Dogbos; they cannot be serious?
We are serious this morning, According to the oblong box, the person called the Government is to bring in what the popular press is now calling a Dogbo, this is to match its person equivalent, an Asbo. Both these awards are for persons and dogs that are not behaving in a manner that is acceptable to society. She says Asbo’s have not exactly been a success with persons; how are these dubious accolades likely to be a success with dogs? They will just be another badge for bad owners to wear with pride. ‘Look out World my Dog has a Dogbo.’ Fantastic she said. Why is this relevant to my sleepy village in Rutland? Yesterday, I was attacked.
It is not the first time I have been attacked here. There are several dogs that do not like me. I don’t take this personally; most of these dogs don’t like other dogs either. However, I was coming away from the Post Office, (yes we do have a post office, at least part-time), when, out of the clear blue sky, we were attacked from behind. It was a small dog, but mobile, I was on my lead and she held on fast as we were right by the main road. I screamed, she screamed, the dog was aiming its snarling nashers at the area around my throat, she reached her hands down to pick me up, and the dog got his mouth around her wrist. It was this she thinks, that maybe shocked the dog, because it backed off. Then its owner came. Were we alright? I have a couple of punctures in my head; she has a couple of teeth marks in her wrist. We both felt like sitting on the curb and crying. But yes we were alright. She says she is lucky, he always buys her good gloves, or this story could have had a different ending…!
Dogs have lived with humans for millennium; you train us badly or well. We are loved, fed well, starved or mistreated, ignored or spoilt, genetically engineered, for your whims. You are the leader of our pack; it is for you to decide. Rightly or wrongly, we are what you make us. Chipped, insured, even cared for and well loved, we can still be dangerous, we are animals and territorial, not extensions of your ego; we can always do the unexpected. Owners would be wise to remember that.
Go safely out there it is a funny old world; who knows what is around the corner or behind you.
I am of course
La Grande Sophie
March 9th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I am sorry to hear of your plight. I hope you are both recovering and that the owner was suitably contrite for what had happened. I can only surmise that the other dog was NOT on a lead.
March 9th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Hello Aylesbury Two. No it was very not on a lead; a perfectly terrifying terrier class, terrified me anyway. Knocked her up too I tell you, she was all to bits, think she said it frit her liver or words to that effect. Think it escaped from a garden. She had to have a glass of rumtoff for the nerves. LGSx
March 9th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
I am sure the rumtopf helped settle her nerves. I hope she made a fuss of you to help settle yours.
March 10th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
She let me go to sleep on the sofa. LGSx