my shittastic night last night

[mandjs]

Last night sucked. Started out lovely. We decided to go for a family walk last night. We all went out front. S wanted to hold the leash. (Reminder: I have 100 pound malamute.) Fine. NBD. She does it all the time. Joel and I stopped in front of the door to adjust how T was being worn. S wandered off, we thought, to the side of our house. Our house is on a corner. Big street along our backyard. Garage on the side. And then our front door on a 3rd side. S is allowed to stay in our yard, so the front and side. However. She apparently wandered around the backyard to the busy street. And left the dog to wander our yard in the process. As soon as we realize she's not in the side yard I start going around to find her. Joel has T, still in the front of the house. I reach the corner between the side and the busy street and S comes running up to me right in front of another family on a walk with their 2 dogs. The dog runs up and starts a fight with their (on leash) dogs. I'm hugging S and don't grab Chaya's leash in time. Finally get the dogs separated and both Chaya and S get time outs. Family walk is cancelled. Needless to say, there were MANY tears.

So I thought that was the end of it. But no. I got a phone call from the owner of the other dog at work today. He googled me and found my work phone number. (FUCK!) Their dog wound up in ER with puncture wounds and needs to be on antibiotics. FUCK. Fuck fuck fuckity fuck. So we're going to have to pay those bills. And pray that they don't report it.

Also. I know I need to pay those bills. I know I'm at fault. But a small part of me is blaming the threenager for 1) going around the corner when she knows she's not allowed and 2) letting go of the dog leash. The small flameful part of me. But I also know really it's Joels and my fault. This just sucks.

[themysteriouswife]

He couldn't have waited to find you at home? That's a douche move.

Sorry your night was bad. I hope tonight is better.

[gogadgetgo]

The whole situation really sucks. I'm glad you guys are all ok. And the other owner could have handled it better.

I hope tonight is better.

[mandjs]

Thanks, ladies.

[bugandbibs]

I'm so sorry all this happened. It really sucks. I hope it doesn't end up costing you too much money.

Also, I had no idea you were such a potty mouth. Isn't pro boards fun?

[mandjs]

Jun 6, 2013 17:56:45 GMT -5 bugandbibs said:

I'm so sorry all this happened. It really sucks. I hope it doesn't end up costing you too much money.

Also, I had no idea you were such a potty mouth. Isn't pro boards fun?

Oh yeah. I swear big time. Especially in situations like above.  

[mandjs]

$300. That's how much the other dog's bill was. Joel thinks it's a lot but I'm actually VERY relieved. It could have been SO much worse. This was apparently a very minimal injury. 

[gogadgetgo]

Jun 7, 2013 10:40:01 GMT -5 mandjs said:

$300. That's how much the other dog's bill was. Joel thinks it's a lot but I'm actually VERY relieved. It could have been SO much worse. This was apparently a very minimal injury. 

That's way less than I thought it would be. Glad it wasn't worse!

[bugandbibs]

That's a lot less than it could have been. Thank goodness!