Dog Bite Prevention Week

In honor of National Dog Bite Prevention Week, I am featuring our little biter - Jack the Skipper.  Jack, otherwise known as Jackjackjack or JackJACKJACK (he's a wee bit deaf now), is our current biter-in-residence.  Just because he has a taste for young children, don't even start comparing him to Epstein or Gaetz.  In fact, I believe that he is the actual victim here.  Pretty sure that the toddler deserved to be bit in the face and shaken like a squirrel.  She probably even squeaked like one.  In my opinion, when a dog bites a child, the child is probably the one at fault.  There weren't any witnesses that could say for sure that the kid didn't trip over Jack, in which case it would totally be self-defense.  

Jack is actually very much still loved by his former family.  Even his young snack wanted to cuddle him like a baby years later when they were reunited for a brief (supervised) visit.  We aren't really sure how old Jack is now, but we celebrated his birthday last month.  We've had him for 5 1/2 years now, and his former family had him for about 7 years.  He was somewhere between 3-7 years old when he was first rescued.  Doing the math, that would make him somewhere between ancient and dead now.

So, to sum it up for our lovely readers, the best way to prevent dog bites is to get rid of your children until they are old enough to behave properly around dogs.  Another option is to send your children to a trainer and keep them on a short leash when around dogs.  

Happy whatever birthday, Jack, and happy Dog Bite Prevention Week!

Don't Look So Dead

     Just curious - has anyone else ever told their dog (or other pet) "Don't look so dead"?  Well, seriously, they shouldn't do that to me!  Two out of three of our dogs do this on a regular basis.  And, since Jack is basically deaf in one ear and can't hear out of the other (and blind in one eye and can't see out of the other), it is especially hard to tell if he is still on the side of the living.  Can't they breathe deeper as they age, or at least snore when they are sleeping?  Ok, just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one who said this to their pets more often than I would like.

I may or may not have just said this to Happy

Good thing Jack is cute, since he is pretty much blind, deaf, and not-so-smart