Attention: TDR Forum Junkies On Friday I was loading up in preparation for driving to a horse clinic about 4 hours away. Since we were going to spend the weekend at the clinic, I loaded my camper on the truck a 01 5 spd long box weighing in at over 7000lbs without the camper.
So the camper is loaded and I decide to pull forward to get in position to hookup the horse trailer. As I'm moving forward in first, my 18 month old female blue heeler came running around the truck followed by my little 6 yearold male schnauser. They both love to bark at the tires (even though I am yelling at them "NO") and the heeler bites at them. As I feared might happen some time, I feel the truck "hop" on the front end where she is and then its all noise as she's kayaying and running all hunched up.
When I got out of the truck, I only knew that the truck had rolled over her and not where. She was running on all fours, so it wasn't a leg. And once I got the schnauser off her, lucky for him he wasn't in boot range or he would've needed to go to the vet too, it seemed that she was extremely tender on the back of her neck and her chest.
So off we go to the vet (20 min. away) with me thinking "I know heelers have a high pain threshold, but could I have still rolled the truck over her body (at a "fast" crawl) and all she does is make alot of noise and run around? Shouldn't it have really broken her up inside? She doesn't seem to be broken up cause she is staying alert and responsive? She's definately not happy!"
Get to the vet and notice dirt on her head... man, I rolled her skull. Vet checks her out, some blood in her mouth and a burst blood vessel in her eye, but that looks like all it was. Dog's not too happy, and will only let me handle her, but they keep her for a couple of hours while I go back to finish loading up.
In thinking about it, I believe the schnauser hit her just as she got to the tire, he had green grass stains on his body. He rolled away and she got her head stuck under the tire swell or the tread. The truck hopped and the ground is real soft so I think it was probably the tire swell cause there wasn't any depression in the ground when I checked later.
So the rest of the weekend the dog improves rapidly. That afternoon, at my girlfriend's, loading her gear and horse, the heeler tries to ward off another dog and yelps each time she snaps. Look in her mouth and she has a molar that looks like a broken chicolet. Damn, she had such a perfect set of teeth!
The next day, she now wants to play fetch. Another dog is around and as she goes to drive it off, a big chunk of tooth comes spitting out past the dog.
The only thing the heeler does is shake her head a bit after eating.
Heeler's have a high pain threshold, but Ram's are tougher.
Anyone else with similar "happy" ending stories about how tough their trucks are?
[This message has been edited by Turbo Horseman (edited 09-13-2000). ]
So the camper is loaded and I decide to pull forward to get in position to hookup the horse trailer. As I'm moving forward in first, my 18 month old female blue heeler came running around the truck followed by my little 6 yearold male schnauser. They both love to bark at the tires (even though I am yelling at them "NO") and the heeler bites at them. As I feared might happen some time, I feel the truck "hop" on the front end where she is and then its all noise as she's kayaying and running all hunched up.
When I got out of the truck, I only knew that the truck had rolled over her and not where. She was running on all fours, so it wasn't a leg. And once I got the schnauser off her, lucky for him he wasn't in boot range or he would've needed to go to the vet too, it seemed that she was extremely tender on the back of her neck and her chest.
So off we go to the vet (20 min. away) with me thinking "I know heelers have a high pain threshold, but could I have still rolled the truck over her body (at a "fast" crawl) and all she does is make alot of noise and run around? Shouldn't it have really broken her up inside? She doesn't seem to be broken up cause she is staying alert and responsive? She's definately not happy!"
Get to the vet and notice dirt on her head... man, I rolled her skull. Vet checks her out, some blood in her mouth and a burst blood vessel in her eye, but that looks like all it was. Dog's not too happy, and will only let me handle her, but they keep her for a couple of hours while I go back to finish loading up.
In thinking about it, I believe the schnauser hit her just as she got to the tire, he had green grass stains on his body. He rolled away and she got her head stuck under the tire swell or the tread. The truck hopped and the ground is real soft so I think it was probably the tire swell cause there wasn't any depression in the ground when I checked later.
So the rest of the weekend the dog improves rapidly. That afternoon, at my girlfriend's, loading her gear and horse, the heeler tries to ward off another dog and yelps each time she snaps. Look in her mouth and she has a molar that looks like a broken chicolet. Damn, she had such a perfect set of teeth!
The next day, she now wants to play fetch. Another dog is around and as she goes to drive it off, a big chunk of tooth comes spitting out past the dog.
The only thing the heeler does is shake her head a bit after eating.
Heeler's have a high pain threshold, but Ram's are tougher.
Anyone else with similar "happy" ending stories about how tough their trucks are?
[This message has been edited by Turbo Horseman (edited 09-13-2000). ]
