Awww, Parker!!!

My other baby, and my only baby boy, Parker, got his little paw bitten by a mean old grumpy dog today. And, by bitten, I don't mean just a little nip and that's that. That dog bit his paw hard, piercing his skin, and held onto it for 5 minutes before our neighbor came out to stop him. Andy was even poking the other dog with a metal rod, and it wouldn't let go! Now, what happened was Parker and the next door neighbor dog both dug under the fence so they could get to each other. (This hasn't been the first time we've caught them doing this.) The difference between the dogs is that our Parker just want to play, the other dog actually wanted to attack.

No, we're not hating on the next door neighbor. He is super cool. He felt really bad and wanted to help. Good thing both the dogs are currently up to date on shots, or this could have been worse.

So, he's told us about his dog before. It's just a small Jack Russell, but the animal is like 14 years old, or something like that. And, as he explained to us, the older that dog gets, the meaner it gets. He knows this, so that is why it stays in the fenced back yard, with no contact to other dogs or people, (not that he's ever been mean to a person.)

Anyways, we got Parker back in the house, took him into the bathtub where we doused his paw with H2O2, aka Hydrogen Peroxide. Then we took him down to Petco to get some doggie bandages. The helpful employees there led us to them and also told us to use neosporin on it, just like you would for your own cuts. (Now, that's something I would have never thought of!) So, we got home and bandaged him all up. Here's a picture of our bandaged baby boy.

Poor thing. Even though he seems to be smiling in this picture, I think he feels like he lost his swagger. For the last 2 hours he's been so super mopey. I just hope he gets better soon!