A Saskatoon man is lucky to be alive after getting shot in the neck and shoulder during a home invasion Tuesday night.

David Tschetter, 38, was hit when a man with a shotgun fired through the front door of his house at 331 Avenue T S. just after 10:30 p.m. CST.

Tschetter told CBC News he heard a noise on his front step and that, when he checked, he realized at least two men were trying to get into his house.

Shotgun survivor David Tschetter looks through the hole in his door. (Dan Zakreski/CBC News) "I heard one of them yell something and then the kicking stopped and then boom, just an explosion it sounded like. It was crazy," he said.

"Ringing in in my ear, pain in my neck and shoulder where I got shot."

I don't want to die, not in this house. - David Tschetter

Tschetter and his roommate were able to escape out the back door and call police.

He stayed in hospital until 5 a.m. and then was released and came home.

He says the suspects trashed the inside of the small house. A fish tank was smashed and the fish killed, and a big screen TV broken. DVDs were scattered across the floor.

Reflecting on the ordeal, he says one thing kept going through his mind.

"I don't want to die, not in this house."

Despite the property damage, he's grateful for at least two things.

The suspects did not harm his Labrador retriever, Lady. His pet snake was also unharmed.

Police are still investigating.