We returned home on Thursday from our travels to see family for Christmas. We finished wrapping presents so we could have our own family Christmas celebration on Jan. 1st, Friday morning. We started out like a typical Christmas morning, enjoying breakfast together and reading Luke chapter 2 together before opening presents. We had an enjoyable morning, even with a sick 11 month old!
Around noon I had a friend call me to ask for help. She is a runner, and was running through our neighborhood. She had a "friendly" rottweiler following her. He wasn't bothering her, but she is terrified of dogs. She walked up to a door to see if someone might know whose dog it was, but the rot tried to get through their door to attack their small dogs. She wondered if my husband or I could try to look to see if the dog had any tags so we could call someone. I ran outside to get my 6-year old into the house, who was in the front yard with our small dog. She got in, but the dog slipped back out as she tried to close the door. He ran up to play with the rottweiler, and quickly noticed his folly. He assumed the submissive display: ears down, head lowered, and very still and quiet. Then, it happened....the rottweiler attacked. He grabbed our dog by the rear and flipped him over. Thankfully I had been able to grab our dog's leash, so I was trying to pull him out from under the rot while kicking the rottweiler in the head as hard as I could. My friend was screaming "NO!" and yelled for my husband, who thought our daughter was still outside. He knew I was going out to help with a rot, and his heart sank. He rushed out, and passed our daughter on the way. He saw me fighting the dog, and knew the dog could turn and tear my leg off if he chose to. He came down and grabbed the dog's choke collar and started to pull him back. I grabbed our dog and ran him into the house. We all calmed down, and started to make phone calls. We monitored the dog, and kept all children and small pets indoors, warning our neighbors to do the same. The dog showed an aggressive behavior - this wasn't a "snap", he was just out for blood all the time! We called animal control, who informed us that it was a holiday and they couldn't come pick up the dog unless he'd attacked a human. Since we didn't want to traverse that road in order to get them to pick up the dog (duh!), we called the police. They made animal control drive out and pick up the dog.
All this excitement, you could say, and we are all still doing great. It was an interesting way to spend New Years Day, and our family Christmas. We were just so grateful that nobody was hurt, and our children didn't watch their new dog (that was a Christmas gift) be killed by another dog. Our dog, Razzle, made it through with one puncture wound, and multiple scrapes. He is on antibiotics and will pull through just fine, though he is traumatized and afraid of all dogs now. We will have to call upon some good friends to reintroduce him to dogs after he heals. Any takers? Let's just say that if you want to keep us away, owning a rottweiler is the way to do it!
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