An American dog owner was shot by his pet after it jumped on his bed and set off a loaded gun, police said Wednesday."The dog is a playful dog, and he likes to jump around and stuff like that, and it just went off,

The gun fired after the dog's paw got stuck in the trigger guard, police said. The victim was relaxing on his bed with a female friend when he was shot.

A man in Memphis, Tenn., called 911 on Monday just before 4 a.m. after telling the dispatcher his dog shot him in the thigh. According to local reports, Jerald Kirkwood, 39, claimed to police he was lying in bed with a female friend when his 1-year-old pit bull,