A 6-year-old Florida boy who was partially paralyzed by a hit-and-run driver last year had four of his fingers chewed off by his family's dog because he couldn't feel what the animal was doing.
Dontavius Bryant, of Tampa, Fla., was hit by a driver last year and left with no feeling on his left side, which is why he didn't feel the dog chewing off his fingers to his second knuckle while he slept.
Dontavius's 10-year-old brother, who shares a bed with him, found blood on the bed when he awoke sometime between 5 and 5:30 a.m. Monday.
"My brother told me to look at my hand," said Dontavius, sitting in a wheelchair Tuesday afternoon at the hospital with his left hand wrapped in white gauze. "I looked at it, and it was bleeding."
Hillsborough County animal control officials destroyed the puppy, a mixed breed of chow and pit bull named Chaka.
The child's fingers were found in the dog's stomach, police said.
Jerrolyn "Shawn" Dewberry, 27, rushed her son to St. Joseph's Hospital. Dontavius was being treated at adjacent Tampa Children's.
"When I woke up, four of his fingers were off. It was a lot of blood," she said. "He went to sleep with 10 fingers, woke up with six." Dontavius, who is right-handed, lost the use of his left hand in October 2002 when the driver of a pickup hit him as he was attempting to cross the street on his way home from playing football. No one has been arrested.
Dontavius and his two older brothers had received the puppy as a gift from their aunt two to three weeks ago, family friend Diona Thomas said.
"I believe the dog didn't know what he was doing," Thomas said. "He was friendly. Everybody loved him."
Chaka will be the last dog Dontavius will have, his mother said. "I don't want more dogs," Dewberry said. "We're going to stick to fish, to birds. No pets like dogs."
Dontavius is taking his latest injury in stride, saying it doesn't interfere with his passion for playing video games.
"I'll be OK. I can still play video games with one hand," he said.
Screw that!!! They put the puppy to sleep!!!!???? Okay they put a puppy to sleep for chewing off useless boyparts while millions of American's will be sitting down to a nice civilized Thanksgiving dinner of fowl carcass next month. What the f_ck?! People are morons!
(and what the hell did that kid have on his hand that the puppy would be so interested in anyway! Seriously, did he go to bed clutching a t-bone?!)
Screw that!!! They put the puppy to sleep!!!!???? Okay they put a puppy to sleep for chewing off useless boyparts while millions of American's will be sitting down to a nice civilized Thanksgiving dinner of fowl carcass next month. What the f_ck?! People are morons!
(and what the hell did that kid have on his hand that the puppy would be so interested in anyway! Seriously, did he go to bed clutching a t-bone?!)
Pit Bulls do not make pets. I would rather have one of Roy's tigers as my pet. The parent(s) have no business having children and a pit bull in the same house. The parents should have been put to sleep with the dog.
These kinds of stories come up every couple years. Still hard to believe a dog would start gnawing at a live person but I guess it happens. Thankfully the dog only likes appendages with bones in them.
BTW WTF is there a "g" at the beginning of "gnawing?"
Pit Bulls do not make pets. I would rather have one of Roy's tigers as my pet. The parent(s) have no business having children and a pit bull in the same house. The parents should have been put to sleep with the dog.
Screw that!!! They put the puppy to sleep!!!!???? Okay they put a puppy to sleep for chewing off useless boyparts while millions of American's will be sitting down to a nice civilized Thanksgiving dinner of fowl carcass next month. What the f_ck?! People are morons!
(and what the hell did that kid have on his hand that the puppy would be so interested in anyway! Seriously, did he go to bed clutching a t-bone?!)
oh yeah. poor kid.
you need to lay off the crystal meth there mother teresa. [img]/images/graemlins/freak3.gif[/img]
geez...I didn't know they let mental patients have access to the internet.
These kinds of stories come up every couple years. Still hard to believe a dog would start gnawing at a live person but I guess it happens. Thankfully the dog only likes appendages with bones in them.
BTW WTF is there a "g" at the beginning of "gnawing?"
These kinds of stories come up every couple years. Still hard to believe a dog would start gnawing at a live person but I guess it happens. Thankfully the dog only likes appendages with bones in them.
BTW WTF is there a "g" at the beginning of "gnawing?"
These kinds of stories come up every couple years. Still hard to believe a dog would start gnawing at a live person but I guess it happens. Thankfully the dog only likes appendages with bones in them.
BTW WTF is there a "g" at the beginning of "gnawing?"
Um, Chuck, thats the way its spelt. :bonk:
Well hell! That's not the way you say it!!!
[img]/images/graemlins/laughing.gif[/img] I know, its just one of those words.
That dog must have been pretty hungry to eye up his dangling hand and think it was a treat. Besides, puppies love to chew on you, every puppy I ever had did. I could see that if the puppy started chewing on your fingers and you didn't pull them away, he'd just keep going. The hand was useless to him anyway - no harm, no foul I say!
Screw that!!! They put the puppy to sleep!!!!???? Okay they put a puppy to sleep for chewing off useless boyparts while millions of American's will be sitting down to a nice civilized Thanksgiving dinner of fowl carcass next month. What the f_ck?! People are morons!
(and what the hell did that kid have on his hand that the puppy would be so interested in anyway! Seriously, did he go to bed clutching a t-bone?!)
oh yeah. poor kid.
you need to lay off the crystal meth there mother teresa. [img]/images/graemlins/freak3.gif[/img]
geez...I didn't know they let mental patients have access to the internet.
