Travels of the Agnew Family for 2008.01.01 to 2010.01.31

Ed was up early this morning and off to the car dealer as the new transfer case was in. When I returned from exercise class Zaph and I headed off for a morning walk. Along the way we helped to capture Puggles (one of Zaph's friends) who had managed to unhook his harness from the rope and was off exploring the park and visiting a neighbouring trailer. That trailer is the home to two "Zaph size" hunting dogs. The black one and Zaph started doing the regular dog "get to know you sniffs" when I guess the black dog decided that he didn't like how Zaph smelt, and grabbed Zaph's ear. By the time I got Zaph back to our trailer there was blood everywhere. Our neighbour Linda came out of her trailer and helped me to stop the bleeding and determine that there were a couple of small puncture wounds on his ear and two tears at the end of his ear. The tears were the source of all the blood. The owner of the black dog came over to find out how Zaph was and loan us some medicated cream that stops bleeding --- worked liked a charm, that is, as long as Zaph didn't shake his head. I was a wreck, but Zaph wasn't overly phased, but was all for the extra attention. Everything was under control by time Ed got back from the GM dealer --- amazing how he can time things.

The owner of the black dog said he recently rescued the dog, who had been badly neglected after the dog's previous owner died and that Zaph was the second male dog that the black dog had snapped at. So, I think Zaph has about 20 friends and 1 foe in the park.

Oh, Zaph wants everyone to know that he could have taken the black dog.