[Petbunny] OT: and pretty graphic

[krasijane]

Wow!  How scary for Karen, not to mention painful.  It is generous of you to
understand the dog's mind set, not everyone would.  However, the dog bite
went to the hospital.  When this has due process, public safety may win
out.  Lots of healing vibes for Karen.

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Ken Albin <albink at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Sorry if I have missed any birthdays or other major events. I have tried to
> keep up as much as possible this week but as those of you on Facebook know
> we have had a hectic time here. Just to update everyone and let you know I
> am still here:
>
> Last Saturday the wife Karen helped out at the cat adoptions for our local
> group. While there she was told about a cat who was found down the street
> from us. It was a purebred and obviously had been well looked after. When
> she got home Karen went next door to ask the neighbors if they knew of
> anyone in the area who was missing a cat. The neighbors have a large mixed
> breed dog they normally keep in an invisible fence. For some reason they had
> let the dog out to run around in the yard just before Karen went over. The
> dog attacked Karen, ripping her upper arm open. She was losing a lot of
> blood and there was missing flesh so I rushed her to the emergency room.
> They cleaned it all out, gave a tetanus shot and antibiotic, took x-rays,
> and then sewed up most of it. They left it all open a little do it would
> drain and bandaged her up. Monday she went to our regular doctor. He cut the
> old stitches out and sewed her up completely. She took the week off to rest
> and recuperate. There has been no infection but a lot of bruising and
> swelling. The stitches come out next week and the doctor said she would have
> some bad scars when it finishes healing up in a month or so. Luckily there
> was no nerve damage and she should be able to use the arm fine. So that's
> why I have been absent so much. I have been helping her around the house a
> lot this week.
>
> Before anyone asks, we both told the neighbors we did not want the dog
> euthanized as they wanted to do. The dog was probably just protecting its
> home in its own mind. We are also not going to sue the neighbors. They are
> both very nice people and were extremely distraught over the incident. I do
> think that they are ignorant when it comes to socializing animals and
> probably shouldn't have adopted this type of dog. They mean well and give
> vet care and a home to this animal who they adopted from the pound when they
> found out it was scheduled to be killed. Like so many people they don't
> really treat their animals like family members. As a result this dog has not
> be acclimated to strangers the way he should have been. Pets to people like
> them are thought of more as property to be taken care of rather than family
> members. This is a mindset that I do not share but I do understand it after
> seeing so many others think this way. That to me is the real failing here.
> OK, soapbox speech ended. Karen is recovering slowly but ok and she will
> probably be fine in time. I told her that next time she should call before
> going over there.
>
> I was hesitant to say anything about it here because I did not want the PB
> folk to think I was fishing for sympathy but several PB people have been
> emailing me privately wondering where I was lately so I finally broke down
> and wrote this to explain.
>
> Prince Dirk and Ken Albin
>



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