CHOMP!!
I was attacked by a Golden Retriever when I was just a kid. Retrievers are usually pretty calm dogs, so when this one attacked me everyone was a little shocked. As it turns out, my brother and cousins were being rowdy and getting the dog pissed, so when I jumped the fence into its backyard, it attacked me. He sunk his teeth into my hip and dragged me around the backyard for a while until my Uncle removed his jaw. It was terrifying. I remember my Uncle picking me up and bringing me into the bathroom to inspect the damage. The dog broke the skin, but nothing horrible. I survived.
A few years later, I was walking with my Brother on his paper route when I was attacked again by a Siberian Husky. Again, not usually a mean dog, but I figured he must have thought I looked like a steak. Like those cartoons when Daffy is SO hungry, that Foghorn looks like a big cooked chicken? No harm done, it just re-kindled my fear of big dogs no matter what breed.
Fast forward to 2007. My Mother and her boyfriend Jack have been in Florida for about a month now enjoying her time off from work. She went into Target on Tuesday and walked by a German Shepherd assistance dog. It was not assisting a blind person, but rather, looked as though he may be in training. As she walked by him, the dog barked and chomped down on her arm. She didn't scream or yell, she just froze. But the owner of the dog didn't. He grabbed that dog and ran out of the store. Jack ran after him, but he got into a dark van and sped off. My Mother was still frozen in the aisle when a worker came over to inspect the damage. The dog's teeth had gone right through her skin, and she was bleeding. She asked the witness if she provoked the dog at all, and he told her that she did nothing. The security camera's picked up most of the incident, except for a license plate. Apparently, you can see the man's face clearly as he came in with the dog, and as he left. BUT, no license plate is visible.
She went to the hospital and had the bite irrigated (is that the right spelling Dr. Carr?) and was given antibiotics to fight off any possible infection. She survived, and per her attorney, she cannot fight this in court, as Target does allow assistance dogs into their stores, even if the dog's master is a stupid cowardly mother fucker who can see perfectly.
I will stick with cats. They may shed, they may be bitchy, they may even bite... but they don't think I smell OR LOOK like steak.
A few years later, I was walking with my Brother on his paper route when I was attacked again by a Siberian Husky. Again, not usually a mean dog, but I figured he must have thought I looked like a steak. Like those cartoons when Daffy is SO hungry, that Foghorn looks like a big cooked chicken? No harm done, it just re-kindled my fear of big dogs no matter what breed.
Fast forward to 2007. My Mother and her boyfriend Jack have been in Florida for about a month now enjoying her time off from work. She went into Target on Tuesday and walked by a German Shepherd assistance dog. It was not assisting a blind person, but rather, looked as though he may be in training. As she walked by him, the dog barked and chomped down on her arm. She didn't scream or yell, she just froze. But the owner of the dog didn't. He grabbed that dog and ran out of the store. Jack ran after him, but he got into a dark van and sped off. My Mother was still frozen in the aisle when a worker came over to inspect the damage. The dog's teeth had gone right through her skin, and she was bleeding. She asked the witness if she provoked the dog at all, and he told her that she did nothing. The security camera's picked up most of the incident, except for a license plate. Apparently, you can see the man's face clearly as he came in with the dog, and as he left. BUT, no license plate is visible.
She went to the hospital and had the bite irrigated (is that the right spelling Dr. Carr?) and was given antibiotics to fight off any possible infection. She survived, and per her attorney, she cannot fight this in court, as Target does allow assistance dogs into their stores, even if the dog's master is a stupid cowardly mother fucker who can see perfectly.
I will stick with cats. They may shed, they may be bitchy, they may even bite... but they don't think I smell OR LOOK like steak.
posted by Michele at 10:15 PM
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