Sharp, pointy TEETH!

Every year either on or around my birthday, patterns surrounding some type of object or topic emerge about once a month. Last year, it was a series of calamities regarding my dear Treasure (think crashes, vandalism, theft...). This year, as I am now realizing, the topic of fate's choice is rampant dogs running wild.

The pattern begins with an event occurring on or around my birthday. In this year's case, it happened the day before (Feb. 9th) when a dalmatian escaped the jaws of PetSmart and fled for its freedom right toward this girl. It is explained in full detail here.

The pattern continues about 1 month later (i.e. NOW) with a similar incident. That incident occurred on Saturday the 10th, and is slightly more graphic. Parents should remove all children from the room, or, if interested in preventing any child from begging for a puppy, a cute, sweet puppy, read this loudly and with passion ...

Andy and I decided to take Buzz for a walk. Buzz is a Schipperke, and aside from awkward snarly noises and his disgusting bright pink penis that inevitably shimmies its way out if you're even thinking about petting him, Buzz is a very sweet, small, and unaggressive dog. After about 2 agonizing minutes of whimpering at the door and practically going into seizures waiting for Andy and I to find our shoes, keys, grab some water, etc., Buzz was very ready to go on this walk.

We went out the front door and were immediately accosted by two curious neighbor dogs. One was a friendly and hyper golden retriever puppy who ran to me. The other, we'll call him "Angry," went straight for Buzz, who was with Andy on his leash. The neighbor girl had barely finished saying "The one is fine, but be careful with the black one, he's not very friendly," when the black dog used his jaws to pick up Buzz by the neck, shake him about and then toss him aside. It happened so fast I was practically in shock, but not nearly as much as poor little Buzzy, who was shakin' it like a Polaroid picture. The weird thing is, within seconds his mind was back on the walk. If this doesn't indicate how often Buzz gets taken on walks, nothing will.

All I can say is thank God Schipperkes were bred to have hair like this guy.

But seriously, if you've got a dog you know to be aggressive, perhaps don't let it run loose and attack other animals when they walk out the front door. Just a thought.