Twinkle had fishing line wrapped around her paw! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Lucia · 04-09-2009, 12:55 AM

I took Twinkle for her walk this morning.....Lucia in her stroller, Twink's lead on one handle so she's walking beside us, and Mia walking on the other side. We'd just started up a track that leads to some fields when Twinkle suddenly let out a yelp. I looked down and noticed her back leg was off the ground. I couldn't work out what had happened at first, then noticed what I thought was string wrapped tightly around her paw. On further inspection I realised it was fishing line.....one end had caught round the wheel of the stroller, and as the wheel turned it had pulled so tight that she couldnt put her foot down

I cut my hands trying to break it, and Twinkle was yelping so much.....she was so frantic that she bit me. I couldn't pick her up because she was tied so tightly to the wheel.....I had to sort of lift her bum with one hand and bat the stroller along with the other hand while crawling along. Luckily, we weren't far up the track so as soon as I was near the road I waved down the first car I saw.

By this time I'm in tears, because Twinkle is yelping so much, Mia was crying because I was, and then Lucia joined in! The woman managed to burn the line with a cigarette lighter and Twinkle was free!!!! Thankfully the wire hadn't broken the skin so I just unwound it from her leg - I couldn't believe how much of it there was! There is a lake nearby so it was obviously just discarded by a fisherman....which is very irresponsible IMO because the area is a favourite for dog-walkers, not to mention children playing. And there is NO WAY I would have seen it, because its so fine - Twinkle was VERY fortunate not to have been badly injured - I've heard before of a lab who got a fishing hook in his paw whilst being walked in the same area!

By a lovely coincidence, the wonderful lady who came to our rescue has two yorkies of her own! I'm so grateful to her for her help xxx xxx

YorkieOwned5 · 04-09-2009, 01:11 AM

Thank goodness you saw it when you did and the puppy didn't get cut. THANK YOU THANK YOU Dear Lady for stopping to help. I am sure that was a scary situation for all of yall. Maybe you should carry alittle pair of scissors or clippers in your pocket if you go up there alot. They have some in the sewing section that are real small and they actually fold up with the scissor part in the handles, so your little ones couldn't get hurt. CARELESS Fishermen, they have NO IDEA what could have happened.
So glad everything turned out good..
God Bless,Sharon, PIXI & SPIKE

Lucia · 04-09-2009, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by YorkieOwned5

Thank goodness you saw it when you did and the puppy didn't get cut. THANK YOU THANK YOU Dear Lady for stopping to help. I am sure that was a scary situation for all of yall. Maybe you should carry alittle pair of scissors or clippers in your pocket if you go up there alot. They have some in the sewing section that are real small and they actually fold up with the scissor part in the handles, so your little ones couldn't get hurt. CARELESS Fishermen, they have NO IDEA what could have happened.
So glad everything turned out good..
God Bless,Sharon, PIXI & SPIKE

Thankyou

that's a great idea about some little fold-up scissors. It was really scary....I cut both my hands trying to break the wire, I can't imagine the mess it would have made of her tiny foot!

yorkie mad · 04-09-2009, 02:05 AM

Glad your baby is ok. They call dog owners irresponsible? Tut Tut to all you careless fishermen.

BonBon · 04-09-2009, 04:10 AM

OMG! I am so glad everything worked out and she's ok. That would be so scary!

Gypsy & Me · 04-09-2009, 04:31 AM

Omg Claire! My eyes filled with tears reading that, I can imagine how panicked you were especially with the girls as well.

I'm glad you found someone to help you though and that Twinkle isn't cut. She is walking fine? How are your hands?

Tinal · 04-09-2009, 06:36 AM

Oh my I am so glad to hear your baby is fine. Sorry that your hands are cut, you sound like a great Mommy. I too had tears for you it must have been so scary. Thank goodness someone stopped to help.

I will be carrying a little pair of scissors with me from now on as well. We too live near water were people fish.

LunasMomma · 04-09-2009, 06:38 AM

Yikes

! I'm so glad that you are all okay. Bless that lady for stopping, Yorkie owners really are the best

Fishing line is some dangerous stuff

Akbritt · 04-09-2009, 06:59 AM

poor little Twinkle!! I'm glad she is ok...you have a good eye as well...fishing line is so hard to see, and so lucky that lovely woman stopped to help....most people would just drive off. Claire, I hope the rest of your day goes better then this morning.

LilMissy · 04-09-2009, 07:21 AM

I'm annoyed that a fisherman just threw all that line on the ground. Poor Twinkle, and YOU! I'm so glad that lady helped you out and everyone is OK in the end.

chandracz · 04-09-2009, 07:22 AM

You poor thing!!!! I feel so bad for what you had to go through!

I think it's pretty irresponsible for anyone to discard their things onto the side of the road. Look what can happen, you got hurt animals can get hurt, children can get hurt

!!!! I'm so glad everything turned out ok! Hugs!

Lucia · 04-09-2009, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Tinal

Oh my I am so glad to hear your baby is fine. Sorry that your hands are cut, you sound like a great Mommy. I too had tears for you it must have been so scary. Thank goodness someone stopped to help.

I will be carrying a little pair of scissors with me from now on as well. We too live near water were people fish.

Thank you

I would definitely recommend carrying folding scissors or something....I've never even thought about the fact that there might be fishing line lying around....you just cant see it because its so thin, especially among the grass. And its just impossible to break with your hands!

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Originally Posted by LunasMomma

Yikes

! I'm so glad that you are all okay. Bless that lady for stopping, Yorkie owners really are the best

Fishing line is some dangerous stuff

Yes, she was definitely a good samaritan today

She must have thought I was crazy....on my knees nudging a stroller along, with a yelping dog in one hand and two crying children! And yes - yorkie owners are the BEST!!

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Originally Posted by Akbritt

poor little Twinkle!! I'm glad she is ok...you have a good eye as well...fishing line is so hard to see, and so lucky that lovely woman stopped to help....most people would just drive off. Claire, I hope the rest of your day goes better then this morning.

Thanks huni

I thought it was just string at first - until I tried to break it! The rest of my day has been much better, thank you xxx

Lucia · 04-09-2009, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy & Me

Omg Claire! My eyes filled with tears reading that, I can imagine how panicked you were especially with the girls as well.

I'm glad you found someone to help you though and that Twinkle isn't cut. She is walking fine? How are your hands?

Oh Vicky, panicked is the perfect word for it! I was sooo lucky that I hadn't got further down the track....it was difficult enough to manouver them all as far as I did! Thankfully, Twinkle is walking fine and doesn't have any marks on her leg. My hands are a bit sore, but I put some antiseptic stuff on them (stung like !%&*!) and they're not too bad now. xxx xx

Lucia · 04-09-2009, 09:46 AM

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OMG! I am so glad everything worked out and she's ok. That would be so scary!

Thanks for your kind words hun

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Originally Posted by LilMissy

I'm annoyed that a fisherman just threw all that line on the ground. Poor Twinkle, and YOU! I'm so glad that lady helped you out and everyone is OK in the end.

I know! me too! Just imagine if there had been a hook attached

It doesn't even bear thinking about. We are all well now, thanks huni

xxx

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Originally Posted by chandracz

You poor thing!!!! I feel so bad for what you had to go through!

I think it's pretty irresponsible for anyone to discard their things onto the side of the road. Look what can happen, you got hurt animals can get hurt, children can get hurt

!!!! I'm so glad everything turned out ok! Hugs!

Thanks for the hugs! you're right about it being irresponsible, Twinkle was so lucky that the line didn't cut into her skin, and lucky that my little girl who was walking along didnt get it wrapped around her legs. xxx xx

poppys mummy · 04-09-2009, 12:21 PM

omg claire i have only just seen the post about twinkle , you must have been worried sick , thank god everything turned out alright for you and your little girls , some people are so careless

glad your all fine now , love jill n poppy xx

04-09-2009, 12:55 AM	#1
Lucia Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England Posts: 2,197	Twinkle had fishing line wrapped around her paw! I took Twinkle for her walk this morning.....Lucia in her stroller, Twink's lead on one handle so she's walking beside us, and Mia walking on the other side. We'd just started up a track that leads to some fields when Twinkle suddenly let out a yelp. I looked down and noticed her back leg was off the ground. I couldn't work out what had happened at first, then noticed what I thought was string wrapped tightly around her paw. On further inspection I realised it was fishing line.....one end had caught round the wheel of the stroller, and as the wheel turned it had pulled so tight that she couldnt put her foot down I cut my hands trying to break it, and Twinkle was yelping so much.....she was so frantic that she bit me. I couldn't pick her up because she was tied so tightly to the wheel.....I had to sort of lift her bum with one hand and bat the stroller along with the other hand while crawling along. Luckily, we weren't far up the track so as soon as I was near the road I waved down the first car I saw. By this time I'm in tears, because Twinkle is yelping so much, Mia was crying because I was, and then Lucia joined in! The woman managed to burn the line with a cigarette lighter and Twinkle was free!!!! Thankfully the wire hadn't broken the skin so I just unwound it from her leg - I couldn't believe how much of it there was! There is a lake nearby so it was obviously just discarded by a fisherman....which is very irresponsible IMO because the area is a favourite for dog-walkers, not to mention children playing. And there is NO WAY I would have seen it, because its so fine - Twinkle was VERY fortunate not to have been badly injured - I've heard before of a lab who got a fishing hook in his paw whilst being walked in the same area! By a lovely coincidence, the wonderful lady who came to our rescue has two yorkies of her own! I'm so grateful to her for her help xxx xxx __________________ Love from Claire (Me!) mummy to skindaughters Mia and Lucia, furdaughter Twinkleand fursons Wicket and Ozzy 'Treat stressful situations like a dog; pee on them then walk away.'

04-09-2009, 02:05 AM	#4
yorkie mad ♥Tiny Tia my Furbaby♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: portsmouth england Posts: 1,824 Blog Entries: 7	Glad your baby is ok. They call dog owners irresponsible? Tut Tut to all you careless fishermen. __________________ Lots of love from Julie , Olly &Tia's mummy. Yorkies leave paw prints on our hearts

04-09-2009, 04:10 AM	#5
BonBon Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: With my yorkies Posts: 10,350	OMG! I am so glad everything worked out and she's ok. That would be so scary! __________________ He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. -- Author Unknown

04-09-2009, 04:31 AM	#6
Gypsy & Me lovin my girls Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nottinghamshire, UK Posts: 9,342	Omg Claire! My eyes filled with tears reading that, I can imagine how panicked you were especially with the girls as well. I'm glad you found someone to help you though and that Twinkle isn't cut. She is walking fine? How are your hands? __________________ Vicky - Gypsy, Kayla & Amelia Grace's Mummy Follow Yodi's Adventure! Where In The World Is Yodi? Petitioning For ERFW

04-09-2009, 06:38 AM	#8
LunasMomma Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 8,799	Yikes! I'm so glad that you are all okay. Bless that lady for stopping, Yorkie owners really are the best Fishing line is some dangerous stuff __________________ Tracy, Mom to Izzy and Luna

04-09-2009, 01:11 AM	#2
YorkieOwned5 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chattanooga,TN & Tampa,FL Posts: 247	Thank goodness you saw it when you did and the puppy didn't get cut. THANK YOU THANK YOU Dear Lady for stopping to help. I am sure that was a scary situation for all of yall. Maybe you should carry alittle pair of scissors or clippers in your pocket if you go up there alot. They have some in the sewing section that are real small and they actually fold up with the scissor part in the handles, so your little ones couldn't get hurt. CARELESS Fishermen, they have NO IDEA what could have happened. So glad everything turned out good.. God Bless,Sharon, PIXI & SPIKE

04-09-2009, 06:36 AM	#7
Tinal YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ottawa,ON,Canada Posts: 280 Blog Entries: 1	Oh my I am so glad to hear your baby is fine. Sorry that your hands are cut, you sound like a great Mommy. I too had tears for you it must have been so scary. Thank goodness someone stopped to help. I will be carrying a little pair of scissors with me from now on as well. We too live near water were people fish.

04-09-2009, 06:59 AM	#9
Akbritt Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Connelly Springs NC Posts: 557	poor little Twinkle!! I'm glad she is ok...you have a good eye as well...fishing line is so hard to see, and so lucky that lovely woman stopped to help....most people would just drive off. Claire, I hope the rest of your day goes better then this morning.

04-09-2009, 07:21 AM	#10
LilMissy Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 3,421	I'm annoyed that a fisherman just threw all that line on the ground. Poor Twinkle, and YOU! I'm so glad that lady helped you out and everyone is OK in the end. __________________ Shaunna with Missy (my princess) & Dora (my tomboy)

04-09-2009, 07:22 AM	#11
chandracz ♥I Luv my BaileyBlue♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,855	You poor thing!!!! I feel so bad for what you had to go through! I think it's pretty irresponsible for anyone to discard their things onto the side of the road. Look what can happen, you got hurt animals can get hurt, children can get hurt !!!! I'm so glad everything turned out ok! Hugs! __________________ Chandra, Bailey Blue's mama

04-09-2009, 12:21 PM	#15
poppys mummy Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: uk Posts: 811 Blog Entries: 1	poor twinkle omg claire i have only just seen the post about twinkle , you must have been worried sick , thank god everything turned out alright for you and your little girls , some people are so careless glad your all fine now , love jill n poppy xx