yesterday my darling bc bitch suffered an apalling injury. She picked up a stick and before i could tell her to drop it, it had hit the floor as she ran with it, it pierced through the soft palate of her mouth and the other part pierced her cheek from the inside and came out of her neck just below her ear.
I very nearly lost her, but she has pulled through so far, and now just has to get past the huge risk of infection. She was in surgery for 4hours.

all this damage from a stick :(

This is her post op, i was obviously unable to get pictures of the damage inside her mouth, but take it from me, it is apalling.
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo15/gsdmad/ripinjury005-1.jpg

Oh poor poor girl. My cousins dog had a similar accident went to run with the stick, jabbed it into the floor and it speared through his neck. It was about an inch from his spine. Luckily no nerve damage was done but he was never allowed to pick up sticks again. :-(

Hope your lady feels much better soon xxx

ETA: He was a BC cross

I never throw sticks for precisely this reason :-(.  I am so sorry your girl was badly injured and hope she will get better soon.

How awful -especially as you knew the risk and wanted to stop it from happening. :( I hope she recovers well and quickly. A lesson to us all I think -personally I have so often thought "As long as I don't throw sticks, nothing will happen" -had never even thought of the dog finding a stick and then something like this happening. But then again you can't remove all sticks from the ground. :(

Ohhh bless her,fingers crossed she gets through this safely.

You must of been in awful shock and panic.

How awful for you. :-( The nearest I ever had was a stick stuck in the teeth. That was scarey enough, but to think of what could happen terrifies me. I hope your girl makes a full recovery.

This is something I am completely terrified of happening.. I do hope your girl makes a full recovery.. I cannot imagine how you must be feeling right now :-(

It drives me mad when I see people throw sticks for dogs, they just seem to have no concept of the dangers ... there are very many dogs who do die from stick injuries. Makes me even madder when people try to get my dogs to chase sticks ... "it's only a stick" they say, right, change stick for bayonet.

I do hope your girly makes a full recovery and I hope she, and you probably, is getting lots of TLC :-)

Sending positive thoughts for you both. A warning to all who think it's safe to throw sticks.
Hope you get over the nasty shock quickly, they are such a worry!!

OMG that looks awful, and when you were trying to stop her doing it too! :( I hope she doesn't get infections and is better soon, poor girl!

Qwerty.
Your poor poor girl. Wishing her a speedy infection free recovery. Thinking of you both, Lacy.

I had similar happen when taking my dogs away on holiday.  And I don't ever throw sticks.  I had taken the dogs to Slapton Sands for the day.  For anyone who doesn't know Devon, it is a pebble beach.

We had a great day out, but, that evening, back at the bungalow I'd hired, my youngest Beardie girl yawned - and started screaming.  I couldn't see anything wrong, and it was only next time that she yawned, I saw inside her mouth was full of swollen haematomas.

Luckily, I found a specialist dental vet near Torquay.  When he opened her mouth wide she screamed (but didn't go for him!) and she had - way down in her throat, two noticeable injuries, as if she had been pierced by something.  To this day I haven't a clue how or when it happened, but have always wondered if she ran onto a stick or branch.  I didn't see either, but don't know what else could have made such a mess.

I hope your girl soon recovers.

I hope you don't mind. Can I send this picture to a friend.. I love him dearly but he will stick throw ... I always stop him but he thinks I am mean!!

How awful for you and your girl, fingers crossed for a quick recovery for her

If you need further amunition to persuade your friend not to throw sticks direct him to this:

http://www.colliecorner.com/stick-to-toys/

More graphic pictures of injuries and of the dangers of sticks.  It's not always the big sticks, all it needs is just a thin splinter.  I don't think if he looks at these he'll think you're mean any more :-)

Thank you I will.. so so unnecessary ... so sad....

I hope your girl recovers quickly x

Poor girl.The same thing Happened to my lab,the dog walker had thrown a stick for her and she must of chewed it,she starded coughing so off to the vet and a piece of it was piercing the inside of her throat,she was on antibiotics for ages,

Hope shes soon better.

Sheila

Sending lots of healing thoughts your way, what an awful scare for you both ((hugs))

Oh Qwerty...

The poor girl, they are absolute S**ds sometimes aren't they. Knowing often what they can and can't be doing and then going and doing it anyway(sound like children).

Hope she recovers well from this. Silly doggy..

Big paw hugs to her from my boys xx

good grief< deep in take of breath > what a terrible thing to happen to your girl . I have heard before the dangers of sticks ...I hope and pray she makes a quick full recovery with no complications.

What a tragedy!

I also don't throw sticks for this reason but you can never prevent dogs finding them on the walks.

I've bought Ruff Dawg sticks for mine to discourage them from picking up the 'real' version.

http://www.ruffdawg.com/play/products/sticks.html

Oh bless that is horrific I hope she will be fine.

bilbo, of course, send it. I really hope this helps discourage people from throwing sticks.

She is still very down in the dumps, we are back at the vets later and i think i will ask for more painkillers for her.

Bless her... I hope she recovers well and quickly... Extra strokes required I suspect. It is awful when they are poorly is it not..

I haven't looked at the photos yet, but will in a minute.
I always used to through sticks for my puppy, he loved chasing them but I am guessing this is a bad idea to get my new puppy doing.
Is there such a thing as a plastic stick that you can buy for dogs to chase?

My old pup would chase balls, but would never hand them over when he came back to us. Instead, he would tease us by running back towards us with the ball but then running off again. With the stick, we could grab it when he came near us or just throw another stick and he would drop the first one.

I will not get my new pup chasing sticks though, we will find a way to train him to drop the ball he brings back.

poor dog, hope the wound heals quickly

See the link in my post a few above yours!