To laugh at someone else's misfortune.

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Well this starts off unfunny but gets better...

My friend has a sweet little dog, Oscar - it's a miniature Snauzer and is very quiet and humble. On Tue she was out for a walk and bumped into another dogwalker she recognised. This woman had a Staffordshire Bull terrier. They struck up conversation whilst the 2 dogs - both on leads - sniffed around eachother as dogs do.

The Staffy started getting a bit boisterous and began to paw at Oscar's face. Oscar wasn't impressed and gave a little growl. Suddenly the Staffy went for him and latched on to his ear and neck. Oscar was screaming in pain.

The Staffy owner got hysterical and was trying unsuccessfully to prise her dog's jaws open whilst saying it had never done anything like that before. My friend - cool as you like - said to the woman 'You have got to stick your finger up its bottom and it will let go'. The woman did so and the dog released.

I do feel terribly sorry for poor old Oscar, who now has a chunk of ear missing. But try as I might... I just can't help laughing when I think of the poor woman out with her dog and my friend made her stick her finger up its arse!

Another fine reason not to have dogs.

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poor Oscar

at dog owner's finger

At least she did not tell her to pull its front legs apart quickly to give it a heart attack.

Hope she washed her hands {grin]

I think I'll be checking dog owners' fingernails from now on

Now there is a useful tip!

god that is awful
no matter what I couldn't stick my finger up a dogs arse.
revolting.

I feel that I have a duty to tell the world

...and I thought if you didn't fancy a finger then a biro would do nicely

well lets face it, how many of us wouldn't stop dead in our tracks if someone stuck their fingers up our arse......

I'm a bit worried that the dog liked it and will now bite someone on all its walks

This should prob be mumsnet's tip of the day.

how on earth did your friend know that?

will remember it though you just never know when info like that may come in

Wasn't this also a useful tip aired on the Zombie Plan thread, leading to someone's DP complaining bitterly that 'now everyone thinks I go around sticking my finger up zombies' arse!'?

at 'This should prob be mumsnet's tip of the day.'

Maybe I'll report it to MNHQ

Was it a trial and error thing? Surely not something you'd find out by accident!

Maybe some vet wrote a report on it?

Every time he did a rectal examination the pooch opened wide at both ends!

Actually I knew this tip too.
It was in a Robertson Davies novel.
I just couldn't put it into practice.
Yuck yuck yuck.

lol at tip of the day

Apparently a hard kick up the arse works just as well.

Perhaps she had a dog's bum fetish?

Actually it is common sense, when you cone to think of it. We would all be quite literally if someone did this to us.

By constancereader on Mon 21-Apr-08 15:09:00
Actually I knew this tip too.
It was in a Robertson Davies novel.

You certainly read some funny books!

pmsl that is the funniest thing I ever heard. Must tell my dh.
He once had to stick his boot good and hard into another dog when it went for his brothers dog whilst we were walking it.
my dh is quite big (hunky!!) and needless to say although the other dog was huge he went running off.
Its owner applauded my dh for seeing it off though.

I wish i would have known this when i had a staff (many years ago now, may she rip) she had a habbit of going for smaller (snappy, cocky little mites) dogs unexpectantly and lock jawing onto their necks, i never knew how to get her to let go it was awful and embarrasing, i would have gladly stuck my finger up her bum to release her!

I think success with the boot up the arse might depend on whether the dog had testicles

I am just going to keep a biro in my bag from now on!