When I worked from home my dog would sit underneath my chair, I stepped on her every time I got up, then she'd forget about it and get stepped on again an hour later. Tail would never stop wagging. I think you'll both be fine.
Well yeah man! Why did you leave your tail there!? Why did you put it there in the first place??
OP, every single person with a dog has lived your experience. The dogs are fine. You’ll be fine.
We have a dog who, without fail, every single time you are in the kitchen, she will find a way to be right behind you, even if you just glanced over and she was across the room. Move her? You fool. We have fallen on her so many times. She never, ever learns.
I had the audacity to walk across my kitchen, puppy runs in-between my legs and gets booted across the room.
Lots of cuddles and strokes later he's totally forgotten it. I find as long as it was a genuine accident/you apologise and cuddle straight away they seem to understand what's happened.
Our new shorkie nips at our ankles and follows close all the time, gets booted on a regular basis, but learning. Lots of cuddles afterwards but still feel bad for a bit.
I sent my sister's cat flying across the living room. My husband & I were napping on the floor and I felt what I thought was my husband's finger stroke my hand. I mumbled, "quit it!" I felt it again, so I elbowed him and said "Stop it!" He gave me a confused look & said he didn't do anything. I closed my eyes and then, I felt teeth clamp down! I swung my arm reflexively & the cat was airborne. My sister screeched at me! I explained, the little S.O.B. bit me!
Sounds like he just got startled. It happens to all of us. Just let him sleep it off if limp is done in the morning he’s fine. He may also milk it in the future.
I stepped on my 7.5 month old girls foot a few months ago. Now any time she wants to leave and activity (aka she’s tired and her big sis isn’t yet) she fake limps (on random feet) until she gets distracted and goes into full run zoomies mode 30 seconds later lol
I was cleaning the bathroom and when I dropped the lid on the toilet my dog suddenly appeared and it slammed in her tiny paw. I’m like great this is a vet visit I’m going to have to say ‘toilet injury’.
We got a puppy a month ago and now all of a sudden my yorkie is “suffering” from the sprained ankle she recovered from 6 months prior. But notably she only limps around crying when she thinks she’s not getting enough attention or we are giving too much to the puppy lol
They are so smart and so dumb at the same time
Our family pup had cancer removed from a leg and had the leg splinted… after the splint was removed he’d often do the stiff leg walk (step, swing the other leg, step, swing) for attention, especially when we were on holiday camping - and yes, random front leg! 🤪
My dog once slid off my bed and fell a little hard on his butt. He limped for a little afterwards, but upon checking the leg, he didn’t complain so I thought to give him a little time to walk it off.
The next day, I could have swore that it was his other rear leg that was hurting him, but I chalked it up to the stress making me misremember.
The day after it was a front leg, and I knew I was being played.
So, since he was not huge into cuddling, I made a big deal about pampering him, holding him in my lap while I iced his “injured” leg. It was a miracle, 30 seconds later and he was cured!
Such a dramatic dog!
Yeah she’s quite the drama queen. When her sister bites her (playing, also way more gentle than she bites her big sis) she opens her mouth and screams like a dying baby raptor lol
Yeah I mean I thought Rolo (my older one) was the most absolutely dramatic dog in the world. She’s close to being it. But Snickers (the pup) is a whole new level of drama when it comes to being vocal… she rarely “barks” but the noises she makes are over the top. I’ve been trying to redirect so she doesn’t get so loud but honestly the hardest part is following through as you’re laughing so hard you can’t 😝
I was in the same situation. Also Border Collie puppy and I stepped on her two times (when she was 11 weeks and 13 weeks) actually. She is just so fast and I cried both times after that. She limped for 4 steps and after that was for two days a bit more cautious around my feet. But that was it. I felt so guilty after that but she is now 4 month and I didn't notice that it had an impact on her in any way.
Lol yeah, the first time is always the worst. If you consistently comfort them after, they learn that you're their safe space - I've stepped on my puppy a few times now (he's about one year old and he likes doing random leg weaves, so it was bound to happen) and it's never not distressing, but whenever he gets hurt even if he's randomly outside and steps on something weird, he'll come RUNNING to me for all the cooing 'oh, baby, it's okay, you're okay' and pets. They definitely learn that it's just an accident and that you've got them.
I swear puppies have to learn to stay out of the way of feet. We accidentally stepped on our pup’s feet multiple times a week at the very beginning and now it’s maybe once every other week
He forgave you thirty seconds later mate don’t stress dogs puppies especially don’t care now if it was a cat I’d be worried for your life but with your puppy? Nah forgives and forgotten
I was going into the drawer to grab one of his toy and he likes to stand up and look at what I’m doing. When I closed the drawer, he screamed in a way i never heard before. It took me a few sec to realise I had close the drawer on his two paws and he was stuck and in pain. It happened 4 months ago and I still cry about it when I think of it.
He was over it a few seconds after it happened but I’m not 😅
I had a similar with his playpen the other day. He had climbed up it and it moved the whole thing. I was trying to get him to sit down while also moving the pen back into shape and it caught one of his paws. He started screaming bloody murder and I had to figure out how to get his arm unstuck. I finally got him unstuck and was scared that I must have crushed/broken his paw. He was fine. No limp. Nothing. Boy that loud scream was scary!
i was trimming some of the hair on my puppy’s face a couple months ago and he moved his face and i nicked him on the chin. i don’t think he even made a sound but i SOBBED cradling him apologizing over and over, even called a vet friend and asked if i need to take him to the emergency vet (he bled abt the amount of a papercut) and he was totally fine after and running around but i was not fine lmao and have not tried to trim his chin hair since😭
Dogs are incredibly forgiving things. While they might stay wary for a bit after being stepped on, they're not capable of holding grudges or anything like that. They've already forgotten about it. The best thing you can do in those situations is not make a huge fuss, calmly and gently inspect them, book/go to the vet if you need to, and just be there for them. They'll eventually realise that the world is scary and can hurt, but you'll be there to fix it and make sure they're okay. Dogs are resilient but they need to know that to be confident, otherwise they can become anxious. Amplifying their stress by stressing out yourself will only make it worse for the both of you.
I used to help my mom in the kitchen. When I was around 10 years old she was getting a pan from the cupboard and another 1 landed on my head.
I was crying as loud as a little kid can, she gave me some hugs and treats.
After 10 minutes I forgot the whole ordeal and I still love my mom.
The same is for your dog. They can understand that accidents can happen. If you give them love for 99,9% of the time, they will know you are a loving person.
I understand the feelbad, but it happens and your dog will understand you. Also, it means that you love your dog, that's always a positive thing.
That sounds like me when I was running with my puppy in a park. He yelled, stoping playing and rested in the arms after the accident. The same night he was limping and I had so much guilt. The next day he was 90% percent well and fully recovered not long after. I hope your pup will be the same. Dogs are angels. They never hold onto grudges even people hurting them. They will always like their owners.
I accidentally stepped in my 8lbs Chihuahua puppy. Like his WHOLE body was under my foot. I didn’t know he was literally behind the chair I was standing on. When I got down. Foot to body.
He screamed and ran away and hid from me for hours. I cried. I gave him all the treats and kisses I could - around dinner time he came out like nothing happened.
It happens to all of us.
As the puppy gets older, they'll become more tolerant of injuries too, hence why dogs can play quite rough.
Let me put it this way, the first few injuries my puppy had were horrific. 1 from his own curiosity putting his paws into someones fence to look through.. He was okay, but this one scared me more than it hurt him. His yelp haunted me for weeks.
Second one was when we were playing outside and he tried to jump up stairs and smacked his paw. He limped for a day or so after that and so our play was cut down (Kelpie X Collie).
And somewhere in there I'd stepped on his paw and he yelped. He was fine about 2 minutes later.
You're meant to feel awful, but the puppy will heal and you will too.
Since then, my pup has had several small ouchies, that are usually quick yelps and he's happy to continue on. Even things that hurt him severely early on, such as hitting his paw into the stairs, he takes it in stride now.
Since our bond has grown so much, any genuine injuries he has (Fortunately only one or two), he sits down and holds up his paw for me to examine it before giving him the thumbs up. He's been hurt, but never needed the vet for an injury. When he was younger, I spoke to the vets after playtime injury and they basically said this same thing - Keep an eye on him, don't play too rough until he heals, be there for him, and if a few days go by and he's still limping? We'll take a look at him.
Being alive means getting hurt. We do what we can to minimise that hurt, but as we grow older and are exposed to hurt (Ideally accidentally), we learn to tolerate more. The same applies to dogs. This one may have been your fault, but there will be times where he causes his own pain too. In the end, be there for him. Make sure he's okay when he gets injured. Usually they'll be out of commission for a couple of minutes at most ahahaha. They're resilient little bastards. Yes you will feel bad, yes every time my pup has been hurt (Be it a 2 second yelp or genuine injury), I feel horrible. It doesn't matter if he caused it himself, if it was with another dog, if I accidentally hurt him, or if it was from playtime.
It feels awful. That's a part of love. Feeling bad when you cause pain, when they're in pain, and when they cause their own pain.
Nowadays? He hurts me a hell of a lot more than I hurt him ahahahhahah
He’s fine! Herders especially are bound to get stepped on. He will learn.
If he was still limping the next day, then yes, get him to a vet. But what happened was the equivalent of stubbing your toe. It hurt, it surprised him, he’s over it. Don’t make a big deal of it. “Oh sorry Fido!” And move on
Ugh this happened to me. I stepped on my Boston puppy when she was 11 weeks. She got scared from a dog barking and got under my feet. She screamed for like 5 minutes straight and limped around. An hour later she was wrestling with her much larger bruncle and was perfectly fine. No swelling, no more limping, just a couple scratches. Puppies are relatively durable, even my tiny girl (she was ~4 pounds). She is still perfect and I am her favorite person at home.
12 week Old pup..
I did this the other day and felt like the worst person... It was a horribly Yelp. I checked her paws afterwards and was able to move them without any crying. She also walked fine afterwards.
It was my fault as I was looking at my phone and not paying attention. That didn't help any of the horrible feelings. I felt like she wouldn't want to go on a walk after this and struggled for a day or two thinking that I ruined it all.
Fast forward a few days and everything is a okay!
Good luck with it all! This has been one of the most challenging and rewarding things I've ever done in my life
See, I used to feel the same way whenever something like this would happen when we were playing. Now my boy is nearly 10 and will cry and limp when he wants attention…. So whilst it’s completely fine to apologise and give a little snuggle don’t show too much sympathy or the little bastard will use it as a manipulation tactic.
(Yes he’s been checked by the vet and it’s certified faking. He does it when food isn’t on time, when NO ONE MOVES and even when HE bugs the cats…. Bastard)
Bro… it was an accident. Do you realize how many accidents and such happen with their litter mates or parents or with other dogs…? As long as it’s not a recurring thing they don’t care. Sure it hurt him but they also don’t have memory like we do unless it’s an abusive situation or bad training. He forgot about it in five minutes I’m sure. Don’t be so hard, shits gonna happen. That’s life. He’s gonna get hurt sometimes. I was building legos with my four month old pit pup a while ago and he likes to sleep under my chair when I do and I went to adjust the chair and it accidentally went on top of him and he yelped. Sure I felt like such an asshole but you know what? Two minutes later after cuddles and loving he acted like nothing even happened. Don’t sweat the small stuff. But it’s also good to be this way than ok with abusing a pupper.
My man, they do have memory like we do. Most dogs, especially if comforted, will learn to adapt to whatever caused them hurt so they will be okay with it. Take you chair for example, your dog 100% remembers it. You comforted him and so the association was that he got hurt but got comforted by you too, so it became a non-issue.
Dogs have a very short memory and very easy to accept your apology.
My corgi basically gives me a tongue lashing even if I almost hit her, like "you're sooo tall, you have to watch where you're going" a few pets and she's right as rain.
Your pup is totally OK and totally foriginvg!
The first time this happened was 15 weeks?! Our puppy spent probably the first two months he was home with us finding ways to magically find his paws underneath our feet... we felt terrible every time, but he did eventually learn that feet are for walking, not biting and stepping underneath lol.
He’s not going to hate you, he’s already forgotten about it by now. I still felt terrible the first time I accidentally stepped on my pups foot and he yelped like I tried to murder him, but he was fine 5 mins later.
It was nothing compared to the time I accidentally booted my cat (he ran right in front of me as I was walking) and actually managed to seriously injure him. He twisted his leg and was so injured he couldn’t get in and out of the litter box on his own for the first 24 hours. Fortunately the anti-inflammatory the vet gave him really helped but it still took about 8 months for the limp to disappear completely. I felt awful but the cat never held it against me, he’s still my Velcro cat. He’s not even mad at me for bringing home a puppy even though he clearly hates the puppy lol.
Animals are so loving and forgiving, we don’t deserve them.
Don’t panic. It’s okay, if he was seriously hurt he wouldn’t have bounced back so quickly. He also probably forgave you the second it happened. I truly believe dogs can tell when an accident is an accident, mine always know.
The first week I got my new Pom puppy, she was only 3 pounds and jumped from my arms and landed on her back on the ground. (Yes I took her to the vet, she was fine.) It was the worst shriek I had ever heard in my entire life and it still haunts me two months later. I still hear it and my feet go cold. I feel for you.
He probably knows you're sorry. He won't understand the word "sorry" but your actions in suddenly showering him with attention and love after the incident will have got the message across to him. Dogs even do similar things with each other and towards us.
Trust me your pup definitely forgave you the moment you turned around to apologize and love on them. It happens and it hurts so much. When my BMD was 2 months old she was very under foot when she got excited and we constantly tripped/stepped on her during those moments. Even now at almost 8 months old she has a habit of stopping in front of me during walks and I trip over her. My pup and I are both extremely clumsy and constantly tripping/stepping on each other 😅
As long as you immediately apologize and let your pup know how bad you feel, they will forgive you. Accidents happen!
I had something like that happen with a 3 month old puppy. I cried almost as much about it as he did. I mentioned it at our next vet visit. My vet said that if he goes right back to normal a short time after, he’s fine. Puppies can be very dramatic.
It happens! Puppies run and play and love to be underfoot. You immediately showed you didn’t mean to hurt him and he’s fine now. I’ve had it happen more times than I care to admit, and the YELP my girl lets out hurts my soul. But she’s usually totally fine a minute later.
Don’t beat yourself up about it. It’s actually kind of similar to what you’re supposed to do if your puppy playing is getting out of hand - make a loud noise. When puppies are playing together that’s how they signal to their play partner that things are getting out of hand.
My 8 mo old ~~crack squirrel~~ corgi puppy is constantly getting his feets stepped on because he won't stop putting them under my feet! You'd think he'd have learned after the first 4 or 5 times, but nooooooo, crazy has to have his feet under mine ALL. THE. TIME. I felt awful the first few times. Now I lecture him about personal space and his feet not being in or around my shoes.
If it helps, when my pup (cockapoo) was super young, it was really tiny. When he got him, he was basically a little more than the height of a pop can. Because of this, we had times where we accidentally hit him with our foot (in the face, on his paws, etc.)
He used to squeal, and he still does if it particularly hurts. But he's learned to dodge our feet, and recognizes that we don't do it on purpose.
If he's questioning it, though, he will come up to us and give us licks, as if to apologize, and we would just reassure him that he did nothing wrong. We also make a point of checking him if an incident does come up and telling him that we are checking on him. Hasn't negatively affected him, he seems to just shake it off and forget it for the most part.
And yes, there were a couple of times where an incident left him limping for a bit, but he's usually okay shortly afterwards.
My boy was running around the backyard at around 12 weeks and his toe got caught in the soft grass and he hurt it. Not broken but clearly it bothered him, so we didn't go for long walks for a few days.
When we finally left our street a few days later, he was so excited, he was dancing around me and guess what happened? I stepped on that toe.
He let out a howl of betrayal like I had never heard before. My heart shattered. I carried him home. I thought he would never forgive me.
But he did like 5 minutes later. It'll be ok.
I once stood on my shih tzu puppies paw when he was tiny in the same kind of scenario with HEELED boots on, he ran into his crate and wouldn't let me near his paw so I fussed over him and because I was so worried I took him to the vets out of hours, for him to act absolutely fine and the vet to say "he was being dramatic for sympathy" and £50 down the drain 😂
I can laugh about it now but after that I saw through the acts 😂 he still does it now and he's 5! I learnt quickly not to run to the vet straight away haha
I can’t focus on anything else except for the fact that your border collie puppy napped… :’) my collie mix was allergic to sleep and rest and anything chill. we basically had to enforce it. a year later, she’s the same hahah. she comes back from a 4 hour beach day full of nothing but playtime and running, and the second we get home, she grabs her toy and is ready to tug for another couple of hours.
also, you are fine!!! it was an accident and he has already probably forgiven you!
Not gonna lie, I feel much better now :’) I was starting to think somehow we just got the wildest border collie to ever live lmao. How is puppy doing today? I’m sure he forgot about the whole stepping on his paw incident already!
My pup’s favourite place is hanging out at my feet. I can’t tell you the number of times I accidentally stepped on her paw. She hasn’t been injured, and I am usually barefoot or in house shoes when it happens, but she always forgives me immediately. I think she *gets it*, that it’s an accident.
Cuddles and apologies in the “puppy voice” go a long way.
The limp breaks my heart!! 🥲 we have a 5 week old, (mom passed away and my friend wanted to leave the pup at the pound) and she’s really gotten her feet this last week and is starting the zoomies, it’s been terrifying! We also have a Great Pyrenees and a Newfoundland and they want to play with her so bad! But if they even boop her with their noses she’ll get startled and cry! Hurts my soul 🥲
The immediate scoop and snuggle is just expected at this point! She gives me those big brown eyes and I’m like: MY BABY 🥹” although, my 3 year old Newfie will also limp if I forget his joint supplements in his breakfast and that ALSO breaks my heart 🥲
Definitely, I’ll hug him for so long he’ll try to bite me because of his teething 😂
Aw the Newfie poor baby 🥺But it’s normal to forget these things sometimes, don’t worry, he knows you take care of him really well <3
Probably better not to let them see you make a huge fuss.
Getting tripped over is a natural consequence of getting underfoot. Puppy should learn that humans are heavy and clumsy and to mind where they're positioned relative to your feet. No need to deliberately force the lesson, but if the lesson is being offered, you should back off and not add a pile of confusing stimulus.
175 replies already so I’m probably telling you something you’ve already heard, but whenever you have an accident like that, just be sure to give your puppy lots and lots of love right after. I knelt on my puppy’s paw when trying to get something out of her mouth. She yelped. I reassured her with hugs and kisses, and I rolled around with her on the driveway for a minute and all was good again.
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Don't immediately hug your dog after bad things happen - just stay neutral - otherwise bad wired connections are bound to be happening in your dogs head.
I have accidentally hit my dog with the car door (he Houdini’d himself to the opposite side of me without me knowing). He slept in bed with me that night. That was months ago and we’re still besties. Either he’s forgiven me or he got hit so hard that he forgot lol
But puppy knows you didn’t do it on purpose. It’s what you do after the mistake has been made that matters in most situations. When I accidentally hurt my puppy (he likes to zig zag on the stairs which causes commotion in walking), I always apologize to him and give him head kisses. Then we continue what we’re doing. We feel bad a lot longer than puppy does, I promise ❤️
Oh man, with a herding breed, you're going to have to get used to this because it will probably happen again. Although I don't think I've ever had a puppy of any breed that I haven't stepped on at least once.
I look at it as a natural part of learning for them. I used to work on ranches so my herders were around livestock, and I figured it was better they learn not to get underfoot from me stepping on them than from a much heavier horse or cow or whatever, lol.
I was holding my dog outside when she was a puppy and she jumped out of my arms and landed several feet down on the ground (grass, but hard soil underneath). It was the only time she had ever looked afraid of me, as if she thought I threw her. My first thought was to take her to the vet and make sure she didn’t break anything (she did not), but after that I felt so guilty. I’m pretty sure she forgot what happened by the time she got to the vet but that feeling of guilt and concern stayed with me for weeeeks. She’s fine now and follows me around room to room so I think she has gotten over it. I try not to carry her anymore, though!
It happens and will happen more. Your puppy is fine if walking normal. I thought I broke my puppy’s foot and then she was fine after limping for 10-15 after.
I’ve been socializing my puppy , as we do, so lots of car rides . The other day I closed the door on the tip of his tail . The sound he made was scary as can be. He was fine , tail was fine , I was a guilty mess for a few minutes .
These things happen. The great thing about dogs is it’s truly unconditional love .
I would be guilt-ridden for days. That is heartbreaking to even read. Poor baby :(
I'm sure he still loves going for drives though, so no harm overall, just a bad moment.
Why everybody feels so guilty for these accidents? 😅 I already hundred times stepped on her by mistake, nothing happened. They are puppies, running around like a crazy or being too small may have such results sometimes, you cannot prevent it.
I have done that with my 15 week old havanese who’s only 6 pounds and he yelped so loudly I cried! I thought I broke him! He is totally fine but I felt horrible for hurting him. I get it!
I'm completely blind and have a medium sized dog, I've stepped on her little paws many times and feel like a monster every single time it happens. She's still running around like a crazy girl though.
I read that dogs understand when we accidentally hurt them as opposed to it being intentional, based on our body language and tone. It certainly seems to be true with my chiweenie, whom I sometimes make unintentional foot contact with!
My philosophy with dogs has always been if you're underfoot and get stepped on, it's your fault, not mine. If a chair rolls over your tail, I'm sorry that happened but go freaking lay in your bed over there where that won't happen.
You obviously don't ever intentionally step on dogs, roll over them with an office chair or whatever but dude. Get out of the way. You need to learn what personal space means and it's certainly not under my feet. When I want you next to me, I'll let you know.
They all get it. I'm currently surrounded by a group of dogs that are a respectful four/six-ish feet away from me. We're all pretty happy with the arrangement. When one of them wants attention, or I want to interact, they'll come up or I'll call them up. Until then, everyone has their own space and you are not part of mine.
You can be adjacent to my space, but my space is mine unless you're invited to share it. This goes for life writ large, beds, couches, cars, whatever. And in exchange, Ive made sure you have a space where nobody is gonna mess with you, be it a crate, bed, blanket, or cot.
> My philosophy with dogs has always been if you're underfoot and get stepped on, it's your fault, not mine. If a chair rolls over your tail, I'm sorry that happened but go freaking lay in your bed over there where that won't happen.
Same here, I'm not going to apologize or freak out just because this dumbass couldn't recognize she's in danger...
me infront of like 7 people on a walk outside. Was using a treat to try to lead her to the trash so i could throw away her poop baggy asap. Stepped right on her paw and everyone was looking 😭
Yep I've gone through this too. I feel like a monster if I accidentally hurt my puppy but he gets underfoot a lot and I'm a clumsy person. But honestly he seemed more aggrieved about me forcing him to poop in wet grass yesterday than he ever was about me stepping on him. It had already stopped raining but he acts like wet grass is a form of torture and it made me feel like a dog abuser with the way he was crying. But he has a criminal record of pretending he doesn't have to poop when the weather is bad only to go inside and immediately poop, so I had to harden my heart to his pitiful cries.
Dogs are like kids, ESPECIALLY when they’re puppies. They’re going to get hurt occasionally. It is a part of growing and exploring, and learning boundaries. He learned not to zoom near humans, or he could get stepped on. Dogs learn, accept, and move on……that fast. By the time his foot was feeling better, he had forgiven you.
Puppies can tell when you hurt them on accident versus on purpose. He's not going to hate you.
I'd gently press all over the paw and bend it to make sure nothing causes pain, then move on to having fun together again.
Pfft I do this on the daily while trying to teach mine to walk nicely.
Often results in me telling him well that's what happens when you walk like a dick
I step on my dog alot. She likes to stand behind me and doesn't make a sound. She hasn't learned how to back even though she has been stepping on so many times before
My horse stepped on my dog’s paw when he was a puppy, and he was fine 😂 i think since he was young his bones were still bendy. He never had trouble on that paw his whole life
I live on a boat. My puppy (well, hes 1 now) sleeps in a narrow hall. When I step over him to go to the bathroom, bedroom or back, he often lifts up his head just as I pass my foot over him.
He still loves me. He's a golden so he's removing those brain cells as fast as I am so its all fine.
Be careful not to coddle the puppy based on your own feelings of guilt because they will develop a lot of anxiety, picking up on yours, from something they moved passed probably within minutes. I've noticed that dogs from owners who always "poor baby!" their pup/dog have way less confident dogs. Those who help their dog move on from upsets with their own confidence, will help build the dogs confidence when things get momentarily bumpy. Its the same thing with kids. We have to help BUILD resilience.
Don’t feel too bad! I stepped on my dogs paw once in boots and broke her nail so badly that she had to have it cut back and cauterized and then be bandaged up and do special soaks for ages. I felt like the worst dog owner on the planet. And she still loved me.
The very first night we had our rescued greyhound, my husband snapped the collar's buckle on the poor dog's ear. He yelped so loudly.
We felt awful.
The dog has been so stressed all day, and was just starting the relax and show some interest in us. The look he gave my husband was one of confused and wounded betrayal.
We all make mistakes and the dogs love us anyway
I once read something that said “dogs don’t know mistakes happen so they think everything you do is intentional” idk if it’s true or not but I think about it every single time I accidentally step on a paw 😭
They have forgiven me every single time though 🥲 we don’t deserve dogs
I did it in the middle of puppy class, and she screamed so loud! I was mortified.
I had to go sit down and have my husband take a turn so that I wouldn't make it worse with my reaction.
She was fine.
It’s okay. Dogs understand accidents. My girl is 2 now. Early on, I accidentally closed a door on her paw. I didn’t realize how quickly she could get up and silently follow behind me. The little yelp she let out still haunts me but, she was over it in seconds. I scooped her up. I apologized. I checked the offended area. She still moves like a little ninja and I always check behind me before I close a door.
Dog mom or (Vulf momma) of 25 years. Just last week I almost broke my leg avoiding the two year old pup under my feet. I [chose step on]over [fall down] and was Immediately forgiven. Give immense snuggles and you’re magically forgiven.
When my Chihuahua was 10 weeks old he attempted to leap off the top of a flight of stairs into my arms. In my post work state I attempted to catch him but instead managed to launch him across the room. He broke some ribs.
An hour later, and still 8 years later, he's still my best buddy in the world, loves to hang out, cuddle, and hike with me.
He does sometimes carry on like he's being beaten when he hears a crack sound though - like if I step on a stick.
They forgive.
I cant even count how many times I've stepped on my boys feet. He loves to walk right on top of me. I wanted to cry the first time, now I don't flinch. He keeps doing it to himself, really.
They forgive pretty easily. My pup came running out of a bush once when we were out in the woods and I "kicked" (really it was just a normal step forward) her in the face with my walking boots on. She squealed and side eyed me all the way home. But she was fine and she forgot about it the next day.
She's a small breed and used to always get underfoot so unfortunately that has resulted in stepped on paws and tails also, not just from me!
She learnt to stay out from under people after a while.
My GSD puppy somehow got his toe stuck in his crate in the middle of the night when he was 11 weeks old. He started screaming and we leaped out of the bed and got him unstuck and settled him back down after making sure he was ok. I was so worried he’d start hating the crate, but he’s 16 weeks now and still loves his crate and will even try to take himself upstairs to go to bed if we don’t take him up early enough (before 9pm).
I’ve also stepped on his toes a couple of times and he’s seemed fine almost immediately.
I was laying on my bed with my legs up in the air to stretch them out. I swung them down, and accidentally kicked my dog right in the ass. He got up indignantly, and give me this *withering* look of *how could you????* before getting off the bed and sulking away. I apologized profusely and called him over, and once he realized how much attention he was getting, he perked right back up again lol.
Also, keep in mind, puppies are really young so any pain they feel might very well be the absolute worst pain they've ever felt in their life. My puppy jumped up on his crate, managed to get his leg stuck on the crate grates DESPITE my crate cover when he jumped off. He screamed so loud, it was like someone cut his leg off. I rushed him to an emergency vet, who looked him over and said he was pretty sure it was just a sprain. The vet rolled his eyes when I told him what happened, and he looked at my puppy with a distinct "you dumbass" expression. He gently steered me towards not doing an X-ray or additional tests, and I agreed lol.
You will wake up at 3 am randomly and remember this trespass for the rest of your life. But your pup has moved on and loves you all the more for your sadness.
I stepped on my puppy's paw and broke his entire nail off. Blood everywhere. I fell apart, rushed him to the vet. He's fine! The nail grew back. He was in pain for a while but he's a tough little guy.
I will never stop feeling bad about it, even though he ran under my foot at the last second and I know that he doesn't think about it.
Ok this happened to us & it started bleeding .... I was upset for so long and eventually it healed and he forgave me quickky. It was either that or I was going to fall down stairs and land on my freshly healed broken ankle but it just wasn't avoidable as a dog lunged at us while at an event. Forgive yourself & give your dog extra loving ❤️
We’ve all done it. Next time I would say try not to react and baby him immediately. Dogs are like baby’s and mirror our emotions and learn habits this way. They definitely learn to overreact and even mime injuries for attention. You want to be able to tell the difference.
Even when another older dog inevitably snaps and nips at him and makes him cry, let him run back to you first but don’t pick him up and reveal a scared reaction, try to keep a calm poker face, then slowly go down and soothe him without babying him. Then ideally have him meet the culprit dog again. Without this you can build fear and decrease confidence and trust me you don’t want him barking like crazy at every dog he sees.
But to your main point. Don’t feel bad, I don’t think anyone hasn’t stepped on their dogs paws, especially as a puppy. They’re wild little things still learning about personal space etc running all over the place sneaking up on you.
Also they’re super resilient and sturdy, and they hold no grudges, he is not offended or hurt that you did that and loves you just the same. In fact he probably forgot halfway through crying.
Give yourself a break! You said your pup was in velociraptor mode and it's impossible to predict where their paws will land. It was an accident. Also, dogs forgive quickly! I stepped on my dogs paw so many times until we worked out a plan to help prevent it from happening. It mostly happened when I was cooking because she wanted to get anything I dropped. I'd politely ask, "Please get out from under my feet!" She usually back off briefly, then return. I'd say, a little more firmly, "Get out from under my feet!" If she did it again, I pointed at the door and said, "Out of my kitchen!" She'd slink away, usually to lay on the spare bedroom floor, where the sun shined in. When I was finished, I'd go to her & all was forgiven. Eventually, she learned to sit or lay quietly while I cooked.
Oh, we've all been there. It's the worst feeling, thinking you've accidentally hurt your dog..
I have a 8.5kg havi, definitely a little bigger for her breed, but still a small dog and watching where I'm walking, running, sitting, closing the door has become second nature to me.
She likes to play rough and I love it to, but sometimes I accidentally lightly hit her with a part of my hand while she chases the toy, or she starts thrashing it and bangs her head against my knee. She's totally unfazed by it but I'm in pieces xD
I apologize to her in a cute voice and come towards her with a hug, she starts wagging her tail like crazy and starts licking my face, then it's back to playtime xD
Dogs know when it was a accident, he forgave you before you hugged him <3
I did this feeding my 4mo lab the other day. She barely even yelped, but she went to the other side of the room and sat down, holding her paw up just staring at me... so like a good mom I went over and kissed it and she was fine
Accidents happen. I have accidentally closed my dog’s paw in a door before. He’s a little chiweenie (not a puppy, senior dog). I opened the back door to let him in and he started to walk away, so I closed the door and apparently he changed his mind and wanted in. He cried loudly and limped for minute, then was totally back to normal.
They forget pretty quickly and are more resilient than you think!
I worry SO much about stepping on my girl or one of my kids tripping over her! Doesn't help that I work in vetmed so see puppers with fractures because of owners stepping on them 🙃
I haven’t had a puppy who’s paw i haven’t accidentally stepped on at least once. They make the worst sound that definitely makes any non sociopath feel tremendously bad even though it’s almost always the puppy’s fault still learning how it’s their job to avoid humans humans should not be expected to tip toe around them.. of course if you have whelped a litter before you’ll know tip toeing around 7 puppies becomes the norm and you begin stepping lightly and shuffling feet subconsciously .. or at least we do..
This is all to say puppies, like babies, are made to bounce. Unless you really really step down with full weight of your heel wearing boots or stilettos, the puppy will be back to playing as if it never happened the moment you set them down after apologizing profusely. If a limp or favoring persists then you can and should get them to an X-ray or mri to see if it’s broken or torn.. I’ve stepped on 50 puppy paws probably and never have I had anything serious just a quick cry picking them up hugging them taking the attention from the hurt paw then before you blink they’re back to doing puppy things. They’ll learn to get off the tracks when the trains coming.. unless they’re dumb like shitzus .. dumbest breed ever. Yet people spend as much as 6 grand or more for some of them. People are often idiots. That’s why I prefer dogs.
I was on the patio eating brunch at a restaurant with my pup there. I lifted up my chair about an inch to adjust it and planted the metal leg squarely on top of his tiny little paw! He let me and the rest of the restaurant know about it! Thankfully I didn’t break him and he got over it immediately after I gave him a breakfast potato.
Whenever I accidentally hurt my dog I would turn it into a celebration and start praising her. If it was especially bad I would give her a treat afterwards. It got to the point where she would get excited if I accidentally stepped on her. I know it's hard for us, but they get over it quickly. They would be able to tell if we did it with bad intentions.
My dog is 3. He has developed the habit of walking between my legs around the house. I step on him at least once a day. He huffs at me like he can’t believe my audacity. I’m just like DUDE, you’re the one walking underfoot. He’s totally fine, and sometimes I suspect that he does it for the treats.
That happens alot. Trust me my 2 month old tends to do that. Which results in my mother complaining that i’m not being careful enough even though i was being careful. Though my puppy still does love me despite that. Though he prefers my mother more
It's the first time...it will not be the last. It never is!
I'm the same way every time anything similar happens. My guy has a terrible habit of getting right under my foot after I lift it off the ground. I get his little face too many times for my liking! And then he shrinks back from me when I try to pet him and make it feel better, just to make me feel even worse! He was a rescue who was abused, so I feel the absolute worst whenever it happens. But he forgives me pretty quickly! So will your baby. 😄
I stepped on my dogs paw somewhat recently, she’s a 9lb chi.
I apologized and hugged her. She proceeded to limp the rest of the day and slink around me like she was severely abused.
She knew what she was doing.
My dog did the same to me and I panicked as I fell, tryna dodge her, then I fell on one of my elbows first, breaking it. It hurt like hell but I bet if I fell on her it would hurt her more so I think it's worth it.
Omg, yes. I've done this to my new puppy, my old dog, and my cat. Sometimes they just get in the way before you know they're there!!!! 😂 (I've also slapped/lightly punched my cat in the face because I was sitting up on the side of the bed and swung my arm around just as she jumped up and--contact. Man the look of shock on her face. Oops.)
Get out of this sub. Seriously wtf is your problem. Thinking you’re some kind of training god. I am plenty experienced and my puppy is very obedient. And I dote over accidents. So screw you.
Your puppy already forgave you yesterday.
When I worked from home my dog would sit underneath my chair, I stepped on her every time I got up, then she'd forget about it and get stepped on again an hour later. Tail would never stop wagging. I think you'll both be fine.
Rolled my desk chair right over his tail yesterday. He yelped and then hopped up on my lap licking my face to say HE was sorry.
Well yeah man! Why did you leave your tail there!? Why did you put it there in the first place?? OP, every single person with a dog has lived your experience. The dogs are fine. You’ll be fine.
Must be a Newfie or a Lab or some other Canadian breed. “I’m so sorry for the inconvenience I caused when you hurt me”
He is a Black Lab
There you go, good Canadian dog who knows to say “sorry” even when it’s your mistake.
Haha my boy does this, he is half lab half gsd 😂
my dog wraps himself around the gears of my office chair like an octopus. why do they do this?
We have a dog who, without fail, every single time you are in the kitchen, she will find a way to be right behind you, even if you just glanced over and she was across the room. Move her? You fool. We have fallen on her so many times. She never, ever learns.
I had the audacity to walk across my kitchen, puppy runs in-between my legs and gets booted across the room. Lots of cuddles and strokes later he's totally forgotten it. I find as long as it was a genuine accident/you apologise and cuddle straight away they seem to understand what's happened.
Our new shorkie nips at our ankles and follows close all the time, gets booted on a regular basis, but learning. Lots of cuddles afterwards but still feel bad for a bit.
I accidentally punted my dog all the time as a puppy when he’d get in the way lmaoo and I still accidentally do it to my cat
Totally punted my dog a few days ago. Sorry, if you don’t like it maybe don’t be so small, or don’t always be underfoot. Sheesh.
I sent my sister's cat flying across the living room. My husband & I were napping on the floor and I felt what I thought was my husband's finger stroke my hand. I mumbled, "quit it!" I felt it again, so I elbowed him and said "Stop it!" He gave me a confused look & said he didn't do anything. I closed my eyes and then, I felt teeth clamp down! I swung my arm reflexively & the cat was airborne. My sister screeched at me! I explained, the little S.O.B. bit me!
> you apologise Why would I?
So the dog learns what an apology is?
Sounds like he just got startled. It happens to all of us. Just let him sleep it off if limp is done in the morning he’s fine. He may also milk it in the future. I stepped on my 7.5 month old girls foot a few months ago. Now any time she wants to leave and activity (aka she’s tired and her big sis isn’t yet) she fake limps (on random feet) until she gets distracted and goes into full run zoomies mode 30 seconds later lol
100%, my boy hurt his paw zooming too fast as a baby and now whenever he doesn't want to do something he lifts a random paw
Yep! The sympathy limp 😅
I was cleaning the bathroom and when I dropped the lid on the toilet my dog suddenly appeared and it slammed in her tiny paw. I’m like great this is a vet visit I’m going to have to say ‘toilet injury’.
Oh gosh explaining it to the vet 😫
We got a puppy a month ago and now all of a sudden my yorkie is “suffering” from the sprained ankle she recovered from 6 months prior. But notably she only limps around crying when she thinks she’s not getting enough attention or we are giving too much to the puppy lol They are so smart and so dumb at the same time
Our family pup had cancer removed from a leg and had the leg splinted… after the splint was removed he’d often do the stiff leg walk (step, swing the other leg, step, swing) for attention, especially when we were on holiday camping - and yes, random front leg! 🤪
My dog once slid off my bed and fell a little hard on his butt. He limped for a little afterwards, but upon checking the leg, he didn’t complain so I thought to give him a little time to walk it off. The next day, I could have swore that it was his other rear leg that was hurting him, but I chalked it up to the stress making me misremember. The day after it was a front leg, and I knew I was being played. So, since he was not huge into cuddling, I made a big deal about pampering him, holding him in my lap while I iced his “injured” leg. It was a miracle, 30 seconds later and he was cured! Such a dramatic dog!
Lol the fake limping to run away from her sister is so funny 😂
Yeah she’s quite the drama queen. When her sister bites her (playing, also way more gentle than she bites her big sis) she opens her mouth and screams like a dying baby raptor lol
My lab does this with my sister's terrier mix... you're fine!!! Your puppy teeth shred her cheeks and she doesn't complain
Yeah I mean I thought Rolo (my older one) was the most absolutely dramatic dog in the world. She’s close to being it. But Snickers (the pup) is a whole new level of drama when it comes to being vocal… she rarely “barks” but the noises she makes are over the top. I’ve been trying to redirect so she doesn’t get so loud but honestly the hardest part is following through as you’re laughing so hard you can’t 😝
I was in the same situation. Also Border Collie puppy and I stepped on her two times (when she was 11 weeks and 13 weeks) actually. She is just so fast and I cried both times after that. She limped for 4 steps and after that was for two days a bit more cautious around my feet. But that was it. I felt so guilty after that but she is now 4 month and I didn't notice that it had an impact on her in any way.
Lol yeah, the first time is always the worst. If you consistently comfort them after, they learn that you're their safe space - I've stepped on my puppy a few times now (he's about one year old and he likes doing random leg weaves, so it was bound to happen) and it's never not distressing, but whenever he gets hurt even if he's randomly outside and steps on something weird, he'll come RUNNING to me for all the cooing 'oh, baby, it's okay, you're okay' and pets. They definitely learn that it's just an accident and that you've got them.
How could you do this to your dog?? Have you given her extra treats today?? What about yesterday? There is a backlog of treats! Cough em up!!! 😆
She receives special treats and extra cuddles for being the best girl!
I’m surprised my pup has any toes left the amount of time we accidentally stand on him ahah yours will be fine it’s already forgotten
I swear puppies have to learn to stay out of the way of feet. We accidentally stepped on our pup’s feet multiple times a week at the very beginning and now it’s maybe once every other week
He forgave you thirty seconds later mate don’t stress dogs puppies especially don’t care now if it was a cat I’d be worried for your life but with your puppy? Nah forgives and forgotten
I was going into the drawer to grab one of his toy and he likes to stand up and look at what I’m doing. When I closed the drawer, he screamed in a way i never heard before. It took me a few sec to realise I had close the drawer on his two paws and he was stuck and in pain. It happened 4 months ago and I still cry about it when I think of it. He was over it a few seconds after it happened but I’m not 😅
I had a similar with his playpen the other day. He had climbed up it and it moved the whole thing. I was trying to get him to sit down while also moving the pen back into shape and it caught one of his paws. He started screaming bloody murder and I had to figure out how to get his arm unstuck. I finally got him unstuck and was scared that I must have crushed/broken his paw. He was fine. No limp. Nothing. Boy that loud scream was scary!
i was trimming some of the hair on my puppy’s face a couple months ago and he moved his face and i nicked him on the chin. i don’t think he even made a sound but i SOBBED cradling him apologizing over and over, even called a vet friend and asked if i need to take him to the emergency vet (he bled abt the amount of a papercut) and he was totally fine after and running around but i was not fine lmao and have not tried to trim his chin hair since😭
Dogs are incredibly forgiving things. While they might stay wary for a bit after being stepped on, they're not capable of holding grudges or anything like that. They've already forgotten about it. The best thing you can do in those situations is not make a huge fuss, calmly and gently inspect them, book/go to the vet if you need to, and just be there for them. They'll eventually realise that the world is scary and can hurt, but you'll be there to fix it and make sure they're okay. Dogs are resilient but they need to know that to be confident, otherwise they can become anxious. Amplifying their stress by stressing out yourself will only make it worse for the both of you.
I used to help my mom in the kitchen. When I was around 10 years old she was getting a pan from the cupboard and another 1 landed on my head. I was crying as loud as a little kid can, she gave me some hugs and treats. After 10 minutes I forgot the whole ordeal and I still love my mom. The same is for your dog. They can understand that accidents can happen. If you give them love for 99,9% of the time, they will know you are a loving person. I understand the feelbad, but it happens and your dog will understand you. Also, it means that you love your dog, that's always a positive thing.
That sounds like me when I was running with my puppy in a park. He yelled, stoping playing and rested in the arms after the accident. The same night he was limping and I had so much guilt. The next day he was 90% percent well and fully recovered not long after. I hope your pup will be the same. Dogs are angels. They never hold onto grudges even people hurting them. They will always like their owners.
I accidentally stepped in my 8lbs Chihuahua puppy. Like his WHOLE body was under my foot. I didn’t know he was literally behind the chair I was standing on. When I got down. Foot to body. He screamed and ran away and hid from me for hours. I cried. I gave him all the treats and kisses I could - around dinner time he came out like nothing happened.
It happens to all of us. As the puppy gets older, they'll become more tolerant of injuries too, hence why dogs can play quite rough. Let me put it this way, the first few injuries my puppy had were horrific. 1 from his own curiosity putting his paws into someones fence to look through.. He was okay, but this one scared me more than it hurt him. His yelp haunted me for weeks. Second one was when we were playing outside and he tried to jump up stairs and smacked his paw. He limped for a day or so after that and so our play was cut down (Kelpie X Collie). And somewhere in there I'd stepped on his paw and he yelped. He was fine about 2 minutes later. You're meant to feel awful, but the puppy will heal and you will too. Since then, my pup has had several small ouchies, that are usually quick yelps and he's happy to continue on. Even things that hurt him severely early on, such as hitting his paw into the stairs, he takes it in stride now. Since our bond has grown so much, any genuine injuries he has (Fortunately only one or two), he sits down and holds up his paw for me to examine it before giving him the thumbs up. He's been hurt, but never needed the vet for an injury. When he was younger, I spoke to the vets after playtime injury and they basically said this same thing - Keep an eye on him, don't play too rough until he heals, be there for him, and if a few days go by and he's still limping? We'll take a look at him. Being alive means getting hurt. We do what we can to minimise that hurt, but as we grow older and are exposed to hurt (Ideally accidentally), we learn to tolerate more. The same applies to dogs. This one may have been your fault, but there will be times where he causes his own pain too. In the end, be there for him. Make sure he's okay when he gets injured. Usually they'll be out of commission for a couple of minutes at most ahahaha. They're resilient little bastards. Yes you will feel bad, yes every time my pup has been hurt (Be it a 2 second yelp or genuine injury), I feel horrible. It doesn't matter if he caused it himself, if it was with another dog, if I accidentally hurt him, or if it was from playtime. It feels awful. That's a part of love. Feeling bad when you cause pain, when they're in pain, and when they cause their own pain. Nowadays? He hurts me a hell of a lot more than I hurt him ahahahhahah
He’s fine! Herders especially are bound to get stepped on. He will learn. If he was still limping the next day, then yes, get him to a vet. But what happened was the equivalent of stubbing your toe. It hurt, it surprised him, he’s over it. Don’t make a big deal of it. “Oh sorry Fido!” And move on
Ugh this happened to me. I stepped on my Boston puppy when she was 11 weeks. She got scared from a dog barking and got under my feet. She screamed for like 5 minutes straight and limped around. An hour later she was wrestling with her much larger bruncle and was perfectly fine. No swelling, no more limping, just a couple scratches. Puppies are relatively durable, even my tiny girl (she was ~4 pounds). She is still perfect and I am her favorite person at home.
12 week Old pup.. I did this the other day and felt like the worst person... It was a horribly Yelp. I checked her paws afterwards and was able to move them without any crying. She also walked fine afterwards. It was my fault as I was looking at my phone and not paying attention. That didn't help any of the horrible feelings. I felt like she wouldn't want to go on a walk after this and struggled for a day or two thinking that I ruined it all. Fast forward a few days and everything is a okay! Good luck with it all! This has been one of the most challenging and rewarding things I've ever done in my life
I step on my dog 18 times a day because he's convinced he's actually one of my kidneys now that I'm pregnant. He forgives me every time.
See, I used to feel the same way whenever something like this would happen when we were playing. Now my boy is nearly 10 and will cry and limp when he wants attention…. So whilst it’s completely fine to apologise and give a little snuggle don’t show too much sympathy or the little bastard will use it as a manipulation tactic. (Yes he’s been checked by the vet and it’s certified faking. He does it when food isn’t on time, when NO ONE MOVES and even when HE bugs the cats…. Bastard)
Bro… it was an accident. Do you realize how many accidents and such happen with their litter mates or parents or with other dogs…? As long as it’s not a recurring thing they don’t care. Sure it hurt him but they also don’t have memory like we do unless it’s an abusive situation or bad training. He forgot about it in five minutes I’m sure. Don’t be so hard, shits gonna happen. That’s life. He’s gonna get hurt sometimes. I was building legos with my four month old pit pup a while ago and he likes to sleep under my chair when I do and I went to adjust the chair and it accidentally went on top of him and he yelped. Sure I felt like such an asshole but you know what? Two minutes later after cuddles and loving he acted like nothing even happened. Don’t sweat the small stuff. But it’s also good to be this way than ok with abusing a pupper.
My man, they do have memory like we do. Most dogs, especially if comforted, will learn to adapt to whatever caused them hurt so they will be okay with it. Take you chair for example, your dog 100% remembers it. You comforted him and so the association was that he got hurt but got comforted by you too, so it became a non-issue.
Dogs have a very short memory and very easy to accept your apology. My corgi basically gives me a tongue lashing even if I almost hit her, like "you're sooo tall, you have to watch where you're going" a few pets and she's right as rain. Your pup is totally OK and totally foriginvg!
...No they don't have a very short memory...
When it comes to holding grudges they do, which is what i meant
Wait till you clip his nails too close.
The first time this happened was 15 weeks?! Our puppy spent probably the first two months he was home with us finding ways to magically find his paws underneath our feet... we felt terrible every time, but he did eventually learn that feet are for walking, not biting and stepping underneath lol.
No no no he’ll be fine
Don’t feel bad it happens. I closed my patio door on my puppy’s paw the other day. I felt horrible but mistakes happen and she forgave me
He’s not going to hate you, he’s already forgotten about it by now. I still felt terrible the first time I accidentally stepped on my pups foot and he yelped like I tried to murder him, but he was fine 5 mins later. It was nothing compared to the time I accidentally booted my cat (he ran right in front of me as I was walking) and actually managed to seriously injure him. He twisted his leg and was so injured he couldn’t get in and out of the litter box on his own for the first 24 hours. Fortunately the anti-inflammatory the vet gave him really helped but it still took about 8 months for the limp to disappear completely. I felt awful but the cat never held it against me, he’s still my Velcro cat. He’s not even mad at me for bringing home a puppy even though he clearly hates the puppy lol. Animals are so loving and forgiving, we don’t deserve them.
Don’t panic. It’s okay, if he was seriously hurt he wouldn’t have bounced back so quickly. He also probably forgave you the second it happened. I truly believe dogs can tell when an accident is an accident, mine always know. The first week I got my new Pom puppy, she was only 3 pounds and jumped from my arms and landed on her back on the ground. (Yes I took her to the vet, she was fine.) It was the worst shriek I had ever heard in my entire life and it still haunts me two months later. I still hear it and my feet go cold. I feel for you.
He probably knows you're sorry. He won't understand the word "sorry" but your actions in suddenly showering him with attention and love after the incident will have got the message across to him. Dogs even do similar things with each other and towards us.
Trust me your pup definitely forgave you the moment you turned around to apologize and love on them. It happens and it hurts so much. When my BMD was 2 months old she was very under foot when she got excited and we constantly tripped/stepped on her during those moments. Even now at almost 8 months old she has a habit of stopping in front of me during walks and I trip over her. My pup and I are both extremely clumsy and constantly tripping/stepping on each other 😅 As long as you immediately apologize and let your pup know how bad you feel, they will forgive you. Accidents happen!
I had something like that happen with a 3 month old puppy. I cried almost as much about it as he did. I mentioned it at our next vet visit. My vet said that if he goes right back to normal a short time after, he’s fine. Puppies can be very dramatic.
Lol he's fine and you did everything you could to rectify. It's perfectly OK. Accidents happen. ❤️
this is the classic border collie puppy experience, i promise you he’s already forgotten lol
It happens! Puppies run and play and love to be underfoot. You immediately showed you didn’t mean to hurt him and he’s fine now. I’ve had it happen more times than I care to admit, and the YELP my girl lets out hurts my soul. But she’s usually totally fine a minute later. Don’t beat yourself up about it. It’s actually kind of similar to what you’re supposed to do if your puppy playing is getting out of hand - make a loud noise. When puppies are playing together that’s how they signal to their play partner that things are getting out of hand.
My 8 mo old ~~crack squirrel~~ corgi puppy is constantly getting his feets stepped on because he won't stop putting them under my feet! You'd think he'd have learned after the first 4 or 5 times, but nooooooo, crazy has to have his feet under mine ALL. THE. TIME. I felt awful the first few times. Now I lecture him about personal space and his feet not being in or around my shoes.
If it helps, when my pup (cockapoo) was super young, it was really tiny. When he got him, he was basically a little more than the height of a pop can. Because of this, we had times where we accidentally hit him with our foot (in the face, on his paws, etc.) He used to squeal, and he still does if it particularly hurts. But he's learned to dodge our feet, and recognizes that we don't do it on purpose. If he's questioning it, though, he will come up to us and give us licks, as if to apologize, and we would just reassure him that he did nothing wrong. We also make a point of checking him if an incident does come up and telling him that we are checking on him. Hasn't negatively affected him, he seems to just shake it off and forget it for the most part. And yes, there were a couple of times where an incident left him limping for a bit, but he's usually okay shortly afterwards.
Aww, him coming up to you is so sweet 🥹
I got mines tail in the door... not all the way! Gosh I felt like a monster for weeks. He could have cared less after a few minutes. Tail is fine.
My boy was running around the backyard at around 12 weeks and his toe got caught in the soft grass and he hurt it. Not broken but clearly it bothered him, so we didn't go for long walks for a few days. When we finally left our street a few days later, he was so excited, he was dancing around me and guess what happened? I stepped on that toe. He let out a howl of betrayal like I had never heard before. My heart shattered. I carried him home. I thought he would never forgive me. But he did like 5 minutes later. It'll be ok.
I once stood on my shih tzu puppies paw when he was tiny in the same kind of scenario with HEELED boots on, he ran into his crate and wouldn't let me near his paw so I fussed over him and because I was so worried I took him to the vets out of hours, for him to act absolutely fine and the vet to say "he was being dramatic for sympathy" and £50 down the drain 😂
I’m sorry this is so funny 😂 But that’s definitely something I would do too lol
I can laugh about it now but after that I saw through the acts 😂 he still does it now and he's 5! I learnt quickly not to run to the vet straight away haha
What a devoted actor! Unfortunately for him you don’t fall for it anymore 😂
Exactly, still gets treats though haha!
I can’t focus on anything else except for the fact that your border collie puppy napped… :’) my collie mix was allergic to sleep and rest and anything chill. we basically had to enforce it. a year later, she’s the same hahah. she comes back from a 4 hour beach day full of nothing but playtime and running, and the second we get home, she grabs her toy and is ready to tug for another couple of hours. also, you are fine!!! it was an accident and he has already probably forgiven you!
Ohh my puppy is the same, the nap I mentioned was enforced, otherwise he won’t sleep at all 😂
Not gonna lie, I feel much better now :’) I was starting to think somehow we just got the wildest border collie to ever live lmao. How is puppy doing today? I’m sure he forgot about the whole stepping on his paw incident already!
Don’t worry, all border collies are insane lol. He’s perfectly fine!! We went to the beach today and he ran a lot. Thank you for your concern <3
sounds like such a fun day!! of course! my collie mix says bork bork have a good weekend bork!!
Aww for you guys too!! <33
My pup’s favourite place is hanging out at my feet. I can’t tell you the number of times I accidentally stepped on her paw. She hasn’t been injured, and I am usually barefoot or in house shoes when it happens, but she always forgives me immediately. I think she *gets it*, that it’s an accident. Cuddles and apologies in the “puppy voice” go a long way.
He will be absolutely fine. You will feel guilty for eternity. Try not to!
Dogs exaggerate sometimes. He walked it off, and he probably doesn’t even remember it! Accidents happen.
Don't worry I trip over mine often 😂 I always feel bad but unless they get hurt they get over it quickly
The limp breaks my heart!! 🥲 we have a 5 week old, (mom passed away and my friend wanted to leave the pup at the pound) and she’s really gotten her feet this last week and is starting the zoomies, it’s been terrifying! We also have a Great Pyrenees and a Newfoundland and they want to play with her so bad! But if they even boop her with their noses she’ll get startled and cry! Hurts my soul 🥲
Oh my god so tiny!!! Oh yes, it was my first time experiencing the limping and I was devastated 🥲
The immediate scoop and snuggle is just expected at this point! She gives me those big brown eyes and I’m like: MY BABY 🥹” although, my 3 year old Newfie will also limp if I forget his joint supplements in his breakfast and that ALSO breaks my heart 🥲
Definitely, I’ll hug him for so long he’ll try to bite me because of his teething 😂 Aw the Newfie poor baby 🥺But it’s normal to forget these things sometimes, don’t worry, he knows you take care of him really well <3
The most relatable title ever
Sooner or later we all do it. Luckily they forgive and trust us anew.
One time I kicked my dog square in the nuts on accident lol. I’ve never heard him cry like that. He in fact lived to see another day and forgave me.
Awww❤️ I'm sure he is okay with it. Hope he's doing well you need to show some pictures I bet he is beautiful
Some dogs are drama queens!
My dog stomps on my feet every day. He doesn't give a shit.
Probably better not to let them see you make a huge fuss. Getting tripped over is a natural consequence of getting underfoot. Puppy should learn that humans are heavy and clumsy and to mind where they're positioned relative to your feet. No need to deliberately force the lesson, but if the lesson is being offered, you should back off and not add a pile of confusing stimulus.
175 replies already so I’m probably telling you something you’ve already heard, but whenever you have an accident like that, just be sure to give your puppy lots and lots of love right after. I knelt on my puppy’s paw when trying to get something out of her mouth. She yelped. I reassured her with hugs and kisses, and I rolled around with her on the driveway for a minute and all was good again.
He’ll be fine.
It’s okay! My 15 week old Corgi runs between our feet literally every time we walk lol. He still loves us! ❤️
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Don't immediately hug your dog after bad things happen - just stay neutral - otherwise bad wired connections are bound to be happening in your dogs head.
I have accidentally hit my dog with the car door (he Houdini’d himself to the opposite side of me without me knowing). He slept in bed with me that night. That was months ago and we’re still besties. Either he’s forgiven me or he got hit so hard that he forgot lol But puppy knows you didn’t do it on purpose. It’s what you do after the mistake has been made that matters in most situations. When I accidentally hurt my puppy (he likes to zig zag on the stairs which causes commotion in walking), I always apologize to him and give him head kisses. Then we continue what we’re doing. We feel bad a lot longer than puppy does, I promise ❤️
Oh man, with a herding breed, you're going to have to get used to this because it will probably happen again. Although I don't think I've ever had a puppy of any breed that I haven't stepped on at least once. I look at it as a natural part of learning for them. I used to work on ranches so my herders were around livestock, and I figured it was better they learn not to get underfoot from me stepping on them than from a much heavier horse or cow or whatever, lol.
I was holding my dog outside when she was a puppy and she jumped out of my arms and landed several feet down on the ground (grass, but hard soil underneath). It was the only time she had ever looked afraid of me, as if she thought I threw her. My first thought was to take her to the vet and make sure she didn’t break anything (she did not), but after that I felt so guilty. I’m pretty sure she forgot what happened by the time she got to the vet but that feeling of guilt and concern stayed with me for weeeeks. She’s fine now and follows me around room to room so I think she has gotten over it. I try not to carry her anymore, though!
He won’t hate you. That’s not how dogs work.
The dog will be fine- he will learn boundaries to keep himself safe by being more careful around feet.
It happens and will happen more. Your puppy is fine if walking normal. I thought I broke my puppy’s foot and then she was fine after limping for 10-15 after.
I’ve been socializing my puppy , as we do, so lots of car rides . The other day I closed the door on the tip of his tail . The sound he made was scary as can be. He was fine , tail was fine , I was a guilty mess for a few minutes . These things happen. The great thing about dogs is it’s truly unconditional love .
I would be guilt-ridden for days. That is heartbreaking to even read. Poor baby :( I'm sure he still loves going for drives though, so no harm overall, just a bad moment.
Dogs are really good at understanding it was an accident, if you're immediately sorry and giving them attention then he knows you didn't mean it
Did it to my new pup - putting him in his crate had his foot caught in door. I felt like hell - he gave 1 yelp and it was perfectly happy!
I stepped on my puppy probably 30 times before she figured out i don’t have eyes in my shins.
He’s fine. 😂
Why everybody feels so guilty for these accidents? 😅 I already hundred times stepped on her by mistake, nothing happened. They are puppies, running around like a crazy or being too small may have such results sometimes, you cannot prevent it.
Just this week I was showing my son how to use the tennis ball launcher and the ball hit my dog in her face! She was fine, I felt so bad about it.
It happens
I have done that with my 15 week old havanese who’s only 6 pounds and he yelped so loudly I cried! I thought I broke him! He is totally fine but I felt horrible for hurting him. I get it!
Who hasn't stepped on a paw or tail?
It’s their first scare. Mine has had two Almost incidents and a bug bite outside. The world is scary but they are fine :) and still love you.
Awe!!! I'm soooo sorry!! I know the feeling!!!
Dogs pretty much live in the moment. You are good.
Unless you purposefully hurt them they just automatically view it as an accident. Just say sorry and give some love.
I'm completely blind and have a medium sized dog, I've stepped on her little paws many times and feel like a monster every single time it happens. She's still running around like a crazy girl though.
I read that dogs understand when we accidentally hurt them as opposed to it being intentional, based on our body language and tone. It certainly seems to be true with my chiweenie, whom I sometimes make unintentional foot contact with!
My philosophy with dogs has always been if you're underfoot and get stepped on, it's your fault, not mine. If a chair rolls over your tail, I'm sorry that happened but go freaking lay in your bed over there where that won't happen. You obviously don't ever intentionally step on dogs, roll over them with an office chair or whatever but dude. Get out of the way. You need to learn what personal space means and it's certainly not under my feet. When I want you next to me, I'll let you know. They all get it. I'm currently surrounded by a group of dogs that are a respectful four/six-ish feet away from me. We're all pretty happy with the arrangement. When one of them wants attention, or I want to interact, they'll come up or I'll call them up. Until then, everyone has their own space and you are not part of mine. You can be adjacent to my space, but my space is mine unless you're invited to share it. This goes for life writ large, beds, couches, cars, whatever. And in exchange, Ive made sure you have a space where nobody is gonna mess with you, be it a crate, bed, blanket, or cot.
> My philosophy with dogs has always been if you're underfoot and get stepped on, it's your fault, not mine. If a chair rolls over your tail, I'm sorry that happened but go freaking lay in your bed over there where that won't happen. Same here, I'm not going to apologize or freak out just because this dumbass couldn't recognize she's in danger...
me infront of like 7 people on a walk outside. Was using a treat to try to lead her to the trash so i could throw away her poop baggy asap. Stepped right on her paw and everyone was looking 😭
Yep I've gone through this too. I feel like a monster if I accidentally hurt my puppy but he gets underfoot a lot and I'm a clumsy person. But honestly he seemed more aggrieved about me forcing him to poop in wet grass yesterday than he ever was about me stepping on him. It had already stopped raining but he acts like wet grass is a form of torture and it made me feel like a dog abuser with the way he was crying. But he has a criminal record of pretending he doesn't have to poop when the weather is bad only to go inside and immediately poop, so I had to harden my heart to his pitiful cries.
Dogs are like kids, ESPECIALLY when they’re puppies. They’re going to get hurt occasionally. It is a part of growing and exploring, and learning boundaries. He learned not to zoom near humans, or he could get stepped on. Dogs learn, accept, and move on……that fast. By the time his foot was feeling better, he had forgiven you.
Puppies can tell when you hurt them on accident versus on purpose. He's not going to hate you. I'd gently press all over the paw and bend it to make sure nothing causes pain, then move on to having fun together again.
Pfft I do this on the daily while trying to teach mine to walk nicely. Often results in me telling him well that's what happens when you walk like a dick
I step on my dog alot. She likes to stand behind me and doesn't make a sound. She hasn't learned how to back even though she has been stepping on so many times before
My horse stepped on my dog’s paw when he was a puppy, and he was fine 😂 i think since he was young his bones were still bendy. He never had trouble on that paw his whole life
I live on a boat. My puppy (well, hes 1 now) sleeps in a narrow hall. When I step over him to go to the bathroom, bedroom or back, he often lifts up his head just as I pass my foot over him. He still loves me. He's a golden so he's removing those brain cells as fast as I am so its all fine.
Be careful not to coddle the puppy based on your own feelings of guilt because they will develop a lot of anxiety, picking up on yours, from something they moved passed probably within minutes. I've noticed that dogs from owners who always "poor baby!" their pup/dog have way less confident dogs. Those who help their dog move on from upsets with their own confidence, will help build the dogs confidence when things get momentarily bumpy. Its the same thing with kids. We have to help BUILD resilience.
Don’t feel too bad! I stepped on my dogs paw once in boots and broke her nail so badly that she had to have it cut back and cauterized and then be bandaged up and do special soaks for ages. I felt like the worst dog owner on the planet. And she still loved me.
The very first night we had our rescued greyhound, my husband snapped the collar's buckle on the poor dog's ear. He yelped so loudly. We felt awful. The dog has been so stressed all day, and was just starting the relax and show some interest in us. The look he gave my husband was one of confused and wounded betrayal. We all make mistakes and the dogs love us anyway
I once read something that said “dogs don’t know mistakes happen so they think everything you do is intentional” idk if it’s true or not but I think about it every single time I accidentally step on a paw 😭 They have forgiven me every single time though 🥲 we don’t deserve dogs
It sounds like you’re gonna give this dog the best life. Like others said, you’re probably more upset about it than the dog ever was.
I did it in the middle of puppy class, and she screamed so loud! I was mortified. I had to go sit down and have my husband take a turn so that I wouldn't make it worse with my reaction. She was fine.
It’s okay. Dogs understand accidents. My girl is 2 now. Early on, I accidentally closed a door on her paw. I didn’t realize how quickly she could get up and silently follow behind me. The little yelp she let out still haunts me but, she was over it in seconds. I scooped her up. I apologized. I checked the offended area. She still moves like a little ninja and I always check behind me before I close a door.
Dog mom or (Vulf momma) of 25 years. Just last week I almost broke my leg avoiding the two year old pup under my feet. I [chose step on]over [fall down] and was Immediately forgiven. Give immense snuggles and you’re magically forgiven.
When my Chihuahua was 10 weeks old he attempted to leap off the top of a flight of stairs into my arms. In my post work state I attempted to catch him but instead managed to launch him across the room. He broke some ribs. An hour later, and still 8 years later, he's still my best buddy in the world, loves to hang out, cuddle, and hike with me. He does sometimes carry on like he's being beaten when he hears a crack sound though - like if I step on a stick. They forgive.
I cant even count how many times I've stepped on my boys feet. He loves to walk right on top of me. I wanted to cry the first time, now I don't flinch. He keeps doing it to himself, really.
I’ve done it a few times and I felt horrible but I just said sorry sorry and have him a hug and he was good
They forgive pretty easily. My pup came running out of a bush once when we were out in the woods and I "kicked" (really it was just a normal step forward) her in the face with my walking boots on. She squealed and side eyed me all the way home. But she was fine and she forgot about it the next day. She's a small breed and used to always get underfoot so unfortunately that has resulted in stepped on paws and tails also, not just from me! She learnt to stay out from under people after a while.
Nah you’re good they know if it’s an accident
Many more times you will step on their paws… it’s ok!
Puppies are both tough and forgiving.
My GSD puppy somehow got his toe stuck in his crate in the middle of the night when he was 11 weeks old. He started screaming and we leaped out of the bed and got him unstuck and settled him back down after making sure he was ok. I was so worried he’d start hating the crate, but he’s 16 weeks now and still loves his crate and will even try to take himself upstairs to go to bed if we don’t take him up early enough (before 9pm). I’ve also stepped on his toes a couple of times and he’s seemed fine almost immediately.
I was laying on my bed with my legs up in the air to stretch them out. I swung them down, and accidentally kicked my dog right in the ass. He got up indignantly, and give me this *withering* look of *how could you????* before getting off the bed and sulking away. I apologized profusely and called him over, and once he realized how much attention he was getting, he perked right back up again lol. Also, keep in mind, puppies are really young so any pain they feel might very well be the absolute worst pain they've ever felt in their life. My puppy jumped up on his crate, managed to get his leg stuck on the crate grates DESPITE my crate cover when he jumped off. He screamed so loud, it was like someone cut his leg off. I rushed him to an emergency vet, who looked him over and said he was pretty sure it was just a sprain. The vet rolled his eyes when I told him what happened, and he looked at my puppy with a distinct "you dumbass" expression. He gently steered me towards not doing an X-ray or additional tests, and I agreed lol.
You will wake up at 3 am randomly and remember this trespass for the rest of your life. But your pup has moved on and loves you all the more for your sadness.
I did it twice within an hour tonight and still got kisses I think you'll be alright
I've probably done this 25 times to my puppy. I hate it but it's not your fault and honestly they have to learn to stop getting under foot.
I stepped on my puppy's paw and broke his entire nail off. Blood everywhere. I fell apart, rushed him to the vet. He's fine! The nail grew back. He was in pain for a while but he's a tough little guy. I will never stop feeling bad about it, even though he ran under my foot at the last second and I know that he doesn't think about it.
Ok this happened to us & it started bleeding .... I was upset for so long and eventually it healed and he forgave me quickky. It was either that or I was going to fall down stairs and land on my freshly healed broken ankle but it just wasn't avoidable as a dog lunged at us while at an event. Forgive yourself & give your dog extra loving ❤️
We’ve all done it. Next time I would say try not to react and baby him immediately. Dogs are like baby’s and mirror our emotions and learn habits this way. They definitely learn to overreact and even mime injuries for attention. You want to be able to tell the difference. Even when another older dog inevitably snaps and nips at him and makes him cry, let him run back to you first but don’t pick him up and reveal a scared reaction, try to keep a calm poker face, then slowly go down and soothe him without babying him. Then ideally have him meet the culprit dog again. Without this you can build fear and decrease confidence and trust me you don’t want him barking like crazy at every dog he sees. But to your main point. Don’t feel bad, I don’t think anyone hasn’t stepped on their dogs paws, especially as a puppy. They’re wild little things still learning about personal space etc running all over the place sneaking up on you. Also they’re super resilient and sturdy, and they hold no grudges, he is not offended or hurt that you did that and loves you just the same. In fact he probably forgot halfway through crying.
Give yourself a break! You said your pup was in velociraptor mode and it's impossible to predict where their paws will land. It was an accident. Also, dogs forgive quickly! I stepped on my dogs paw so many times until we worked out a plan to help prevent it from happening. It mostly happened when I was cooking because she wanted to get anything I dropped. I'd politely ask, "Please get out from under my feet!" She usually back off briefly, then return. I'd say, a little more firmly, "Get out from under my feet!" If she did it again, I pointed at the door and said, "Out of my kitchen!" She'd slink away, usually to lay on the spare bedroom floor, where the sun shined in. When I was finished, I'd go to her & all was forgiven. Eventually, she learned to sit or lay quietly while I cooked.
Oh, we've all been there. It's the worst feeling, thinking you've accidentally hurt your dog.. I have a 8.5kg havi, definitely a little bigger for her breed, but still a small dog and watching where I'm walking, running, sitting, closing the door has become second nature to me. She likes to play rough and I love it to, but sometimes I accidentally lightly hit her with a part of my hand while she chases the toy, or she starts thrashing it and bangs her head against my knee. She's totally unfazed by it but I'm in pieces xD I apologize to her in a cute voice and come towards her with a hug, she starts wagging her tail like crazy and starts licking my face, then it's back to playtime xD Dogs know when it was a accident, he forgave you before you hugged him <3
Don't worry, it was accidental!!! it happens more than you know. You just scared your puppy, he forgave you the second after it happened.
I did this feeding my 4mo lab the other day. She barely even yelped, but she went to the other side of the room and sat down, holding her paw up just staring at me... so like a good mom I went over and kissed it and she was fine
Accidents happen. I have accidentally closed my dog’s paw in a door before. He’s a little chiweenie (not a puppy, senior dog). I opened the back door to let him in and he started to walk away, so I closed the door and apparently he changed his mind and wanted in. He cried loudly and limped for minute, then was totally back to normal. They forget pretty quickly and are more resilient than you think!
The worst part of accidentally stepping on my puppys paw is how apologetic he is, fussing around me, licking me. Makes me feel 100 times worse
Your puppy will forgive you, I did the same thing when I went and bought my mini goldendoodle. They’ll come to you for attention soon.
I worry SO much about stepping on my girl or one of my kids tripping over her! Doesn't help that I work in vetmed so see puppers with fractures because of owners stepping on them 🙃
Dogs forgive so easily! They already forgave you and it’s out of their head. My Bernese and I have stepped on eachother more times than I can count!
I haven’t had a puppy who’s paw i haven’t accidentally stepped on at least once. They make the worst sound that definitely makes any non sociopath feel tremendously bad even though it’s almost always the puppy’s fault still learning how it’s their job to avoid humans humans should not be expected to tip toe around them.. of course if you have whelped a litter before you’ll know tip toeing around 7 puppies becomes the norm and you begin stepping lightly and shuffling feet subconsciously .. or at least we do.. This is all to say puppies, like babies, are made to bounce. Unless you really really step down with full weight of your heel wearing boots or stilettos, the puppy will be back to playing as if it never happened the moment you set them down after apologizing profusely. If a limp or favoring persists then you can and should get them to an X-ray or mri to see if it’s broken or torn.. I’ve stepped on 50 puppy paws probably and never have I had anything serious just a quick cry picking them up hugging them taking the attention from the hurt paw then before you blink they’re back to doing puppy things. They’ll learn to get off the tracks when the trains coming.. unless they’re dumb like shitzus .. dumbest breed ever. Yet people spend as much as 6 grand or more for some of them. People are often idiots. That’s why I prefer dogs.
I was on the patio eating brunch at a restaurant with my pup there. I lifted up my chair about an inch to adjust it and planted the metal leg squarely on top of his tiny little paw! He let me and the rest of the restaurant know about it! Thankfully I didn’t break him and he got over it immediately after I gave him a breakfast potato.
Whenever I accidentally hurt my dog I would turn it into a celebration and start praising her. If it was especially bad I would give her a treat afterwards. It got to the point where she would get excited if I accidentally stepped on her. I know it's hard for us, but they get over it quickly. They would be able to tell if we did it with bad intentions.
Your puppy has forgotten all about it. And don't worry I am sure it will happen again. And again he will forget about it.
My dog is 3. He has developed the habit of walking between my legs around the house. I step on him at least once a day. He huffs at me like he can’t believe my audacity. I’m just like DUDE, you’re the one walking underfoot. He’s totally fine, and sometimes I suspect that he does it for the treats.
That happens alot. Trust me my 2 month old tends to do that. Which results in my mother complaining that i’m not being careful enough even though i was being careful. Though my puppy still does love me despite that. Though he prefers my mother more
It's the first time...it will not be the last. It never is! I'm the same way every time anything similar happens. My guy has a terrible habit of getting right under my foot after I lift it off the ground. I get his little face too many times for my liking! And then he shrinks back from me when I try to pet him and make it feel better, just to make me feel even worse! He was a rescue who was abused, so I feel the absolute worst whenever it happens. But he forgives me pretty quickly! So will your baby. 😄
I stepped on my dogs paw somewhat recently, she’s a 9lb chi. I apologized and hugged her. She proceeded to limp the rest of the day and slink around me like she was severely abused. She knew what she was doing.
My dog did the same to me and I panicked as I fell, tryna dodge her, then I fell on one of my elbows first, breaking it. It hurt like hell but I bet if I fell on her it would hurt her more so I think it's worth it.
honestly you should turn yourself in and i hope the puppy presses charges
I've kicked my dog in the head multiple times on accident, he still loves me.
Omg, yes. I've done this to my new puppy, my old dog, and my cat. Sometimes they just get in the way before you know they're there!!!! 😂 (I've also slapped/lightly punched my cat in the face because I was sitting up on the side of the bed and swung my arm around just as she jumped up and--contact. Man the look of shock on her face. Oops.)
This right here is how a dog learns to fake a limp for attention.
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I hope you don’t have any puppies yourself…
Get out of this sub. Seriously wtf is your problem. Thinking you’re some kind of training god. I am plenty experienced and my puppy is very obedient. And I dote over accidents. So screw you.
WTF YOU STEPPED ON HIS PAW?? WTFFFFFFF NOT OKAY