Yesterday on a walk with all three dogs Beau slipped through the slats of a fence where there are two labs who always bark at us. I didn't know the labs were out in the yard or I would have crossed to the other side of the street. B. jumped in there before I could react. Both dogs latched on to him and wouldn't let go. I couldn't get B. back out and I didn't want to choke him to death by pulling him out by his leash. I yelled and yelled for the owner to come out and call off his dogs. Finally I did manage to pull B. out by his leash, and he was literally hanging by the neck as I pulled him over the fence. I couldn't get him out any other way.
He survived, but I knew he had been bit up pretty badly. I took B. to the emergency clinic where they cleaned and stitched his wounds. He had three fairly deep punctures, including one inside his mouth. He and I are both on antibiotics now--I also got bit twice in the process!
Needless to say, I will never walk by that yard again! And Beau...what a dumb little dog to go after those labs...what was he thinking? I hope he learned a lesson.
I'm still shaking today. I think I'll do some knitting and take it easy!
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