Man’s best friend

THIS ZANY STORY gives new, weird meaning to the old adage “dog is man’s best friend.”

Jerry Douthett of Rockford, Mich. had an infected toe. Yet despite pleas from his wife, Rosie, a nurse, Jerry refused to go to the doctor to get it looked at.

A few weeks ago, the couple were out celebrating Rosie having become an American citizen. Party man Jerry downed “five or six” beers before heading to the Mexican joint next door for what he described as “huge” margaritas, which Jerry proceeded to, in his words, “kill.”

They headed home, and Jerry passed out. (Sheesh, Rosie was probably expecting a bit more of a celebration than that, if you catch my drift…)

Jerry eventually woke up to find that his dog, Kiko, had apparently gnawed off part of his toe. “It wasn’t an aggressive attack,” he said. ”He pretty much just ate the infection, so he saved my life.” (I’ll pause so you can clean the vomit off your monitor.)

At the hospital later on it was discovered that his infection had reached the bone, and doctors were forced to amputate what was left of Jerry’s toe.

Rosie surmised that the pooch thought her hubby’s nasty-ass toe “was a dead animal laying on the bed.” Lovely.

Despite randomly biting off part of his owner’s foot, though, Kiko remains in the family. Rosie should ditch her disgusting husband instead.

Here’s the local news report:

ryan@roadtostarrdom.com