Needed to vent,my dog almost died...
 

So I almost watched one of my rottwieler puppies die...
I heard this huge fight from upstairs and came running with my shotgun (I thought it was a raccoon problem,had a bad one around here that killed a cat a few days ago) my mom was crying and holding both dogs crying "she's choking to death",apparently xena got her bottom jaw wrapped in sophies collar ,fell, and twisted it into a noose causing sophie to suffocate. I better thank god I had my pocket knife with me cause the choking ones gums were grey,her eyes bloodshot And she was no longer exhaling by the time I got through the god damned collar. Both are alright now but there still a little freaked out and won't make eye contact with each other. I needed to vent here guys,my nerves are still really on end right now,and I got a crap ton of holes in my hand where they bit me in there frenzy that I need to Patch up
--josh

always carry a pocket knife. ALWAYS. Thank god you did and you reacted how you had. Stop thinking about what could have happened and focus on what did- your actions and intervention saved a life.

Kudos for manning up and taking care of business. Pics of the now safe dogs would be cool, let us know who you're talking about:intello:

And bloody hand porn is always welcome:yes:

Great Job dude! My dogs are like my children. I'd feel the same way.

Thanks Harold,you're probably right,theyre ok,I'm ok,and my baby girl is alive. They still won't interact with each other though,I guess a near death experience will do that to dogs too,not just humans.
And I totally agree with you,everyone should have a pocket knife,you'll never know when you'll need it! I'll get some pics up in a bit and some more tomorrow,unfortunately Jo hand Porn for you! The bleeding stopped anyway.

Aqwut,I have no idea how I would've reacted if I let one of my girls die infront of me,bawling like a baby would probably be the first thing...

Here's a couple pics of them,Xena is on the left and Sophie on the right:
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http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/...y/664a0dd6.jpg

Actually,see if this posts a pic,not a link:
http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/...y/cb80f94c.jpg

The measure of a person is often how they react in a crisis or under pressure - you have passed this test in life with flying colours - well done. Your dogs are cute too.
Think on the positive side as Harold said - glass half full is always better. You are all now safe thanks to some quick thinking.

Maybe playing with them together will sort things out - you could take their collars off when doing this to help them deal with it too and you putting the collars back on after reassures them all is ok.

Brow

You guys are right,glass half full is totally correct,hopefully tomorrow they get back to being themselves.
And I don't want to sound like I'm gloating or anything here,cause im not,I'm glad today was my A game and I managed to think as quickly as I did,if I was just a few seconds slower I'm sure she would have died.

Those are beautiful animals. I love Rotts!

Like Brow said, you can show them that they're both okay. You're the leader, they will follow your lead.

Good luck man. I'm sure the adrenaline flowed and that takes a toll on a person. I bet you sleep well tonight despite the emotion.

Thanks for sharing pics:yes:

Thanks for all the kind words guys,it really does help.--josh

It's good that you know what to do in a crisis! Glad you saved your pup, I love dogs. Hope you get the coon problem taken care of too, I wouldn't want to see the coon get ahold of your pup now.

Man, thank you lucky stars it all ended like it did. I think I would be shattered beyond words if something was to happen to my puppy. Imagine what could have happened if you were at work at the time or just not there.

I am sure that in time it would all be fogoten and they will both play with each other soon again. Just one word of caution. I am not an expert by any means but I think that the collars in you pictures looked very loose on the girls. A loose collar has more chance for them to get stuck on somewhere and also to get tangled to each other like they did. My vet told me is all the slack they need is two fingers (index and middle finger) to fit under the collar snugly. No more than that. Don't mean to preach but just sharing advice I was given by a profesional.


Anyway since we are sharing pics of our puppies here is my little guy. His name is Üter and he is a White German Shepherd.
http://i55.tinypic.com/kdvd74.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/22x5aa.jpg
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And here we have the squashy face look.
http://i51.tinypic.com/5etro0.jpg
While I consider him my best friend sadly he doesn't seem to think of me as his best friend. I am a distant second his feline best friend. They play for hours on end, sleep next to each other, eat from each others bowls and it goes on....... I get left over love when the kitten wants to sleep and he isn't tired. Ah well...........
http://i54.tinypic.com/72reyg.jpg

I am 1600miles away from him now. Dad is having cancer surgery and I want to be by his bed side as he recovers but it is killing me not being able to pat the little guy or have him chew on my toes even. My friends are looking after him and I think they are pretty sick of my constant phone calls and requests for a photo of him. LOL.

Also I think he is more into RC cars than me. He chases them till he gets sick and throws up. It is usually me that gets bored and wants to go home first which makes him sook all the way home.

Thanks for the tips on the collars big block,I didn't know there was an actual way to accurately judge dog collars.I'll be sure to use it.
And you're Shepard is adorable! I'd be calling and asking for ALOT of pics too! But unlike your dogs,my cat hates them,he hisses as soon he smells them and freaks out. They are the same with the RC cars,they chase everything except the Baja 5b, theyre afraid of the big gasser,lol

This is what I understood about collars as well.

We only have one dog. He turns 7 at the end of the month. He's a Golden Retriever. We actually had his half brother too (same father) before him, but he got away from my parents when they were walking him one night and ran into the street and got hit by two cars. Neither of them bothered to stop. It was the street right near my house, so he was only about a hundred feet away from my house. We rushed him to the vet ER but his heart was already stopped by the time we got there. They tried to bring him back but he was gone. :cry:

After we lost him (Shadow), we wanted a pup from the same parents so we called the breeder but apparently Shadow's mom got hit by a car just a month earlier (which to this day gives me the chills), so that's why we have his half brother (same dad, different mom). Anyway, here he is. Kobe.


http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/417/kobei.th.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/949/kobe2n.th.jpg

Sorry to hear that, but at least you were able to get her in time.

I have a story about my little dog, he's 13 years old now.

When he was about three I was at my parents working on their computer. The dogs were all in the back doing what dogs do. My folks have a pool, and in the winter it gets a cover put on it. Well their big dog started howling and yiping, alot, but he always sorta did that.

This went on for a while when finally I went out to see WTF was going on. My little dog got on the pool cover, the cover slipped of and started filling with water and going into the pool. This was November and the water was ice cold, by the time I got to him he was under with one paw barely trying to swim. His gums were grey and he was in hypthermia so it was a mad dash. Scooped him out, ran as fast as I could to the car, heater on full and smokin down to the emergency vet which thankfully under ten miles away. I was freaked out for a long time after that and now the poll is absolutely inaccessable by any of the dogs.

Funny thing is now he loves to swim, but only when an adult is around.

Yeah, as you can see in my pics I wasn't doing it properly neither. The collar was way too loose on my little guy and the vet pointed that out on his first checkup. Actually she said while they are unattended in your backyard it is proably best to not have the collar on them at all as long as they have no way out of the yard. As you can see in my last pic he didn't have a collar on him at all while he was at home. How he is 6mths old and collar is not an issue anymore but while they are just a few weeks old they just have a way of getting stuck. My shithead got his head stuck in the port hole of my subwoofer. The kitten crawled in there and he decided to try and follow. Took me and my brother about 10min to get him out. We were worried that we were going to break his neck but eventually got him out safely.

Your pupps are very cute too. I think that Xena is slightly cuter but don't tell them I said that. Don't want them to get jelous of each other. LOL. When I started do my resaech for a pup the rottwielers were right up there on the short list. I always like the German shepherds too and then when I found out that there were white ones I just couldn't resist. I just had to be different.

I feel sorry for you fg101c,It's a horrible experience that I think too many dogs have endured.when I was about 8 our black lab angel ran into a busy road and I watched her get hit.the worst part is she didn't die instantly,her back was broken and we put her down as her internal organs were no longer functioning.she was only 2...

Big-block,shhh,I secretly think Xena is the cuter one also,LOL. Sophie is definitely the bigger baby. She loves sleeping in my arms,Xena likes to do her own thing but is always willing to do what you tell her.
And German shepherds were on our list of dogs too,my uncle put down his police dog (worked 9yrs!!!) and just bought another one named kato,the cutest little fluffball!