Dog Bite Update

Well, I wanted to give you all an update of my dog bit experience.

First, the dog's teeth never actually made contact with my skin as I had jeans on and there was no tear in the jeans, however, there was a small puncture (the size of a pencil eraser) and some blood. The spot sort of welted (is that a word?) and bruised, but it is all healing nicely at this point.

I did drop Leo off there this morning and while in I told the folks there, including the owner, about what happened. I hated doing it because I don't like being a tattle-tale and wasn't out to get anything from it, but after speaking to others I felt that it was important for me to make them aware of what happened. She knew immediately which dogs I was referring to and not because they have had other incidents, but because they are the only "family" with two of those types of dogs and they normally only come on Thursdays (note to self). The owner had the person covering the desk "make a note" in their files and that those dogs will always need to be on special leashes when brought to the front going forward.

As an aside, she comped Leo's stay today, which I told her she didn't have to but was happy that she did.

Anyway, all is well in the ABBA/Leo world... at least for now.

Dog Bite

I have to say that I LOVE Doggie Daycare. I take Leo to a place called BARK!, which is about a little over a mile from our home. Leo loves to go there as well, when we get close to the driveway he gets really, really excited and it is all I can do to put the car in park and turned off before he is trying to jump out the door and get in there and start playing. All of the folks that work at BARK! also say they love Leo because he is such a sweet dog.

Last night, though, when I was picking him up I had an altercation. Okay, maybe altercation is an exaggeration.... Here's the tale:

When I entered the lobby there was one person in front of me picking up her dogs. She was working with the girl to purchase a package and trying to do math in her head for which would be the best option. She was completely oblivious that there would be other people waiting and just kept at trying to get the best deal (which is to purchase a 30 day package, but maybe she wasn't up for this package as she didn't plan to have her dogs stay there that often). Well, eventually, she came to a decision and paid. The girl behind the desk went to get her two dogs and told me that she would have Leo sent up as well. I didn't think anything of that statement at first, until I saw the other person's dogs. (Normally, if there are multiple people waiting for dogs they will bring them up together, unless they are really big dogs).

So, a couple of minutes pass and she brings the other dogs up, a rottweiler and a doberman (or maybe 2 rottweilers, they had the same coloring but one was slimmer than the other). The lady takes both of their leashes (I'm standing by the counter over to the side not crowding anybody and just hanging out) but the smaller of the two dogs pulls out of her collar and charges at me. The daycare employee and lady both make a charge for the dog and do get a hold of her but not until after I was bitten:

Puncture on right thigh

I didn't say anything about the incident to the ladies getting the dog under control because I was a little in shock and I didn't have a tear in my jeans (I would have gone all sorts of crazy white girl if my new jeans had been torn). The lady finally got her two dogs out the door.

Unfortunately, she was parked right next to me (okay, she was actually parked in the handicapped spot and had left her door open, which I guess is the sign that "I'm not handicapped, but don't ticket me or get mad at me because I'm only going to be here a couple of minutes - or 30"). As I'm walking Leo out and past her car, both beasts lunge at Leo and start barking up a storm, which causes him to cower behind me and I struggled to get him to my car, although as soon as I opened the door, he was in the car in two seconds.

Leo is so not a fighter...he is such a lover. We get in the car and he starts snuffling at me and I give him a hug, unfortunately, he decided that he wanted to stand on my thigh as I drove home...the same thigh that was burning from the bite. It wasn't until I got home and took off my jeans that I realized that the skin had actually been broken and there was a big welt around it.

Ah well, we'll survive and hopefully that person won't bring her dogs to BARK! very often. At least I know that Leo is safe there as they are in the big dog area and he plays in the small dog area. I worry about the other dogs that might have to be in the big dog area with them, though. 

30 Days of Gratitude - Day 30

Today, I want to profess my gratitude for Life!!

Because I can I not only want to live but I want to LIVE!! While we are stepping into the final month of the year, I want to say goodbye to gratitude and hello to a month of reflection and then starting the new year full of LIFE and CREATIVITY!!

Thank you all for joining me on my continued journey. 

30 Days of Gratitude - Day 29

I cannot believe that I have gone this whole month and have not recognized the gratitude that I have for my fantastic sister, Marti (and by extension her husband Graham). Marti was my first friend and my best friend and will remain so forever. She is a wonderful mother to Kathleen and Colin:

Kathleen, who, sadly decided to go to the University of Texas in Austin
and is now a Longhorn. She is an amazing kid with an old soul.

Colin, in September celebrating his 15 birthday. Sitting next to him is his cousin, Luke.
Colin has been a charmer since the day he was born.  

Marti is also a great teacher and from what I understand has the patience of the angels to tolerate her classes. She has an incredibly sensitive heart and cries when she reads "Where the Red Fern Grows" to her students. Marti and I can get tickled at the silliest things together, usually our mom. My only wish is that we would spend more time together just the two of us, but I know she is busy with the kids right now, but hopefully in a couple of more years we can hang out together for sister time.

In the meantime, I'm very grateful to have such a wonderful sister who has given our family two great additions as well as brought into our fold her husband, Graham and via Graham a whole extension of his parents, sister, brother-in-law, and their kids. When Marti and Graham got married, we increased our family not by just one but by 6 and then some.

Oh, and one last thing, totally unrelated to my gratitude for my sister.....

There was a time many, many moons ago when Kathleen wore a Texas A&M shirt!!