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Original poster

To laugh at someone else's misfortune.

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fortyplus · 19/04/2008 15:28

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!

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constancereader · 21/04/2008 15:26

lol
Robertson Davies is a somewhat eclectic writer.
I recommend him to everyone

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 15:27

VinegarTits - I think I'll make it my mission to spread the word... never know when it might come in handy!

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jasper · 21/04/2008 15:37

is this an urban myth?

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 21:47

It might have started off as an urban myth but according to my friend whose poor dog had a Staffordshire bull terrier latched on to its ear on Tuesday this week... it works!

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madamez · 21/04/2008 22:11

Ooh, I feel a business idea coming on. DOggy Butt Plugs, available in a variety of sizes to suit different breeds, all made of wipe-clean plastic and you can choose from a range of tasteful fluorescent colours. No dog owner can afford to be without one...

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:06

Wouldn't want to be too smooth, though, otherwise no shock factor when shoving it in

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notjustmom · 21/04/2008 23:11

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LynetteScavo · 21/04/2008 23:16

I can see the headlines now

"Mumsnetter saves child from savage dog, by inserting a finger into it's botttom"

jellybelly2007 · 21/04/2008 23:17

My friend once had a dog set about by a staffy, she started screaming "getoffgetoffgetoff" but unfortunatly, the dog wasnt listening! So her dp ran out of the house and shouted "kick it in the balls!" Which she did, he then shouted "NO, the fucker thats biting our dog!"
So her poor dog got a shredded ear and a sore pair of nads to boot (no pun intended)

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:19

Funnily enough, although it made me laugh... I do think it's something that everyone should know. It's a win win situation... tell the funny story to make your friends laugh, but then they'll know what to do if they ever see a dog attack a child.

I'm dead squeamish but I swear I would shove my finger up a dog's arse if its moth was round my child's face.

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:19

OOPS... mouth, obv

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madamez · 21/04/2008 23:20

FOrtyplus: don't worry they would come in Ribbed, Spiky and Pointy-Hurty-Bastard with optional electric-shock facility

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:25

That's good to know

Actually I was just musing on the following...

'By VinegarTits on Mon 21-Apr-08 15:26:07
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!'

If the dog 'made a habit' of this, then why on earth take it out without a muzzle?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 21/04/2008 23:26

ROFL at this thread

Oh, and for Oscar .......

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:29

I told my boss this story and he thinks we could use the tactic during heated meetings with our customers

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 21/04/2008 23:30

LOL! I just told DH about this and he said "Dont think of trying that if I bite you will you"

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:34

By the way - Oscar is fine. He had to have painkillers and antibiotics but no stitches.

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Califrau · 21/04/2008 23:36

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 21/04/2008 23:38

And what about the staff?????

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:45

Oh - we are all frightfully civilised!

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Kevlarhead · 21/04/2008 23:48

This turned up in some newspaper (possibly the Guardian; they have an 'Annals of Improbable Research' column) but in a different context.

Apparently a chap turned up at casualty, having had hiccups for 4 days on the trot. The docs toook him into a side room, slipped on the rubber gloves and started gently sliding an index finger in and out of the guy's arse.

Apparently cured the hiccups within minutes... think it's a fairly last resort thing though...

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fortyplus · 21/04/2008 23:59
Grin
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madamez · 22/04/2008 01:04

It would probably work equally well on a tantrumming toddler but can you imagine the press coverage???

pinkyminky · 22/04/2008 01:26

Fortyplus-I hope you got the other owner of the dog to pay. Sorry to be serious, but I agree totally with you about Vinegar's post. Why are small dogs fair game exactly?

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fortyplus · 22/04/2008 09:53

Oh... it wasn't my dog - it belonged to a good friend who turned up on Tuesday absolutely traumatised and spattered with blood because she'd just left poor Oscar at the vet to have his ear seen to. I said she should've got the woman's details but she said she was so relieved the dog let go that she just scooped Oscar into her arms and ran to the surgery, which was only a few hundred yard away.

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