I want to Bite Someone/Something/Anything

Max is quite a big lad at 45kgs a Bloodhound/Foxhound cross. I’ve seen him in a few scrapes before without barely a squeak. Today would be different!

Me and Max

The usual routine of searching for his ball on a rope in the now dying off Bracken is followed by collect the stick from the lake. Max does everything with great enthusiasm except today he didn’t bank on his friend Google (a Shar Pei/Beagle cross) getting in the way. Of course Billie Bobs the pup, would also get under everyone’s’ feet.

His favourite stick today happened to be an Oak branch, which had in no way begun to rot, and so had the density of a baseball bat. After I had thrown it and had it retrieved a few times, Google decided that he was bored and so would steal the only stick that was available in the entire park! Well after each visit to the lake Max would dry off by rolling around in the grass and dirt, but on this occasion he paid little attention when getting back up and the timing could be no worse. Google was now running past with this three foot solid Oak branch in his mouth. As Max got to his feet and turned to his right, I heard the horrible sound of Oak on skull. Had Max have been human I have no doubt a concussion and a hospital visit would have followed. A squeal, immediately followed by a growl and being slightly non-plussed shaking his head I imagine to clear it and also in an attempt to find out who the hell just hit/bit him. I immediately grabbed Max, as the pup being totally unaware of what had just happened had no idea she was wandering in the teeth of a hurricane. I held him tight and after a short while he began to calm down where I could see he had been incredibly lucky and the stick had struck him right beneath his eye lashes leaving a small cut which had it been 3-4mm lower would almost certainly with the force of the blow, have blinded the poor boy.

Well Max shrugged this injury off by grinding his face into the dirt until the pain started to subside. Bless him, he was VERY lucky.