STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 24 January 2012

[Fuddnik]

40. I hope this one goes better than yesterday.

The hounds scared the shit out of me.

I'd just sat down with my coffee to watch Amy Goodman, when I heard all this blood-curdling dog screaming in the back yard. I jumped up, and it looked like Rosco had Sara by the throat trying to kill her. They normally play hard and rough, but you never hear so much as a whimper out of them.

I ran to the back yard trying to separate them, but couldn't. Then I saw the real problem. Sara likes to grab him by his collar and wrestle him to the ground when they play. Well, now she was on her back, and her jaw was stuck in his collar, and she couldn't get loose. She was hurting and screaming. He was just trying to get away and couldn't.

It took a couple of minutes to get them still enough to find the release on Rosco's collar. He was thoroughly traumatized, and ran and hid under the bed for about 5 hours. He wouldn't come out until she coaxed him out with doggie smooches and tail wagging, but he was still shaken. I checked her out, and she can chew OK, so no problem there.

It's a good thing I was home. Today, I took their collars off, and I'm gonna jump on the bike and hang around with a bunch of drunken bikers. It will be sane by comparison.