Washington, March 03: A Diabetic US man with no feeling in his feet woke up to find his dog had eaten part of his right foot, including three toes.
The Oregon paper Roseburg News-Review reports that the 61-year-old man, whose name was not disclosed by police, was in serious condition after calling police dispatchers early on Tuesday morning.
The man told emergency responders that he fell asleep on his couch and woke up to find pieces of his foot missing.
Roseburg veterinarian Alan Ross said the dog may have been trying to rid his owner of dead tissue, and said he may have been attracted to the foot if it were infected or gangrenous.
Ross said the dog doesn’t need corrective action because it wasn’t “acting out of meanness”.
———Agencies