This has got to be one of the stranger shaggy dog stories I have read from New Zealand. Make sure you read it to the end as I laughed out loud when I saw the last sentence about the identities of the pair involved.

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/features/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=154112998

It always seems to be that the summertime is when news "slows down" and there  are more spurious stories around than usual, (but always remember that it is winter somewhere else).

Anyway, I better make sure I'm more careful around my two gundogs... Cheers, Dog Listener Tony Knight.