OK, So Geordie’s Fangs Went Up My Nose…

Aargh…Leggo! Leggo!

Yes, I know. This is where I lose all sympathy from my listeners when I tell this story.

Things started innocently enough with me crawling around on the floor, playing with my new, 3 month old puppy. For just an instant, I took my eyes off him, and in that moment, he decided to see what would happen if he jumped up and bit that huge target on Mommy’s face. At first I couldn’t process what had happened, but instinctively pulled my head back from whatever was suddenly in front of me. This must have startled the puppy because he jerked his head back as well. The problem was that when he grabbed me, his fangs went up my nose. Our mutual head movement caused his teeth to rip it open most unpleasantly.

Quickly I scooped him up and put in his kennel so that I could check out the damage in the bathroom mirror. Ew. It was pretty torn, but I didn’t want to have to try to have it stitched since it was the 4th of July weekend, and I figured emergency rooms were full enough with the fireworks crowd. Instead, I dressed it with peroxide and Neosporin and held my poor nose closed with my hand and a tissue. (There was no real way to fix a bandage there.)

After I had cleaned up, I went back to Bitey’s kennel to see how he was reacting to all of this. Was he in any way remorseful? Was he upset at being so unceremoniously dumped in his kennel? No, the only thing concerning him was that fascinating tissue I had in my hand. So nice to know that I rate below paper products in my doggy’s eyes.

This was so different from my previous dog. I trusted him completely and would often put my face next to his to snuggle. How long might it be before I felt comfortable putting my cheek anywhere this new puppy? After this incident, looks like it’s going to be quite a while.