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July 20, 2009

Discussion Topic: Your Fingers Or Your Dog?

By Dave Hurteau

How much do your love dog? Would you trade two fingers for Fido? Maybe it depends on which fingers. Maybe it depends on the dog. Over the weekend, 65-year-old Floridian David Grounds traded his right index and ring fingers for his wheaten terrier, Mandy, when he stuffed is hand into a 7-foot alligator’s mouth to save the pooch.

From the Sun Sentinel:

Grounds, a civil engineer, said he had no regrets about the rescue, calling his wounds "no big deal," other than putting the cramp in his typing at work.

"I'd do it again," he said.

Would you? Even once?

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from Sick STi wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'd do it for my dogs. I'd lose an arm for them.

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from jjas wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'd do it for my kids and my wife without hesitation, but for a dog, no.

Jim

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

Don't have a dog myself. Hope he didn't lose his trigger finger.

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from micropterus wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

People, yes.
Dogs, no.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'd do it for my dog, once they live with us there family.

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from bluecollarkid wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

For a terrier, no; for a more worthy dog, yes.

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from crm3006 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

Depends on the dog. I've had dogs that I wouldn't hesitate to lose fingers for, and dogs I would gladly have fed to the gator!

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from shane wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I don't know if I'd straight up trade fingers for my dog, but you can bet your buttons that I'd be getting after that gator like this guy.

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from dwaynez wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I love my pets, I know my dogs would try and do battle with a gator to save me so I would have to do the same, but you never really know how you will react until you are put in that situation.

I would do what it takes to save my dog.

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from OrangeNeckInNY wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

No, I wouldn't do it for a dog, unless I shot the alligator first and made sure it was dead as a doornail.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I would have to say that I would save my dog in that way if I did not have a firearm on me. My dog would probably try and do the same for me so I would deffinitely do that to save him.

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from crm3006 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

FloridaHunter1226-
Remember Petzal's post about the DI and the rule about "unarmed combat"?
Never Be Unarmed!

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from ggmack wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

If there is a gator that i need to save balzack from then i guess my next trip would be to the pound for a new one. this dog has gone head to head with boar. he just went to the vet he is 158 pounds and his back comes up to about my hip and he is only 19 months old. he is going to be a beast.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'm with Shane on this. Not a straight up trade, but I'm not going to stand by & watch. If I'm carrying I'm shooting. If not, I'm gettin' wet.

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from kbkayakin wrote 2 years 28 weeks ago

Not for s dog! You can ALWAYS get another! Fingers DON'T grow back. He should have shot it.

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from jtboles wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

I would stick my hand so far down that gators throat i could tell you what he had for dinner a month ago. once a dog comes home it is a part of the family and is loved even tho the youngest one just pissed on the carpet.

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from mattreney wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

i dont even like my dog that much but i would try to save him i would fight my hardest i always have a few knives on me and i can garenttee you i would be more determined then that gator idk if i would save someone elses dog if it meant risking my health i would do what a can though but for a person id do whatever necessary if the gator takes them under water ill be under water with them continuing the fight not because i want to play hero i hate when the attention is on me for some reason i would jsut never be able to live with myself if i let someone die when i could have stopped it

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from nanaac00 wrote 2 years 23 weeks ago

Man is this dogs best friend

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from bluecollarkid wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

For a terrier, no; for a more worthy dog, yes.

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from Sick STi wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'd do it for my dogs. I'd lose an arm for them.

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from jjas wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'd do it for my kids and my wife without hesitation, but for a dog, no.

Jim

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from steve182 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

Don't have a dog myself. Hope he didn't lose his trigger finger.

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from micropterus wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

People, yes.
Dogs, no.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'd do it for my dog, once they live with us there family.

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from crm3006 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

Depends on the dog. I've had dogs that I wouldn't hesitate to lose fingers for, and dogs I would gladly have fed to the gator!

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from shane wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I don't know if I'd straight up trade fingers for my dog, but you can bet your buttons that I'd be getting after that gator like this guy.

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from dwaynez wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I love my pets, I know my dogs would try and do battle with a gator to save me so I would have to do the same, but you never really know how you will react until you are put in that situation.

I would do what it takes to save my dog.

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from OrangeNeckInNY wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

No, I wouldn't do it for a dog, unless I shot the alligator first and made sure it was dead as a doornail.

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from FloridaHunter1226 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I would have to say that I would save my dog in that way if I did not have a firearm on me. My dog would probably try and do the same for me so I would deffinitely do that to save him.

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from crm3006 wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

FloridaHunter1226-
Remember Petzal's post about the DI and the rule about "unarmed combat"?
Never Be Unarmed!

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from ggmack wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

If there is a gator that i need to save balzack from then i guess my next trip would be to the pound for a new one. this dog has gone head to head with boar. he just went to the vet he is 158 pounds and his back comes up to about my hip and he is only 19 months old. he is going to be a beast.

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from seadog wrote 2 years 29 weeks ago

I'm with Shane on this. Not a straight up trade, but I'm not going to stand by & watch. If I'm carrying I'm shooting. If not, I'm gettin' wet.

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from kbkayakin wrote 2 years 28 weeks ago

Not for s dog! You can ALWAYS get another! Fingers DON'T grow back. He should have shot it.

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from jtboles wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

I would stick my hand so far down that gators throat i could tell you what he had for dinner a month ago. once a dog comes home it is a part of the family and is loved even tho the youngest one just pissed on the carpet.

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from mattreney wrote 2 years 25 weeks ago

i dont even like my dog that much but i would try to save him i would fight my hardest i always have a few knives on me and i can garenttee you i would be more determined then that gator idk if i would save someone elses dog if it meant risking my health i would do what a can though but for a person id do whatever necessary if the gator takes them under water ill be under water with them continuing the fight not because i want to play hero i hate when the attention is on me for some reason i would jsut never be able to live with myself if i let someone die when i could have stopped it

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from nanaac00 wrote 2 years 23 weeks ago

Man is this dogs best friend

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