Warning: keep dog's tongue out of paper shredder

Boxers—you gotta love them.

A long time dog breeder told me that if any dog could figure out how to get into trouble, a Boxer could do it first.

Cross, a  Boxer dog from North Carolina, decided for reasons known only to him, to lick the paper shredder in the family home office. He got stuck, screaming for ten or fifteen minutes, until the owners finally figured to put the shredder into reverse.

Cross lost small chunks from his tongue, but he has made a complete recovery. He will have full use of his tongue for eating, drinking—and licking. But he still trembles whenever he hears the paper shredder.

Undoubtedly, soon the government will step in and demand more safety measures for paper shredders as they become more popular to prevent identity theft. Then manufacturers can charge four times more for them, but tiny fingers and dog tongues will be safer.

In the meantime it seems wise to protect small children and large dogs by simply unplugging any appliance with a motor —paper shredders, hair dryers, electric knives, power tools—when it is not being used.

The whole story, is here.

Comments

[john w]

I shouldn't laugh, butTHAT IS FUNNY.

[Jessie]

Aww- that is so touching!
Amazing how animals "are" :-)
This just made me want a dog SO much more...

[Anthrope]

Oh my God - that is so sad! Boxers are so loving and loyal - I hate it when anything bad happens to any of them.

[Kirsten]

That is horrible! That poor dog - especially since it took so long for the owners to help him!! Thank God the owners were at home at the time!

[Sandy]

Cross is my dog, and I realized that I needed to revearse his tongue out immediately, but the shredder has to be on the receptacle and it was bent out of shape. Between trying to hold him to prevent more damage and getting the shredder back on the can thats about how long it took. He's fine nwo, but still won't come into my office

[jan]

Thanks, Sandy, for the update on Cross. It had to be a harrowing few minutes for you all when he was stuck. Glad to hear that he is okay and still has "dog memory" about what happened.

[thebizofknowledge]

I stumbled across your blog while I was doing some online research. My experience with boxers is that their curiosity and playful nature gets them into trouble all too often, but this was a horrific incident; thank God it ended well!

[paper shredders]

I have bought a USB mini shredder which is been damaged by my little pussy cat while she was sitting on it and get stuck down with falling it harshly.Hence Keep away such things from your pet animals as much as you can.

[Linda Brown]

I wish I had read this before the same thing happened to my lab cross. Fortunately I was in the same room at the time, but the damage was donestraight away.
She is find now and lost about 1.5 inches of her tongue and has even started licking things up now. Shredders need to have better guards, I never in a million years expected this to happen.

[Alisya]

I suspect that's thereason general public want to read blog....Internet visitors generally create blogs to declare themselves or their secret views. Blog grant them same matter on the monitor screen what they specifically needed,so as the above stuffs declared it.

[mike]

whao, what an idea, really mind blowing experience.

[Paul anderson]

I don't have any pet so i don't have to be worried about it.

[Steven]

Hey, thanks for letting us know about this. I just wanted to also let your readers know that Fellowes has a new line of Shredders which prevents this from happening. They have a technology called SafeSense built right in. If you want to learn more, check out this site:
shredder safety

Thanks and keep posting!
Steven

[Lisa Ray]

I agree. Aside from the obvious mess, I would be afraid of toxic chemicals coming from the tape adhesive and inks used on the paper being in the same place you put food.

[Paper Shredders]

I think a lot of organizations are exploring new ways to become more cost efficient these days. Many big companies often use large amounts of paper in their everyday environments.So they need a paper shredders because Paper shredders are a simple solution to destroying many of the documents and materials that hold private information.Taking simple steps, such as purchasing a paper shredder, can help you avoid a lot of pain and suffering in the future. That seems well worth the small investment.Wanted to compliment on your site, it looks really good.