Man recovering after being shot by his dog

[DainBramaged]

A man who was accidentally shot by a 12-gauge shotgun on Saturday after his dog jumped into a boat is recovering. Matthew Marcum's legs and buttocks were injured in the bizarre incident and he was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center in Portland.

Marcum's father, Henry, said his 23-year-old son was about to tie up an 11-foot open aluminum boat, when his 3-year-old Labrador, Drake, jumped into the boat.

Matthew Marcum said his dog, Drake, is a good dog and he isn't upset with him.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weird-news/story/786056.html

[Critters2]

1. Accident my ass! Had he recently bought a Peticure? nt

[emilyg]

12. LOL

[sarge43]

16. Recently neutured? n/t

[mokawanis]

2. Shot in the ass by his own dog

I'm not letting my cats play with my pistols any more

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. You don't hear of cats shooting their owners!

[LoveMyCali]

5. No but I have noticed a lot of my knives are missing

I think my cat may be starting up a whole cat gang.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. lol. n/t

[wartrace]

14. Cats don't miss.

The Police have no witnesses, they assume its a suicide. Kitty ain't talking.

[KSinTX]

25. Ha! Good one

I get "The Eye" every once in a while. I get my act together in a hurry (it's 3 to 1).

[flvegan]

4. Labs need shotguns, pitbulls just use their own resources. Lesson here?

:popcorn:

[Jamastiene]

7. Pitbulls RAWK!

:popcorn:

[Jamastiene]

6. Guns don't shoot people.

Their dogs do. :evilgrin:

I could not resist. :rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

8. That's it. I'm only buying the GOOD dog food from now on

Good doggy. See? Daddy bought just what you like.

[CreekDog]

9. dog = accidentally shot

cat = ? :hide:

[petronius]

10. He wasn't shot by his dog, he was shot by his own negligence

and stupidity. He shouldn't have left a loaded shotgun lying in the boat, with the safety off no less, and he shouldn't have let his dog jump around a loaded firearm. The dog could have been injured, fercrissakes....

[wartrace]

15. You are correct. The guy basically shot himself.

You shouldn't load a weapon until you plan on using it. You should ALWAYS have the safety on regardless if it is loaded or not.

I love the part "I don't blame the dog".....As if it were to blame?

[jobycom]

13. Dude in Texas was killed recently like that.

Hunter set his gun in the back of his truck to open the tailgate, and his dog jumped into the truck and kicked the trigger.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jBqUBq3fMsrNppklpyQiHcgI6tew

[BarenakedLady]

17. Uh oh

The dogs are revolting!

[DainBramaged]

18. It's the cat's fault I tell ya, they are putting them up to it

[Dr. Strange]

19. philboy's dog, please take note.

This is how it's done.

[Critters2]

20. LOL! nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Man bites dog. Dog shoots man.

Good lord, the insanity.

[montanto]

22. Some best friend. Sheesh.

[Mad_Dem_X]

23. I don't understand

Was the gun inside the boat, and the dog jumped onto it? Why was there a gun in the boat? I'm so confused! :crazy:

[surrealAmerican]

26. He was out shooting some fish?

[BreweryYardRat]

24. There've been a few Darwin Awards about this already.

Happens on a semi-regular basis.