Yes, the Animal Control here gave me a fax from that man's vet showing up to date, thank goodness. The sheriff said not as bad as it used to be for rabies. Down to 4 long needles in the stomach instead of 12. But still very nasty and not a good thing. Whew.
--- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, Mommabear7772004 <mommabear7772004@...> wrote: > > Omg , that is so scary ! I hope you are > Ok ! Congrats on saving your chi tho ! > What a superhuman effort ! Please > make sure that dog was up to date on > his Rabies shots !!! That is everyone's > worst nightmare . > > Sheryl , Sierra , Jack & Benji > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 29, 2012, at 9:27 AM, "ouidan" <ouida2009@...> wrote: > > > I was walking my chi on my road in my neighborhood and was turning around > > to go home and saw a man and 3 dogs approaching. He seemed to be having > > trouble holding them back, so I walked up someones long driveway to stand > > by their garage door. This would give him the entire road and he could > > pass. Well, he had to overweight labs and one hound mix, like a tri color > > coonhound. when they got to the end of the drive it twirled and slipped its > > collar and came right for Maggie. I scooped her up and then my nightmare > > began. I was bitten on the back/side( it was hanging there. And when I > > shook him off it bit my arm that was wrapped around Maggie. I was screaming > > for help and the man did nothing. I yelled my loudest and meanest when he > > was springing for my face. He stopped for a second and I made my escape to > > a nieghbors house and rung the bell sobbing and told them to call my > > husband to come get me. I went to the hospital and animal control came and > > the deputy sheriffs. The next day I talked to a neighbor about it and found > > out she had the exact same scenero happen to her and her white cockapoo a > > week earlier only it didn't bite her. She was lucky. I will never go > > without protection now. The animal control and the sheriff said to carry > > and gun and use it. I would not be in trouble if I did. The bottom line was > > that I was going to same my dog over my own life. And I did save both of > > us, battered, bruised, torn,swollen and now afraid of my own street. > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: chihuahuas-dig...@yahoogroups.com chihuahuas-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: chihuahuas-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/