BYC Café

[RoyalChick]

Bella needed her rabies booster before April 2 and the local humane society had a clinic tonight. So I left early to get in line over a 1/2 hour before it started. I still ended up at the end of a big long line!
As we finally worked our way to the entrance, somebody's Pitbull tore out of the owners grasp and went after a man's two small dogs. He was able to pull his dogs up on their leashes and get them in his arms so the pitbull went after the next small dog he found and attacked it. Other people waiting in line all went after the pitbull and finally pulled a little dog away from it.
But everybody was focused on controlling the attacker and the poor little terrified dog was trying to get away and was running unsteadily along the fence. When I saw how scared it was I knew somebody needed to grab him. I was just this close to having the people I had been talking to hold Bella's leash for me so I could go grab the little dog. Unfortunately it ran around the back of the building, found a spot underneath the fence and took off and they couldn't find him.

By the time I got to the restaurant for my dinner celebration my hands and body were still shaking because I was so upset over witnessing that whole thing unfold and felt horrible not only for the little dog but his poor owners. I can't even fathom what they are going through.

I was also immensely grateful for having locked Piper in my car with the windows cracked. She may very well have been in that dog's line of sight when it ripped away from its owners grasp to go after another dog. No, the Pitbull had neither leash nor harness on it. It was just running free.

That is just so awful.
I have no words.

 

[Mtn Margie]

Happy Belated Birthday, DL! Yay, for feeling better!
Thanks for the hot coffee!

I am sorry for the idiot owners of the pitbull. They caused a lot of chaos and fear...
It is a regrouping, catch-up kind of day for me. Laundry, baking sourdough bread. I got another corned beef brisket, on sale now , and will cook that as well.
I hope there won't be much snow shoveling for the blizzard aftermath as it hit the midwest, I had nothing but some wind as it gathered strength and moved out.
Enjoy the day, Cafe!

 

[DobieLover]

It is a regrouping, catch-up kind of day for me. Laundry, baking sourdough bread.

I need that kind of day too. I keep thinking about that little dog and keep wondering if his owners finally found him. I saw a puncture wound on his shoulder. He needs treatment.

HTG may be coming over today to help with the garden beds. I started the project myself and quickly realized 2 things: I have lost a great deal of stamina and it is a much bigger project than I realized. And any excuse to get him over here so I can spend some time with him will work for me. We still enjoy each other's company.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, and thanks for the coffee. I am not anti pitbull , but they should only be owned by experienced dog people with functional brains. It was a pit that savaged my granddaughter several years ago. Enjoy your day with HTG, and work in moderation, DL.

 

[DobieLover]

I can't give multiple reactions to what you wrote yet seriously had them.

It was a pit that savaged my granddaughter several years ago.

This is appalling. What she emotionally scarred?

Enjoy your day with HTG, and work in moderation, DL.

Thank you. I will certainly enjoy my time with him.

 

[sourland]

This is appalling. What she emotionally scarred?

Tough girl - she's okay. She was training for a half marathon when this dog attacked. Grabbed her arm and pulled her down and was mauling her thigh and buttock when 3 men stopped and pulled the dog off of her. Without their help, who knows what might have happened. Tore muscle out of her arm and thigh to the point that she had to go to a special wound healing clinic for several months. She was a bit leery about running for a bit. She and her husband, my grandson by marriage, have 3 dogs. None of them are pits.

 

[DobieLover]

Taking guesses on what this is.

 

[aart]

Taking guesses on what this is.View attachment 4076918

Dead turtle remains....raccoon snack?

 

[DobieLover]

Dead turtle remains....raccoon snack?

Good guess, but no.

 

[sourland]

Is that wet rabbit fur that I see?