{"id":849,"date":"2007-02-21T09:44:37","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T16:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=849"},"modified":"2007-02-21T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2007-02-21T16:44:37","slug":"dogfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2007\/02\/dogfight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogfight"},"content":{"rendered":"

My puppy was attacked by the neighbor dog yesterday.<\/p>\n

Yes, I am NOT burying the lead on that one.<\/p>\n

She is fine. I am still in shock though.<\/p>\n

How scary scary. Nice dog comes up to us while I’m taking Lucy out for a walk. Then dog is attacking my perfect little puppy and she is shrieking. The neighbor wrestled with the dog to pull him off. He couldn’t.<\/p>\n

I was standing there, watching him try to restrain his dog. But when he couldn’t, I jumped in and pulled her away. I held her while she was yelping uncontrollably, and kicked the dog away.<\/p>\n

She kept shrieking–like nothing I’ve ever heard before–for a while. I had to hold her until she stopped, then I could feel her to make sure she wasn’t hurt.<\/p>\n

No broken bones. No blood. She seems fine.<\/p>\n

But I took a while to sleep last night, because I kept remembering her screams.<\/p>\n

And I think “I should have jumped in sooner. I should have noticed the dog without a leash coming towards her. I should have protected her.”<\/p>\n

Maybe I should have chewed out the nieghbor more, for letting his vicious dog out.<\/p>\n

Maybe if I don’t he will really hurt her next time.<\/p>\n

I shouldn’t let there be a next time!<\/p>\n

I am going to have to learn to have quicker reflexes, I guess.<\/p>\n

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I can’t let anything happen to her!<\/p>\n

UPDATE:
\nThe neighbor left a card in my mailbox, apologizing for the fight. I feel good about this. I think it indicates sincerity. If they know they messed up by not keeping their dog under control, they will probably work harder to keep him locked up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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