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Posted: 11/1/2018 8:00:03 PM EST

Shitters full

We let her out around 7am, and by 8:30 we realized after yelling for her multiple times that she was either hurt or off the property. My wife and I went out walking the property looking for her and we couldn’t find her anywhere. We decided to let out our other dog and he brought us out behind the shed. I had walked by there about a half hour earlier, but this time we smelled shit.

Low and behold we see this little hole in the ground and hear a whimper. Upon closer inspection there is my dog looking half dead. She had somehow backed herself into the outlet pipe. At this point I don’t know what the fuck to do, so we call the fire department and get their voicemail :(. We figure ok no answer there so let’s go grab the ladder and go down and get her. I can’t fit down the hole and get her, so my wife tries to slide the ladder right under the dog and kinda wedge it between the wall and the outside of the hole. The dog was weakened and terrified. We attempted to coax her up unsuccessfully.

I decided to hook my feet into the livestock fence and lower down head first into the tank. I couldn’t reach her, but I was able to get her to put her paw on the ladder. I then grabbed that paw and pulled her other paw out of the pipe. Finally I was able to get a grip on her and wrestle her up and out of the hole.

What a stressful morning! We think a cow stepped on the lid and flipped it in because a week ago a herd broke into our property.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:01:11 PM EST

[#1]

Shitty

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:03:06 PM EST

[#2]

Sounds like a crappy day OP.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:04:22 PM EST

[#3]

Been a rough day for pit bulls around here on GD.

Glad yours is ok, OP.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:04:25 PM EST

[#4]

Literally a shitbull.

Love pits, by the way. Mine is incredibly sweet and timid.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:08:32 PM EST

[#5]

Was there a kid in the septic tank or something?

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:09:55 PM EST

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Came to post this

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:10:56 PM EST

[#7]

In on this literal shit show.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:11:19 PM EST

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Posted: 11/1/2018 8:11:20 PM EST

[#9]

Pics of pibble? Cleaned up of course.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:12:00 PM EST

[#10]

That’s a shitty situation

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:12:53 PM EST

[#11]

Poop thread

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:13:41 PM EST

[#12]

But how many people has your pitbull killed to date?

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:14:49 PM EST

[#13]

Is your camera from the 70s?

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:14:53 PM EST

[#14]

Reminds if ever buy the crappy property adjacent to mine, ill yank old single wide and find the septic and back fill it. Ive seen vehicles put front wheel thru old tanks that were abandoned

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:16:05 PM EST

[#15]

Any reason why you couldn't have lowered a noose down around the dogs neck to pull it up, instead of risking your life.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:16:31 PM EST

[#16]

Confined spaces kill.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:16:46 PM EST

[#17]

Pitbull you say?

What the heck, I'm in!

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:17:49 PM EST

[#18]

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Posted: 11/1/2018 8:18:01 PM EST

[#19]

Yo dawg, I heard you liked pits, so I got a you a pit for your pit...

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:18:02 PM EST

[#20]

In before "You should of left it down there to rot"

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:19:44 PM EST

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Oh you know some dipshit will. It’s a matter of time.

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:19:51 PM EST

[#22]

Glad you found her in time, bud!

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:20:44 PM EST

[#23]

Lucky there wasnt an H2S pocket

Posted: 11/1/2018 8:23:43 PM EST

[#24]

When life imitates memes.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:02:16 PM EST

[#25]

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Fixed it

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:07:53 PM EST

[#26]

If I was with the fire department and received a call from someone with a pit bull stuck in a septic tank full of shit; I would hang up and wipe my finger prints off the phone.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:08:05 PM EST

[#27]

You should of left it down there to rot

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:08:08 PM EST

[#28]

Glad you got her out.

You are a good chimp.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:08:32 PM EST

[#29]

That would be a shitty way to go

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:09:24 PM EST

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Posted: 11/1/2018 9:09:43 PM EST

[#31]

Oxygen replacement or hydrogen sulfide would both kill you, and your dog.

Don't be stupid next time. Farmers and two or three of their family die in manure pits every year.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:11:02 PM EST

[#32]

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He risks his life every day. He ccw's a pitbull.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:15:47 PM EST

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Oxygen replacement or hydrogen sulfide would both kill you, and your dog.

Don't be stupid next time. Farmers and two or three of their family die in manure pits every year.

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Dog was alive down there for two hours I was fairly sure it was safe I did try calling the fire department and first

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:21:04 PM EST

[#34]

I know you got the dog out and cleaned up, but a trip to the vet is likely still warranted, watch for signs of infection, as that environment is rough on a immune system.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:27:05 PM EST

[#35]

Why...

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:27:13 PM EST

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All joking aside, this.

Go to vet and have blood work done. That adventure would be very rough on any living thing. Get the pooch checked out.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:29:53 PM EST

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I know you got the dog out and cleaned up, but a trip to the vet is likely still warranted, watch for signs of infection, as that environment is rough on a immune system.

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Her and I are on antibiotics for the next ten days she also got some medicated eye drops

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:32:22 PM EST

[#38]

He was probably trying to dig to China to bite some kid..

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:33:06 PM EST

[#39]

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Posted: 11/1/2018 9:37:53 PM EST

[#40]

Poor babe. Needs a nice steak and bed rest after an ordeal like that.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:39:39 PM EST

[#41]

Dogs are draw like a magnet to poop and nasty stuff

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:45:32 PM EST

[#42]

Bet that’s a mistake she’ll make only once.

Glad my mutt barely gets off the couch and I don’t have to worry about such a nightmare.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:50:09 PM EST

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That was my first thought too.

OP, glad you're all OK.

Posted: 11/1/2018 9:50:18 PM EST

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Shitters full

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We let her out around 7am, and by 8:30 we realized after yelling for her multiple times that she was either hurt or off the property. My wife and I went out walking the property looking for her and we couldn’t find her anywhere. We decided to let out our other dog and he brought us out behind the shed. I had walked by there about a half hour earlier, but this time we smelled shit.

Low and behold we see this little hole in the ground and hear a whimper. Upon closer inspection there is my dog looking half dead. She had somehow backed herself into the outlet pipe. At this point I don’t know what the fuck to do, so we call the fire department and get their voicemail :(. We figure ok no answer there so let’s go grab the ladder and go down and get her. I can’t fit down the hole and get her, so my wife tries to slide the ladder right under the dog and kinda wedge it between the wall and the outside of the hole. The dog was weakened and terrified. We attempted to coax her up unsuccessfully.

I decided to hook my feet into the livestock fence and lower down head first into the tank. I couldn’t reach her, but I was able to get her to put her paw on the ladder. I then grabbed that paw and pulled her other paw out of the pipe. Finally I was able to get a grip on her and wrestle her up and out of the hole.

What a stressful morning! We think a cow stepped on the lid and flipped it in because a week ago a herd broke into our property.

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good looking pup OP. Glad y'all are both okay

Posted: 11/1/2018 10:00:00 PM EST

[#45]

Glad it worked out well.

Posted: 11/1/2018 10:06:36 PM EST

[#46]

That could have ended very very badly for you and your pup. Septic/sewer system gas can kill pretty damn quick. Glad it worked out for you both.

Posted: 11/1/2018 10:07:58 PM EST

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That could have ended very very badly for you and your pup. Septic/sewer system gas can kill pretty damn quick. Glad it worked out for you both.

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Indeed so. Iirc the IDLH for hydrogen sulfide is just 100 ppm.

Posted: 11/1/2018 10:23:29 PM EST

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'Should have'.... or.... 'should've'

Posted: 11/1/2018 10:25:03 PM EST

[#49]

Oh crap!

Posted: 11/1/2018 10:28:44 PM EST

[#50]

Glad your dog is ok, pit or not.....

Why is there a hole large enough in the septic that would accept something that large?

I have an aerobic and there's no holes. My grandparents had a conventional septic with a concrete lid on the main hole , no openings.

I don't get it.

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