Betrayed by man's best friend? A Memphis man claims his dog shot him while he slept. We’ve all heard that dogs are man’s best friend, but one Memphis man might be reconsidering that title after an unfortunate (and slightly unbelievable) incident involving his beloved pit bull, Oreo.

A man in Tennessee claims his dog accidentally shot him Monday morning while he lied in bed with his girlfriend, media outlets reported.

It was a ruff day for that owner after his pit bull, Oreo, shot him. Police said the man was lying in bed with his girlfriend around 4 a.m. The pair were asleep, with a gun in the bed, when Oreo jumped up and joined them. The dog's paw got caught in the trigger, and the gun went off, firing off a bullet that grazed the man's thigh.

A man from Memphis, USA was accidentally shot by his own dog while lying in bed with a firearm, local media reported. Jerald Kirkwood told police that his one-year-old pit bull, Oreo, jumped onto the bed and got his paw stuck in the trigger guard of the gun,

A man was shot in the leg while laying in bed with a female friend – and claims his pet dog was the one who pulled the trigger. Jerald Kirkwood, from Memphis, Tennessee, was ‘relaxing/talking’ with an unidentified woman in his bedroom at around 4am on Monday when his dog Oreo decided to jump on the bed.