Yesterday afternoon we decided to go for a doggy picnic with the dogs by the waterside, it was nice weather so we took some aquatoys for the Dounia to swim... we were having a ball with them Chelsey was running around like a wind up toy, Dounia was swimming and Bonja our retired boxer of 9 was just laying on a blankie with us enjoying the sun... he is such a darling with these 2 little puppy monsters they can do anything to him, at times i have to stop them coz they will keep on jumping on him and he just allows them, but he is old and has athritise in hes knees so i dont want them to bother him all the time.
so there we sitting peacefully enjoying the fresh air and the next thing there comes another lab to us and i still said to my husband who was with me thank god, he will probably go in the water too, but mister mucho decided to chase Dounia and all he was wanting to do is hump her and throwing her down so my husband got up to chase the dog away but he wouldnt go, i looked around for the owner but she didnt come near us of 100 meter, my boxer got up and this friggin lab attacked him, threw him down and bit him badly, i didnt know how fast i had to jump up, i pulled that dog off him and told him to go! but he wouldnt and insisted to chase after Dounia that the next thing, Chelsey comes and stands by me and this dog started growling at her... well ppl to my disgust i hit the daylights out of him... i was mad yes very very angry when he attacked my boxer but when he started on Chelsey i was white hot and lost myself there for a few, i cant remember what i did, but my husband recalled it all and told me afterwards that i wasnt a pretty site and very unladylike lol... but he also was waiting for the dog to growl at me, thank god the dog didnt coz my husband would have turned his lights out for him... so i kicked mister mucho in the balls and waiting for the owner to come to me, i stood there looking at her while another lady walked past and said that that dog acts like that every time and he is trouble... so my husband walked towards the owner, but she quickly turned around and walked away... i felt SO sorry for my boxer
i was close to tears, he cant fight back anymore
we took him to the vet and he said that he was shook up, gave him some meds and sent us off.... he seems ok this morning but looking very sad, hes eyes are droopy and hes just laying here next to me.
i cant ever remember getting this mad, maybe im too protective but when it comes to those i love they will be left unharmed....
my boxer has had a very hard time in his life, we are his forth owners and we know that he has been beaten up lots in his younger years and we want to give him extra loving time and make it up to him.
well... thats the first time ive ever hit a dog and i hope it was the last time! but i dont know what ill do if i meet that dog again
im sorry for the long post but i thought the incident would have cleared in my mind by this morning, but it didnt... am still angry... i had to spill the beans.