I think that dog has built in pain killers. He never once acted like anything was bothering him. When he first plowed through the fence he immediately threw his head back and started snapping behind him, towards his tail as if fending off an attacker. So at least we know he has a sense of touch.
But besides that, he never once wimpered, yelped, or otherwise cried out at all through out the entire ordeal. He's made outa tougher stuff than I am. I almost wanted to cry just looking at that gaping wound! He's one lucky SOB though, out in the wild an injury like that would have surely gotten infected and killed him. And some pet owners would never have paid the $750 dollar vet bill it took to fix him up. They would have either tried to patch it up themselves and failed misserably. Or just put the animal down on the spot.
But my sister and I drove Dane straight to the vet and when the nurse gave her the estimate she never hesitated, she just said, "ok, do it"!
Who says cats are the only one with 9 lives?
