The dog accidentally shot at his master from a hunting rifle

Sonny Gilligan from Dona Ana County in New Mexico was hit in the back during a hunting trip with his three dogs: Charlie, Scooter and Cowboy. He was injured after one of the dogs fired a shotgun in the back seat, wounding a man, wrote The New York Post.

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“Charlie put his paw on the trigger, at some point the shotgun slid off the seat, the trigger worked - and it fired. It was a freak accident, but that's really what happened," Gilligan said.

The bullet fired by Charlie's rottweiler went through the back of the driver's seat and entered Gilligan's back, injuring several ribs and collarbone.

“I was very lucky that I was able to get to my phone. The Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office saved my life. If they had arrived 10 minutes later, I would have died. I lost so much blood. I know I passed out just before I got to the hospital, but they were able to revive me with CPR,” the victim said.

Police found a wounded 74-year-old Gilligan next to his SUV. He was taken by helicopter to a hospital in El Paso, where he went through several operations; now, according to the doctors' forecasts, nothing threatens the man, and he must recover fully after the incident.

Meanwhile, three dogs were sent to “confinement” after the incident, as their owner jokes, to the Mesilla Valley Animal Care Center.

Gilligan said some friends jokingly teased him that the dog might have done it on purpose, but he stresses that Charlie is a very loving dog and would never hurt him.

All three dogs were rescued by Gilligan when they were puppies.

But Gilligan's son says that the shooting was not a complete surprise for him, since the dogs of this breed are very active, you can expect anything from them: not because of malicious intent, but by chance.

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