Yesterday Oct. 17 has got to be my worst afternoon ever!! Carter and I go on walks almost everyday. Usually in the mornings and sometimes in the late afternoon after Aubrey gets off school but for some reason yesterday we decided to go on a walk after lunch instead of taking a nap and I'm kicking myself for it! We went on our normal route which is on the bike path behind our house. There is a family that lives at the end of the court that have a huge German Shepherd. Their dog has gotten out of their yard a few times and we have found her in our front yard. It's pretty scary to see a huge dog in your yard when you are taking the garbage out so I have tried to avoid her but have been told she is a sweet non aggressive dog. Yesterday I saw them in the distance out on a walk with their dog also. The dog wasn't on a leash and I thought if they didn't think she needed a leash its probably fine and we are a long way away so we continued walking. Also they were on the sidewalk walking towards their house while we were walking away from the homes. The next thing I remember hearing was the owner yelling her name and I turned around and she was charging at us. My first thought was to get carter out of the way and thank goodness he demanded to have his seat belt on because he was contained and I could deal with what was happening between the dogs. Next thing I knew the German Shepard was attacking Deuce. It was awful!!!!! The worst thing I have ever seen in my life. It was like the dog was eating him alive it was just terrible! I was scamming my lungs out and trying to get them to stop. I thought for sure she was killing my dog. I can't really remember what happened next but some how I got Deuce away from her killing jaws. Deuce was hyperventilating and if you could imagine a dog screaming that is what he was doing. He was soaked in saliva and I was looking every where for blood and the fact that he wasn't gashing blood I thought how could this be??? Then I lifted up his extra skin by his sholder blads and saw a huge deep cut its was so bad. The neighbor finally came over and said "lets jump in my truck and take him to the vet my wife will watch your boy" I think not!!!! Who would ever trust their child with a random stranger that has a vicious dog. So I ran caring deuce pushing Carter back home. We got in the car and made a mad dash to our vet. I was reassured that Deuce wasn't losing to much blood and that he was aware of his surrounding. Our vet was fabulous and took him right in and calmed me down. They ran xrays and gave him pain medication. The xrays came back clear and it was just a surface cut, what a huge blessing for that news. The neighbor ended up calling and saying he would come down and take care of the cost. Deuce had to go into surgery and be stitched up. He had a drain put in for the fluid. We got to pick him up late last night. He is doing good considering all he has been through. I spent last night up with him most the night and today either Spencer or I have been home with him all day. We are so thankful our little guy is still with us. It's amazing that he made it through this horific event and we thank Heavenly Father so much!!
Deuce is an amazing dog!! He has survived a home robbery, cancer and now this. We love you Deuce!! We pray that he will recover and be back to his playful self very soon.
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