Poor Shadow :(

[liv]

I went on a solo camping trip Tuesday with my little family dog Shadow. I was supposed to come back Friday. We had a really nice hike-in site and were having an awesome time. Last night around 8:30-9, I took him on a walk to the main campground just to scope things out. As we were walking past someones site, their dog sprinted out at us and attacked my little 11 year old lhasa apso/poodle. I tried to block its path but it pushed past me and had him by the neck.. It took 3 grown men and dog training spray to get it to release him. That stupid dog ripped its rope in half going after Shadow... Yet the owners say that it was a completely new behaviour, which I think is bull seeing as they had the spray and dogs don't all of a sudden become prey reactive. Anyways, after calling the police (since the park warden wasn't there), I had to quickly pack up my tent and drive 1.5 hours to the nearest animal hospital. On the way, I of course had the joy of hitting a deer and not only killing it and flinging the dog into the glove compartment, I also ruined one of my lights and dented my hood. By 2:30am Shadow was prepped for surgery and my poor little angel was under general anesthesia for an hour. I'm so shaken up right now, it was the crappiest night ever. I swear the world was just smiting me for having too much fun this summer.

Since I know some of you guys will be interested, here are pics the vet took of the wound (**graphic**)
























They had to remove that middle flap of flesh because it had already started to go black and was no longer viable.


Showing how deep it was.

Chicks dig scars, right?



All drugged up on the way home.

They said that the laceration is just the tip of the iceberg, and that the skin is pulled away from the muscle and it's like a big cavern everywhere where his skin is dyed yellow from the iodine... I feel so bad for him :'( I've been calling him Drippy since he's got fluids dripping from a drain

I just wanted to vent to you guys-- I feel all loopy after the last 14 hours.

[Kodieh]

No offense, just me, I would have killed that other dog. There would have been nothing to stop me. If any dog grabs Kyriss like that and I'm there, it wouldn't take three grown men and spray. It would take me and my knife.

Sorry to hear that, hope those guys are held responsible.

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[liv]

No offense, just me, I would have killed that other dog. There would have been nothing to stop me. If any dog grabs Kyriss like that and I'm there, it wouldn't take three grown men and spray. It would take me and my knife.

Sorry to hear that, hope those guys are held responsible.

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I always thought I would do the same things.. but it took me so off guard that I didn't even know what was going on. One second I was thinking about whether I still had time to do a bit of fishing, next second was a bloodbath.

[Pyrate81]

Sorry about your dog. At least Shadow is alive and will make a full recovery. Sit back and take a deep breath for a few seconds.


(hugs)

[DooLittle]

Oh your poor baby! He's gonna be ok though? Boy that's terrible. I'm sorry. *hugs*

[MarkS]

I feel so bad for you and shadow. I've got a small dog too and have several other friends with small dogs and it's strange how many of them have been attacked by big dogs, and the other dog owner ALWAYS says 'He's never done that before'

[ballpythonluvr]

So sorry that this happened to you and your little guy. I was once at a state park with my beagle/boxer mix dog taking her for a walk. My dog was leashed as the rules stated and would you believe that a little dog attacked my medium sized dog? My girl was attacked by a dachshund. That little beast came charging after my dog and put a nice puncture in my girl's ear. I was so pissed! The dude that had the dachshund was very apologetic and offered to pay for the damages that his dog caused. Guess I should consider myself lucky that the dude paid up.

[Konotashi]

Omg, your poor baby! At least he's (for lack of better words) okay.

When I'm out on walks, I always have a knife with me. Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a huge animal lover. I'm about to go to school to be a vet tech. But I have a Pomeranian, and if a large dog got a hold of him before I had the chance to swoop him off of the ground, he could be dead in seconds, if not faster. If I have to choose between my dog's life and the other dog's, you better believe I'm going to kill the other dog without a second thought.

And there is no way that other dog didn't show signs before it went after your dog. Hopefully you got the other owner's information to not only report what happened, but to (at the very least) get them to pay the vet bills.

I will admit, he looks awfully smug, all drugged up in that last photo, haha.

[Capray]

I'm so sorry. Hoping for a fast recovery.

I would be so so pissed about it, I hope they get what they deserve.

[Mike41793]

No offense, just me, I would have killed that other dog. There would have been nothing to stop me. If any dog grabs Kyriss like that and I'm there, it wouldn't take three grown men and spray. It would take me and my knife.
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x2. I wouldn't think twice about it, or feel bad. They should have had their dog on a chain, not a rope, if it had displayed that kind of behaviour before. Which, obviously it did if they had that spray. I love dogs, but i love mine more, so if you can't control yours then thats not my problem lol.

I hope its a speedy recovery liv. Glad everything's stable now. Keep us updated!