How Does Your Relationship With Your Dog Change After It Accidentally Shoots You?

WREG — A man claimed he was shot by his dog while lying in bed on Monday morning, police say.

The Memphis Police Department responded to the accidental injury call in the 700 block of Whitney Avenue just before 4 a.m., where Jerald Kirkwood told police he was lying in bed with his female friend when his dog jumped on the bed.

Oreo, the one-year-old pit bull, allegedly got his paw stuck in the trigger guard, and he hit the trigger. Kirkwood was grazed by a bullet in the top of his left thigh.

Reports say the female friend left the scene after the accidental shooting and took the gun with her. The victim was taken to Regional One in non-critical condition.

You love your dog. You'd do anything for your dog and there's nothing he could ever do to sever your bond.

But what if he shot you in the leg?

Now obviously, this is 100 percent the owner's fault. If you had a loaded gun sitting on your bed for no apparent reason with people and dogs crawling all around it, someone was going to get shot eventually. And not that anybody deserves to get shot, but if you're irresponsible enough with a firearm that it's even a possibility that your dog can shoot you, there isn't a ton of room to be upset about it.

But an event like that would still have to change your relationship with your dog, I'd think. When you come home from the hospital and look at him for the first time, you both know what happened. That son of a bitch put a 9mm round in your thigh. I guess you just have to hope he feels bad about it rather than thinking he's the alpha now. You may have taken a bullet and lost all respect from your best friend in one fell swoop.

My favorite part of this story, though, is the woman repeatedly referred to as a "female friend." This guy got shot and still made sure the news did not improperly define the relationship. City boys we up.