bitten

[ravnsdaughter]

So, I spent about 2 hours sitting in the emergency room at Royal Columbian Hospital last night.

I took Cody (that's what we'd decided to name the dog) down after I got home from work yesterday so he could do his business. I always, ALWAYS keep him on the leash when I do this, even though the dog park is an off-leash park. He did what he needed to do, and then was sniffing around, when another woman in the park came walking down with her golden retriever, who was not on a leash. The two dogs did the old butt-sniff, it seemed fine, and then as I was about to lead Cody away to go back to the apartment, they started fighting. I don't know which dog started it, or if it was both at the same time. I did notice that the other dog was male, though I didn't notice if he was neutered or not.

I was so worried that my bigger, stronger dog was going to end up killing the other dog, that I got in there and attempted to break up the fight. I know... REALLY STUPID move. I now know that in that kind of situation, you should do one of two things - either grab the tail or hind legs and left the dog up in a wheelbarrow pose, which makes it hard for them to fight, or wind up and kick them where it counts.

Anyways, I got bitten.



He got me at the base of the nail on my right middle finger, and it's currently swollen, sore, and really icky looking. It's making typing real fun, too. The ER doctor wasn't too worried about it though. I use my hands SO much that I decided to err on the side of caution and go, but it didn't break the bone or sever any blood vessels. I might lose the nail at the very worst, and there will definitely be a hole in the nail as it grows out, but I don't need to worry about losing the finger or anything (whew!). The swelling is starting to go down enough that I can bend the top joint on that finger again.

The fate of the dog is another story which will be saved for a filtered post. For the time being, I'm fine, the dog is fine (it wasn't his fault, not really), painful lesson learned.

Comments

[alicia-stardust.livejournal.com]

Oh, ouch. It does look like the nail might fall off, but that's not too bad compared to what other things could have been possible.

[ravnsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I think about it in perspective, this isn't all that bad.

You can't tell from that crappy pic, but the nail is actually severed over halfway across the bottom of it. It's still joined to my finger, but until it stopped bleeding (which just happened in the past 2 hours - it was weeping a bit earlier this morning) you could actually see the break in the nail. It's still joined on the sides though, so I don't know if it will fall off or just have a big hole.

Fortunately my nails grow like weeds and I'm a really fast healer. Typing is getting noticeably easier as the day goes on, and tonight I'm going to see how much it's impacted my ability to lampwork.

[fiodior.livejournal.com]

Hopefully The Boy will say yes to proper training. With the both of you and Cody being trained, this can totally be avoided in the future. And your Boy seems to be a total dog man LOL

How's it going with Hermione and Onyx?

[ravnsdaughter.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Ian doesn't need to say yes to proper training. I've told him that proper obedience training is now a condition to the dog remaining in our home. We'll both be taking the classes, and if the trainer doesn't feel that the Akita can play nice in a group class, he'll be getting individualized lessons. AND Ian is paying for every cent of it himself, because he's the one who wants the dog. He's cute, but I wouldn't be torn up about it if he went to live elsewhere.

And yes, he is SUCH a dog man it's not funny.

Hermione and Onyx are veeeeerrrrrrrry slowly coming around. They are still living in the bedroom. They have moved from hiding under the bed constantly though, and will now hang out on the bed as long as the door is shut most of the way. They try venturing out into the rest of the house, but the problem with that is that if they see the dog, they bolt, and the fast movement makes his predator instinct kick in. We're hoping that once he's neutered, it will be easier to get them used to each other.

[rogue-priestess.livejournal.com]

And this is exactly why ALL dogs should stay on-leash. It doesn't do you any good to yank yours away when a fight breaks out if hers just keeps following because she hasn't got it under control. grr.