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Posted 7/03/2008. Here’s a story that says we should all keep an eye open when around our pets. It’s gross so if you have a weak stomach don’t read on. Stop now while you still can! In Alton, Missouri a woman’s a dog managed to chew off her big toe while she slept. This week that event occurred quite anticlimactically in the woman’s home. The woman, Linda Floyd, is 56 years old and a diabetic who suffers from neuropathy. As a result she has no feeling in her feet. This is a common problem in diabetics as they get older. In fact, many diabetics have poor circulation as well and may end up needing a part of their extremities removed as a result. However, it’s obvious Floyd didn’t expect to have an amputation in this manner. The woman took a nap one Monday afternoon and said that she had woken to find her dog, a miniature dachshund named Roscoe licking her right foot. She soon realized her to know was missing and states that she had a reaction of total shock. An ambulance took Floyd to the hospital where it was found that the dog had chewed off the toe and part of toe joint and also severed an artery. As a possible explanation for that dogs behavior Floyd stated that there had been an it he said the engage on the toe because she had a hangnail. I guess the dog was attracted to the wound and didn’t know when to stop licking. Eeeeww! Madison county animal control personnel went to the house and picked up Roscoe. Floyd said she later authorized euthanized in Roscoe because she was concerned that he might end up hurting someone else. The options they had given her work and option to another call for returning him to her own home. Obviously that was out of the question because she her home with her two daughters, a son and long and an infant grandson. Source: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/E7552DFF0460CE208625747C0010061A?OpenDocument