That Dingo Ate My Baby!

Son and I were outside working in storage barn getting ready for garage sale when all of a sudden I heard my baby (Josie) yelp really loud and really long. I tore out of the barn to find her and she met me at the gate to the pasture. The other 4 outside dogs (only 1 of them is mine) were following along behind her acting very innocent... and that's when I saw it! I small slice out of her skin at the top of her right hip. I rushed her into the bathroom and started to try and render aid but every time I touched her she yelped really loud. I then did what all pet lovers do, I rushed her to the vet hospital 24 miles away. I called my mom from the car and she called around to find a place that was still open on Friday afternoon. I could tell my baby was in pain and I was in tears! When we arrived at the vet, they took her from me and went off to a back room leaving me standing there with her bed and blankie and in shock. They didn't even ask if I needed medical attention! So then, I found out she would have to stay a few hours until they could do surgery. Ok, now I am getting worried. Surgery? I thought we would probably just return home with a bandaid. "This is going to be very expensive, I began to think!" Later than evening Steve picked her up on his way home from work and found out that she was hurt way, way worse than I had originally thought. I laughed when I saw she had to wear the crown collar, but alas, the joke was on me. She had another wound that I had not even noticed on her tummy where one of the big dog teeth sunk unto her tender flesh. The Dr. had to mend her from the inside out and she actually came home with a drain sticking out of her stomach.

It has been 6 days now. The stitches are out, but she cannot take off the collar yet. Maybe tomorrow. Since her injury, she cannot go outside by herself anymore because we are afraid she will get bitten again. Soon we will visit the big dog's house and find out if we can work out a solution to our problem. The neighbor dogs all like to hang out here, but if they can't play nice, then.... well you know. They better not ever touch my baby again! You better believe I'm getting me a bee bee gun and learning how to use it. I might even join the NRA. Do they have a section for bee bee gun users?