Guide Note

A dog shot and fatally wounded its owner, Perry Price, a 46-year-old man from Texas, on Saturday, January 5, 2008. Price had reportedly just shot a goose and set the loaded gun in the back of his truck with the dog. He was opening the tailgate of the truck to let the dog retrieve the goose when the dog stepped on the gun, causing it to go off. Muddy paw prints from the dog were found on the gun.

Fast Facts

1. Dog was a Chocolate Labrador Retriever named Arthur
2. The bullet hit Perry Price in the thigh
3. Price died of blood loss after being taken to hospital
4. Price was a high school math teacher
5. Price is survived by a wife and two stepchildren

1. "It’s the strangest case that I’ve seen."—Sheriff Joe LaRive
2. "His dog was so excited. He was jumping all around, because he was about to get out and go get that goose. That gun had to be knocked around just right to fire. I believe the dog knocked the safety off and hit the trigger, too."—Patricia Payne, Price's sister