# Dog Named 'Trigger' Shoots Owner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869 "2015-10-27T12:44:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/1 "2015-10-27T12:44:31Z")
> [@](#): > > NORTH WEBSTER, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a northern Indiana woman is recovering after being shot in the foot by her dog. > > And the dog’s name? Trigger. > > Indiana Conservation Officer Jonathon Boyd says 25-year-old Allie Carter of Avilla laid her 12-gauge shotgun on the ground without the safety on during a waterfowl hunt Saturday at Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area. > > Boyd says Carter’s chocolate Labrador retriever, Trigger, stepped on top of the shotgun and depressed the trigger. > > He says Carter was shot in the left foot at point-blank range, suffering injuries to her foot and toes. She was treated at two hospitals and released. > **[Weird News - Bizarre and Strange Stories](https://www.huffpost.com/section/weird-news)** > > The source for all things bizarre, strange and odd in the world. Check out the latest unusual headlines. I suppose you ought to expect this kind of thing if you name your dog “Trigger”. The Lone Ranger better be careful, and be sure he leaves the safety on. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/2 "2015-10-27T12:59:11Z")
Oh sure, Trigger says it was an “accident”… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/3 "2015-10-27T13:19:17Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The Lone Ranger better be careful, and be sure he leaves the safety on. You thinking of Roy Rogers? ---
**Author:** ![Norm66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@Norm66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norm66)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/4 "2015-10-27T13:35:44Z")
I’m always suspicious of these kinds of stories. It seems more likely to me that she leaned her gun against something, it fell over and either tried to catch it, pulling the trigger or it got caught on something and got pressed. She blamed the dog to make herself seem less (but only slightly less) foolish. Guns are not toys and when you don’t respect them, they can bite. At point blank range, with a shotgun I bet her foot is a heck of a mess. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/5 "2015-10-27T15:02:21Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > You thinking of Roy Rogers? Well, it’s possible the Lone Ranger is a werewolf, no one ever said he’s not. I’m thinking one of those “Dear Penthouse Pets” letters took a strange turn. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/6 "2015-10-27T15:14:43Z")
> [@Norm66](#): > > It seems more likely to me that she leaned her gun against something, it fell over and either tried to catch it, pulling the trigger or it got caught on something and got pressed. A guy I knew in high school managed to shoot himself in the ass with a rifle this way. He knocked it over while trying to climb the tree he leaned it against, and the trigger guard caught on a branch stob. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/7 "2015-10-27T15:19:12Z")
I hope the hunting magazines pick stories like this up and carry them. Those are the readers especially at risk who need to be mindful of the lesson, although I suppose it could happen to anyone. It seems like it’s common sensical but sometimes folks just get a little lazy wrt gun safety, this at their peril. We all know to keep your weapon unloaded except when you’re actually on the hunt and ready to shoot and to unload as soon as you’re done. But… A friend of mine from college was a high school teacher who went out duck hunting with one of his students a couple of years ago. I’m not sure exactly what happened other than he put his gun in the the pick-up bed, perhaps to move to another spot, while it was loaded. His beloved dog jumped up there, stepped on the trigger and the gun went off wounding Perry in the leg. His student raced him to the hospital but because of their remote location Perry bled out before they could get there. It happens, you hunters remember the rules that have been hammered into us. They’re there for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/8 "2015-10-27T15:24:21Z")
> [@Norm66](#): > > I’m always suspicious of these kinds of stories. I think the cat did it and blamed the dog. Has anybody questioned the cat? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/9 "2015-10-27T15:34:53Z")
First he gets blamed for the farting, then this. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/10 "2015-10-27T16:50:40Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Well, it’s possible the Lone Ranger is a werewolf, no one ever said he’s not. Uh, his ass would be burning if he was a werewolf. He sits on Silver all day. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/11 "2015-10-27T16:55:37Z")
The CNN version of the article quotes Indiana Conservation Officer Jonathon Boyd directly, instead of paraphrasing, and the difference is instructive: > [@](#): > > “A dog stepped on the trigger, causing the gun to go off and strike a female hunter in the foot,” Indiana Conservation Officer Jonathon Boyd told CNN affiliate WBND. Why on earth does it matter that the hunter in question is female? They immediately quote another hunter: > [@](#): > > A local hunter said don’t blame the dog. > > “That was more human error than anything,” Deloren Thompson told the affiliate. “I’ve hunted with dogs and stuff before and never had problems.” What sex is Deloren Thompson, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/12 "2015-10-27T18:26:17Z")
Gee, why isn’t this in the “[positive gun news](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773012)” thread? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/13 "2015-10-27T18:28:14Z")
She should have shot his paw in retaliation. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/14 "2015-10-27T20:13:20Z")
What, no “Trigger warning”…? ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/15 "2015-10-27T21:31:27Z")
**Dog Named ‘Trigger’ Shoots Owner** So please reconsider if you were planning on naming your dog “Butt Rapist,” especially if he’s a largish breed. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/16 "2015-10-28T18:32:21Z")
A reporter at WaPo did some digging and [found 10 dog-shoots-human cases since 2004](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/27/a-dog-shoots-a-person-almost-every-year-in-america/). He helpfully notes that 4 out of these 10 cases occurred in Florida. Most incidents appear to be hunting-related, but the one in Pensacola could be reasonably construed as self-defense. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/17 "2015-10-28T18:46:22Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Uh, his ass would be burning if he was a werewolf. He sits on Silver all day. That is vampires,\* kemosabe’.\* ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/18 "2015-10-28T18:49:12Z")
Was Trigger happy though? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/19 "2015-10-28T18:49:36Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is vampires,\* kemosabe’.\* It was assumed to work on Werewolves in **The Beast Must Die** (1974) > **[The Beast Must Die (1974 film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_Must_Die_(1974_film))** > > The Beast Must Die is a 1974 British horror film directed by Paul Annett. The screenplay was written by Michael Winder, based on the 1950 short story "There Shall Be No Darkness" by James Blish, originally published in Thrilling Wonder Stories. The film stars Calvin Lockhart, Peter Cushing, Marlene Clark, Charles Gray, Anton Diffring, Ciaran Madden, Tom Chadbon, and Michael Gambon. The plot involves a millionaire big game hunter who gathers six people at his remote English mansion, announci Th... > [@](#): > > The only way to determine the identity of the werewolf is by submitting one to the full moon while the scent from a wolfsbane flower is mixed in the air. When this fails to produce any lycanthropic reactions, **Tom makes each of the potential werewolves grab silver objects to provoke allergic reactions** … ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869/20 "2015-10-28T18:52:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It was assumed to work on Werewolves in **The Beast Must Die** (1974) > > [The Beast Must Die (1974 film) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_Must_Die_(1974_film)) I stand corrected. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner/735869.md?page=2)