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Thoreau ([personal profile] thoreau) wrote2011-01-19 06:56 pm

Miss Kate and I get in a fight

Miss Kate & I got in a dogfight this evening!

Dog bolted across Middlefield and INTO Miss Kate. Nothing is worse than sound Miss Kate makes when cornered like that. The dog had to deal with me. I grabbed it by the neck and pinned it to the ground. It's owner waited for the light to change - then crossed and apologized. She was walking two dogs - and had a baby in a frontpack. She was in tears. It was pretty intense.

I was pretty ramped up. No apparently damage to Miss Kate. The other dog just had to deal with me. I wasn't hurting it - but I moved quickly to immobilize it. The owner was a total mess - first because her dog had bolted out of her control and ran across a busy street in traffic; but that her dog went after another dog. I had to calm her down - she was so worried her dog had done real damage.

I just got done giving Miss Kate a good inspection and I don't see that she's any worse for wear. She's came home pretty shaken up - but is circled up on her pillow asleep now.

The hardest part of it - is that Miss Kate has ZERO fighting instinct and doesn't know what to do in these situations. The poor dear just wants to love people... and just crumples up in a ball and starts screaming when other dogs get aggressive. :( (sigh) she's sleepin' up on the bed next to me tonight.