Doggies do...

Hunter shot in the foot by his dog

By Associated Press, 10/25/02

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. -- Pheasant season took an ugly turn for Michael Murray when he 
was shot by Sonny, his year-old
English setter pup.

The puppy knew something was very wrong when Murray dropped to the ground with blood 
spurting from his ankle. "Sonny
just laid by my side," Murray said. "He knew something was bad."

Murray, 42, was hunting in western South Dakota on the first day of the season last 
Saturday. He said he was lining up a
photo of the seven birds his hunting party shot in the first hour.

A loaded 12-gauge shotgun lay on the ground near the frisky dog.

"He stepped on the gun and it went off," Murray said. "At first I didn't know what 
happened. I got that blinding flash
of pain and I sat down. Blood was pumping out of my ankle."

His brother-in-law, Chuck Knutson of Woodbury, quickly tied a tourniquet above 
Murray's right boot. The third member of
the hunting party was Murray's father, also Michael, of New Richmond, Wis.
"My dad's 75," Murray said, "He was white as a ghost."

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/25/odds_dog.htm

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