldn’t say an infection is hard to detect for a dog. (…) The guy said he himself could smell it! It’s lucky he didn’t gnaw his own toe off. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751/20 "2010-08-11T20:08:30Z")
Hope the dog didn’t get toe-main. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-reason-to-keep-your-dog-hungry/549751.md?page=2)