“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AFTER GERMAN SHEPPARD ATTACK

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AFTER GERMAN SHEPPARD ATTACK

Bob and I were taking one of our many daily walks. Bob is of the view a tired dog is a happy dog. He sure has that one right.

On I trundle on a miserable winter day and I feel Bob tighten up. Like the Beach Boys I can feel both good and bad vibrations. I feel extreme hostility with an approaching enormous German Sheppard giving Bob and I a killer look. Bob is talking with a neighbour giving the monstrous dog and its owner a dirty look. Is there a song “If Looks Could Kill They Probably Will”?

I listen to Bob tell the neighbour about how he was walking Dylan the Westie a few years ago and a German Sheppard named Layla jumped over the fence and was just about ready to tear Dylan apart with saliva coated fangs. Bob had to pull Dylan aside and kicked the German Sheppard numerous times until he ran off. The nasty Sheppard is the successor to Layla and its owner proudly proclaimed to a friend of Bob’s his new dog was going to terrorize “all the little cute white dogs in the neighbourhood”. Layla had a record of six dog attacks.

And idiot owner says to his obviously problematic dog after yanking its leash, “Look ahead” instead of looking at me like an appetizer. Then a few meters away he takes the leash off this killer. Bob has been angry with me a few times but goodness he was furious with that owner of the killer Sheppard. Layla’s attack has resulted in PTSD for Bob!