Live, Laugh, & Love

So....no snakes this past weekend! Just terrorized by a pitbull. Story goes like this: Got up early Sunday and decided to take Allie for a walk. Went up the street - heard a lady screaming - decided I'd be nosy. She sees me, and I finally find her in the back of a truck crying. She said there was a dog that attacked hers - about that time I see the pitbull. I told her I was going to go back and drop Allie off and call for help. So I try Animal Control - no luck its Sunday. After trying many numbers I end up with the Sheriff. I go back to tell the lady - the dog sees me and starts after me - a neighbor happens to see this and lets me run in his house. After the dog wonders off I head back home - thinking I would get in the Jeep - that way I could keep an eye on the dog and reassure the lady. Aaron says he would go get the lady and take her home in the Jeep. I step outside and hear all sorts of screaming and growling. Aaron drove up just in time to see the dog attack a beagle being walked by an elderly couple. He never saw the lady I was talking about - we later found out someone had rescued her (poor lady was 8 months pregnant!) The old lady takes her beagle home while her husband and Aaron take the pitbull down and get it on a leash - not sure where the leash came from -anyway....Aaron drives up and the old guy is walking this dog up the street. About this time the Sheriff shows up - two of them to be exact. So you think FINALLY some help! NOPE! they can't do anything because the dog hasn't bitten anyone. You see its not illegal for a dog to bite another dog - I couldn't get the guy to understand that the dogs were on leashes out for their morning walks when they were attack by this pitbull. Their advice - shoot the dog or take it and drop it off somewhere. So I'm not shooting it - just not my job. And the thought of taking this dog somewhere and dropping it off so it can be someone else's problem and attack and probably kill other animals if not children just didn't sound too responsible to me -- so Thanks anyway Mr. Sheriff. I went inside and started looking for an animal shelter or rescue or anything open on Sunday --- I'm not getting stuck with this dog! So I call some local number - but they say I need the county office - but that I could call SPCA and if that didn't work -- call the news and they could attract enough attention to get something done. Finally I get someone at the county office to page the animal control - that only took two calls - and this guy comes a couple of hours later. He makes us fill out all sorts of paperwork - gets the old guy to fill out paperwork too - and about an hour later takes the dog.
Now with all the stories of pitbulls attacking people can you believe it took this much effort to get one that was demonstrating aggressive behavior towards small animals and women to be picked up?Crazy!!!

Anyway.....hopefully I will get my nerve back to take Allie for a walk in the morning.
We got invited to a football game this weekend - corporate box seats or whatever you call them - my mom is going to come in a day early so we can go!! I'm so excited - its been awhile since we've had an adult evening out. And then Mom will be here for the week - so lots of shopping time! and who knows maybe Aaron and I will even get to catch a movie one night :)

Angie I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better! I've missed the blogs from you two!

Hope everyone has a great uneventful week!