Just realized something

[amalthia]

I think anytime I make a plan to write people start to post all these good stories and I have like ZERO self control when it comes to reading fics by my favorite authors or checking out recs....in any case there are 2 more days of nano and at this point I think I got to be happy with my 5000 words. Anyway, in December I need to at least finish my sga_santa fic.

I'm loving season 3 of SGA so I feel inspired again which is awesome. :)

In other news, Thanksgiving turned out okay until my sister's fiance hit my brother's dog Brownie over the head with a big stick, because he thought Brownie was going to snap Boxer's neck (my sister's dog). Anyway, lots of drama, both sets of dogs are all right. I get that my sister was scared of Brownie because he's a pit bull but he's still one of the sweetest dogs I've been around, hell he even obeys my commands and he basically did not deserve to get hit over the head.

After that whole incident my legs were shaking, my brother left my parents home and drove 3 hours back to San Angelo (mostly beause my sister's b/f started cussing out my brother when my brother returned from Austin shopping) Personally, I think my sister/ her fiancee should not have opened the cage with Brownie in it if they didn't want their dogs playing or getting in fights with Brownie....which I find kind of odd because Brownie plays well with other dogs, hell my parents let their 1000 dollar shih-tzu play with Brownie. Nothing bad has ever happened to any dog or human around Brownie. I missed what started everything but I'm convinced that my sister and her finacee don't really know much about dogs, otherwise they would have had their dogs associating with Brownie with my brother there and some daylight.

Me, I was nervous when I heard my brother got a pit-bull so every time I visited I made an effort to play with Brownie with my brother there supervising, then I played with him by myself a little, and Brownie is very affectionate and obeys commands. Nothing bad ever happened to me or any other dog that's been around Brownie.

I even took Pepper and Brownie out of their cages (the ones my dad set up for the dogs my sister brought as well as my brother's two dogs) anyway I took the two active dogs out of their cage and played fetch and they ran around playing with Wookie (the shih-tzu) chasing after them and they rough housed a bit together but when I said it was time to get back in their cage they went back in. They both sit when I said sit and they behaved very well. I'm not sure why my sister is scared of Brownie. But anyway, I really worried about Brownie until I heard from my brother that the vet said he was okay, the stick had cut his skin above the eye, and my brother was worried that he might have had worse injuries. But after all this happened Brownie walked steadily and he seemed rather confused as to why someone would hit him over the head with a big stick.

My sister is lucky Brownie's jaws didn't lock, the beagle wasn't yelping or anything, he was rolling over onto his back. I think it's a dog thing except my sister and her b/f panicked and then blamed my brother for getting a "violent" dog.

I have a hard time believing that Wookie (which is still half the size of my sister's beagle) spent three weeks with Brownie at my brother's home and my brother had to seperate Wookie from brownie to protect Brownie! apparently Wookie was licking a sore spot into Brownie's neck or something.

I hated that night. I didn't know what to do because I cared about Brownie and well I kind of hate my sister's dogs, but...she loves them. and I just hated not knowing what to do and I know getting between two fighting dogs is just asking for trouble but hitting a dog over the head with a big stick doesn't sound like a good solution either. I have no clue what set the dogs at each other but in this one I think it's my sister's fault for not checking to see if the cage was empty before she opened it and then for not socializing her dogs iwth Brownie and Pepper with my brother there to keep his dog under control.

Comments

[karamarie-mckay.livejournal.com]

I'm not an expert and I don't know these dogs, but I think that sometimes people just get used to the idea that a dog is "safe" and stop taking basic precautions. I've owned two rottweillers, and they were both sweethearts who never hurt anyone... but I didn't let my sister bring her beagle over to play with them. The rotties were big dogs who played rough, and one was an unfixed male. Sometimes things can start good natured and then just get out of control, and I didn't want to have to deal with something like that.

A few weeks back, my sister brought her chihuahua over, and I was righteously pissed. We have a male German Shepherd over here, and granted, he's neurotic as all hell, but still. Fortunately, her little dog is fixed and so they didn't run into territory issues. Even so, I told her that you can't just assume that because a dog is sweet tempered and has never caused a problem that problems will never arise under any circumstances.

Also, I think some folks just aren't used to seeing the way large breed dogs play. It can look and sound violent and angry when really it's all in fun. Bear and Dallas used to sound downright vicious, but they never hurt each other.

Kara

[amalthia]

I know what you mean! Brownie and Pepper when they go at it, they go at it and it looks like they're really fighting but then later they'll be cuddling together and no scratches or anything. So I just assume they like to play rough. Mostly, I'm upset at my sister for not checking the cage.

Me, I'm cautious around dogs, especially big dogs. If those were my beagles, I would have been either extra villigant to make sure they came in no contact with Brownie, or got my brother out there with me and introduce the dogs in a more controlled manner. (this whole thing happened at 7pm or so and it was dark, my brother was gone and so was his wife Kim.) It was a reciepe for a disaster in my book.

However, I get the feeling that my sister's dogs aren't well socialized. Seriouslly, she has to manhandle those two dogs in order to get them to obey her. In fact they don't obey at all, they are bad dogs. They can't walk on a leash, they still pee in the house (they are house dogs and have been in my sister's apartment for almost a year now), and I don't think think they've been in contact with other dogs. If those two dogs were any bigger i'd be kind of scared of them because my sister can't control her dogs.

My brother only has to take off his flip flop and Brownie and Pepper are rolling over on their backs and they obey verbal commands. They even obey my commands, and let me tell you that's like a freaking miracle. Dogs normally just ignore me.

I'm not really an expert either, but I wholeheartedly agree that even sweet dogs can turn viscious in the right circumstances. which is why I the only type of dog I want in my apartment/home is a Shih-tzu. I find it very hard to be scared of a dog that's only 15 pounds. Plus if I suck at dog training the worst it can do is pee all over my floors.

I was reading yesterday about the incident in San Franisco where that woman was mauled to death by two dogs and the dog owners went to jail for it.

[wyrdfae.livejournal.com]

who is in your icon? she's beautiful

[amalthia]

it's Ilyria from Angel. I'm not sure if you've seen Angel?

[wyrdfae.livejournal.com]

ive seen them all! she doesnt look as blue but just as pretty. it all makes sense now and I DO love Illyria

[amalthia]

the person did a great job using photoshop or whatever to make this icon. I had a really hard time finding cool icons for Illyria.

[wyrdfae.livejournal.com]

I'm also a little face blind or something