Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Happy 5th Birthday Louie



Look at that sweet face! Why would any dog want to hurt him? We went to Maine for the weekend and when I was walking him Saturday, some one's Boxer came charging out of their campsite and attacked him. I couldn't reel him in on his leash fast enough to pick him up, and the dog was on him. I have no idea why, Louie didn't even see the dog until it was running towards him. He was crying, the other dog was snarling and had its mouth right on Louie. I picked him up by the end of the leash because he was in a harness and poor Louie was swinging in the air, which probably made him look like a more tempting morsel that way. It seemed like it took hours but the owner finally fell on the boxer and pinned it to the road. I picked up Louie and scurried away to check him. Miraculously he only had one little scratch on his leg. He was scared to death but basically unhurt. The people were very apologetic, apparently it is their daughter's dog and they were dog-sitting for the weekend. She said it was tied up but broke the rope, I saw no rope, but what's done is done. And to top it off, all this happened on Louie's 5th birthday! He got pampered the rest of the day, and opened his presents, which made him forget his trauma. The weather was awful, Saturday the rain mostly held off but it was cold and raw. Sunday it rained all day. We gave up and left right after Brooke got out of work at noon. Of course yesterday and today are beautiful and sunny. Maybe this weekend will be better.

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