My blog " You really should have listened to me "Me and my Mom were out walking Zico when we spotted the dog who is often in the allotments. Suddenly, Zico was in hunting mode, ears up body down. " Mom pull him back!" I cried. "Ell, he will be fine." my Mom replied " No he won´t " I retorted. " Just go and stroke the dog to show Zico he is friendly..." " Ughh...it won´t work! " I went over and stroked the dog ( he was very friendly) through the fence. My Mom allowed Zico to pull her all the way over to the dog when BAM! Zico lunged for the dog barking and going mad. The other dog ran away and I pulled Zico close to tell him how naughty he had been, I stormed off muttering under my breathe when my Mom caught up with me. " I told you he wouldn´t be alright, but NO..." I wailed flinging my arms in the air. " OMG....look look mom he is bleeding! " I put my hand gently to his face to examine the damage. " He has cut the sides of his face," " He must of done it on the fence." my Mom replied " See if you had have listened to me this would have never happened, but no you wanted to go strait ahead" " Ellen, is that what you want to do every time we walk him, just pull him away? I want him to get used to other dogs" "That worked so well ".... This stopped after a while and I grabbed Zico´s lead and we walked home in silence. When I got home I wiped up any blood that he had shed and I then I sat down and huffed and huffed. After a while I realized how idiotic I was being and was extremely apologetic to my mom for being such a Brat! We are hoping that Zico´s gashes will heal up soon without any veterinary assistance however they are quite deep. We will keep an eye on him now and my mom will now start listening to me . Comments |