OK, today was a ten mile day for training. I got off to a late start, one of my dogs had to go to the vet. Very bad day for Sam, a big mastiff jumped over the fence and got a hold of him. I heard something going on in the backyard and went outside, when I got there, Sam was on his back and the mastif was locked onto his chest. Sam weighs about 60 lbs, the mastif weighed about 100 lbs. Sam is part pit bull, I think that he kept fighting, instead of submitting to the mastiff. Once they seperated, the owner of the mastiff came by. Nice guy, but his dog jumped over my fence and attacked my dogs.
I took Sam to the vet and they took him straight to the back and started working on him. Sam hates going to the vet, so that was no easy chore for them. He went into surgery this afternoon and the vet called me up afterwords. He had some pretty good bites, but no broken bones, damage to his lung or damage to his front left paw. She said he would be sore, but fine. They kept him there tonight for observation. The owner of the mastiff said he would go by the vet tomorrow to check up on him and pay the bill. Goofball Cheney was ok, her and the 4th dog, a female mastiff just stood there and watched.
After I took Sam to the vet, I really needed to get settled down so I knocked out a ten miler on one of the roads behind the house. Not as nice as running on Bragg, but it was very flat. There was a lot of traffic, but there is also a nice shoulder area to run on. 5 miles out, 5 miles back. I couldn't go at an 8:10 pace, I felt very comfortable at 7:50.
I will call up the vet tomorrow and see how Sam is.
2 comments:
You have more vet runs than we do! Hope Sam is feeling better. Jelly is confined to the kennel tonight. Pooed on the floor two nights running...damn dog.
I have 37 days left at Sprint. I have another gig waiting if I want it. I'm also looking for a better opportunity in the mean time. Good to have a fallback plan. I'll keep you posted.
BTW...did you know we put QTip (the last cat) down in October? He lived to 16. Not bad for a Gottschalk pet.
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Sorry to hear about Sam. That is hard to deal with and while it was appropirate for your neighbor to pay the Vet bill, makes you wonder about the Mastiff's behavior.
Pet stress is very distracting and I am glad that you have a good place to work it off nearby. I am not surprised that you couldn't do the slower time. We have three cats now....the oldest one can create problems but has been pretty good lately.
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