Nightly News   |  December 02, 2011

Dog shot owner in the buttocks

A hunting dog shot his owner in the buttocks over the weekend. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Those of us who are dog people heard this next item and figured there must have been a good reason. A dog shot a guy on a hunting trip. Two guys were duck hunting in Box Elder County , Utah . One guy left his shotgun lying across the bow of the boat. The dog got excited, started running around, as they like to do, and somehow fired the gun right into the guy's backside. I guess the dog also managed to turn the safety off with its little paws. The hunter was treated for buckshot removal and released, and the dog is not talking. Up next