# My dog tried to kill me yesterday. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383 "2008-06-18T19:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/1 "2008-06-18T19:01:10Z")
Lucky for me, he didn’t succed, but he did do [this](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/EmAnJ/break.jpg) [This](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/EmAnJ/4883324289_330.jpg) is what it looked like on the outside. I very strongly suggest that no one use the ‘run into them if they get in the way so they learn’ method of training a dog to run with you. He was probably just mad he had to get up at 5:30 to get exercise, so he cut it short by tripping me in an epic fashion (good thing no one saw, it was a pretty funny fall). [This](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/EmAnJ/IMG_0160.jpg) is the little bugger who did it. You can see the evil in his eyes! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/2 "2008-06-18T19:06:19Z")
Cute pup…too bad he’ll likely kill you in the morning… ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/3 "2008-06-18T19:07:35Z")
He’s an outside dog THANK GOODNESS. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/4 "2008-06-18T19:12:33Z")
Don’t kid yourself. _ **That** _ dog has a key. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/5 "2008-06-18T19:12:54Z")
Owie!! My dog gave me a black eye my first week at my current job. We were playing while he was on my lap and he flipped his head back and that hard knobby bit on a dog’s head hit me right below the eye. It was, of course, the day before I had my ID photo taken. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/6 "2008-06-18T19:15:29Z")
I never thought of the spare key! He knows where I hide the spare key in the back yard! That’s it, I’m hiring a bodyguard. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/7 "2008-06-18T19:40:19Z")
He’s GORGEOUS! Hope you heal soon! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/8 "2008-06-18T20:22:17Z")
Oooh, your poor hand. Tell your dog no more breaking the hand that feeds it! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/9 "2008-06-18T20:24:07Z")
We’ve firmly established who is the “pack leader” in your house, eh? (Hint: it’s not you! 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/10 "2008-06-18T20:45:31Z")
Hehehe, no, I’m the leader! He’s outside, I’m inside! ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/11 "2008-06-18T20:47:59Z")
My husband threw his back out trying not to step on our mini-dachshund the first week we had her. SHe had no concept of how to stay out from under foot, and would try to walk between your legs with you. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/12 "2008-06-18T20:56:42Z")
I have the feeling he was just warning you. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/13 "2008-06-18T21:09:54Z")
Since I don’t read x-rays, maybe you can tell us what happened. Sprain? Fracture? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/14 "2008-06-18T21:40:32Z")
[QUOTE=EmAnJ] Hehehe, no, I’m the leader! He’s outside, I’m inside! [/QUOTE] He has you right where he wants you… ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/15 "2008-06-18T21:42:23Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] Since I don’t read x-rays, maybe you can tell us what happened. Sprain? Fracture? [/QUOTE] It looks like a fracture to me, but IANAD. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/16 "2008-06-19T00:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=EmAnJ] [This](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/EmAnJ/IMG_0160.jpg) is the little bugger who did it. You can see the evil in his eyes! [/QUOTE] Ooooo, multicolored evil! ---
**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:** [June 19, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/17 "2008-06-19T00:41:16Z")
5:30AM and he did that? I’m worried for you about what he could do to you after he’s had his coffee… ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/18 "2008-06-19T12:38:27Z")
That, my friend, is a beautiful animal. I used to have a dog that looked amlost identical to him. He was my brother. God I loved that dog. AAAAAnnnyway, yeah, you’d better watch your back. I think that was a warning shot. Mine didn’t take too kindly to being woken up early either. Hope your hand heals up quickly too, looks painful as hell. MT P.S. hiding the spare key and getting a bodyguard might not be a bad idea ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/19 "2008-06-19T14:05:29Z")
It’s a fracture of my metacarpal (I think that’s what it’s called). I took him for a walk last night and he did not want to behave. He’s planning something. Maybe he’s asserting his dominance on me because he gets pwned by my other very alpha [dog?](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/EmAnJ/DSCF2795.jpg) btw, he’s a rescue dog. We foster rescues and took [him and his sister](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c199/EmAnJ/Puppiesonthedaytheyarrived.jpg) in. Poor things were starved. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383/20 "2008-06-19T14:50:30Z")
[QUOTE=EmAnJ] Hehehe, no, I’m the leader! He’s outside, I’m inside! [/QUOTE] So, in other words, he has the much bigger territory. Plus, he’s cute! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-tried-to-kill-me-yesterday/453383.md?page=2)