A Dog shot its owner

A dog named Trigger shot his 25-year-old owner in the foot in a bizarre accident. Allie Carter of Avilla was wounded during a waterfowl hunt morning at the Tri-County Fish and Wildlife Area in northern Indiana, according to Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

She laid her 12-gauge shotgun on the ground while repositioning herself and her 11-year-old. The dog stepped on the gun, depressing the trigger. The safety of the shotgun was not on, so it went off and Carter was shot in the left foot.

She suffered non-life-threatening injuries from the bird shot pellets and was hospitalized, treated and released.

Indiana officials said that users of firearms should always point the muzzle in a safe direction and use the safety mechanism.

This is not the first case of a dog shooting its owner, there’s been another occasion when a dog shot its owner - a man hunting rabbits was shot after he leaned a gun against a tree, and his dog stepped on it.