17 posts tagged “heidi”

Or at least pretty damn close.

On Friday BF and I took Heidi and Spider, BF's Daughter's dog, to the park for a walk.  We had been round once, and decided to walk up one side and then down the other side of the brook - Heidi really needs that bit more exercise than Spider, and though I was gonna take her out again, I wanted to do it.  So BF came with.

Then Spider ran off to play with this dog.

Suggs and Spider Wrestle

Playing nicely, as Staffies do.  Wrestling and tussling each other to the ground.

Heidi, meanwhile, was not playing.  She had her ball in her mouth, and really did not want to be bothered with puppy stuff.  Spider is 11 months old, Suggs (and this is the first time I have seen him) is 2 - Heidi is 5 and likes to run.  A lot.  But not really play.

Suggs then decided he wanted her ball.

Give me, he said.
No way, said Heidi, turning her back on him every time.
Go on, let me play with it.
Fuck off and leave me alone!

And then she snapped at him.

Big, big mistake.

Staffies are notorious  for going for the throat and hanging on.  And he did just that.

And, just because life is a bitch, when we managed to separate them (and that was hard, given his owner just tried to pull him off!) Heidi went You fucking hurt me! and went straight back again.

Only to get more hurt.

Hurt Heidi!

That's a drain - he only just missed biting her jugular.  The bite went right through her neck.  It was hard for us to see that, through all her neck fur!  She also got a bite under her eye, and on both front legs.

Feeling Sorry for Herself

She is healing nicely now.  The drain is out.  For the second time - on Friday she managed to scratch herself and pull it half out.  Then we had to take her to the emergency hospital in Watford, where they had to sedate her again.  A night in hospital for you, miss!

When we got back, I finally opened my post.  Ah, a letter from her insurer, Healthy Pets.  My premium has gone up from £184 to £222 - and this when we have already claimed for £1,100 of vets bills this year, not including the £750 this episode has already cost us.

I rang them immediately.  Yes, please, can I renew for another year.  And, um, can you send me a claim form please.

Thank goodness for insurance.  And a basically healthy, fit dog.  She is healing nicely now,  the drain is out.  Gotta go Thursday for a checkup, and next Monday for the stitches to  be taken out.

The worst is fearing she may go for smaller dogs now.  She has always been a bit of  small dog bully - part of why she snapped at Suggs in the first place - I just hope she has learnt respect for the smaller dog - she still wants to play with Spider!

It's a beautiful, warm, bright and sunny winter's day here, so I took Heidi over the park for her walk quite early. 

We'd been round twice: I'd thrown lots of balls, she had chased squirrels and balls and cooled off in the brook, and we were ready to leave, when I looked up and saw MiddleSon and his friend, OddBall, come into the park, out of the sun.  They wandered over towards me, MiddleSon with his characteristic hooded slouch and OddBall in the black jacket he wears a lot. 

So, as they got nearer to me, I hurled the ball towards them, and shouted Kill the Bad Boys, Heidi!

Only trouble was - it was not MiddleSon & OddBall at all.  Just two innocent, hoody wearing lookalikes.

They looked a bit scared of me.

That's what a white dog looks like after Heidi has wrestled him to the ground.

She Mucked Me Up!

She had been having a lot of fun with Mr X.  Even though she was carrying her ball, she still chased him.  Round and round the field they went,.

But then Mr X decided to have a go.  Woof Woof Snap Snap.

And Heidi, though not aggressive, does not like that. 

So Mr X discovered. She snapped back.  And then she got his leg and shook him.        

Then Mike got hold of Heidi, but could not get Mr X, him being quite a small dog.  So he decided to let Heidi go, because Mr X was not stopping, I could not get there in time to help and really, holding her and letting him snap would have resulted in someone being hurt.

So Heidi wrestled him to the ground.  Then she rolled him over.  Then she shook him some more.  And some more, just to make sure he got the point.  Heidi likes to make sure that you are not going to come back and start all over again.

Which he didn't.  He spent the rest of the walk next to Mike.  When Heidi went anywhere near him, he cringed and lifted his foot - Look, she hurt me.  She did this.  She did.

Fortunately I was with people who understand dogs.  And Mike had seen the whole incident start.  Cos it looked scary. 

We are all hoping Mr X (who has been rehomed for aggression, but is doing well now) learns to leave the bigger dogs alone now. 

Video her in distress and then play it back.  Bad move.

I did not do the taping, and the distress was minor, though real - damn those boys, they have gone to play football in the garden without me.  Pace.  Pace.  Whimper.  Pace.  Jump up to look through the door's window.  Pace some more.  Whimper some more.

I was out while this was going on, so Husband taped it for me, and showed me when I got back.  Unfortunately, we left the sound on and Heidi went spare.  She looked here, there, every bloody where - she went upstairs, whined at the front room till the boys let her in, went into the downstairs toilet - she was quite befuddled as to exactly where this dog in trouble was.

It took her about 20 minutes to be over that. 

So, what with the They aren't playing football with me and the Where is that poor dog, Heidi has had quite an eventful afternoon.

She is a new kid on the block.  She might like it if you said hello.  I dunno.  But she asked me to tell you she is here, at Heidi Beidi's Blog.

Don't forget the biscuits!