Yesterday was Jackson's 1st birthday and the kids joint party. I wasn't stressed until it came to icing the cupcakes...I will forever wonder why Wilton gel coloring doesn't mix with my homemade icing. I gave up and used canned. No one seemed to care :) The party went well, lots of fun, eating, laughing (mostly at Jackson and his messy cake-face!).
The kids opened their presents, thanked everyone and people started leaving. It was almost 9 at this point, and if Jackson doesn't go to bed by then, or isn't preoccupied with something else, he gets cranky. So I took him up to bed. As I sat down to nurse him, all of a sudden I hear all of this yelping and growling...
When I came downstairs, I saw my dad and father in law trying to get Daisy out of Darby's mouth. For reasons we will never know, Darby attacked Daisy. Daisy had been upstairs during the party, because she doesn't like lots of people. We decided that since most everyone was gone it was ok to bring her down. I missed everything, so I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I THINK she jumped down off of the couch to head to the kitchen and Darby must have thought that she was going to attack a kid, so she felt like she had to protect. Darby was also probably stressed out from all of the people. Whatever her reason, if we hadn't intervened, she would have killed Daisy.
If I wasn't a humane person, I would have killed Darby. But I am. Daisy is ok, after talking to our neighbor we got some liquid band-aid to close up her puncture wound.
I immediately wanted to get rid of Darby, but we are going to wait and see what happens. This isn't the first time this has happened, but this was much worse. I realize my blog is more about the dog thing than the kids party, but there really isn't much to say about the party, pictures will be coming :)
Wow first of all yay for the kid's birthdays! They are growing up.
ReplyDeleteIf Darby had done it before - yet not worse, it may be best to give her away. Next time it could be way worse.
But I won't tell you what to do, its your decision in the long run...I know you will make the right decision. Miss you
Owning a German Shepherd and being a dog lover myself, I have to say that I have a zero tolerance policy with Emma in our home. Even though your dogs are both small aggression is aggression and you have two small children in your home. If it were me, the attacking dog would be gone. It would be SUPER hard because it is not easy for an "aggressive" dog to be adopted, but for the safety of your other dog and your children, the dog would have to go... if it were me anyway! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad the party went well! Hard to believe he and Blake are 1!