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Family dog mauls girl
NT News ^ | Sept 11, 2010 | Annie Sanson

Posted on 09/10/2010 12:01:58 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs

A TERRITORY girl is lucky to be alive after she was mauled by a savage dog.

Seven-year-old Meg Croton and her brother Connor, 9, had been feeding their family's dog - an eight-year-old mastiff cross - in their Humpty Doo back yard when the girl was attacked by the vicious hound.

"I tripped on a rock and fell, and I think I kicked his leg," Meg recalled the attack. "And then it hurt very badly and he was on top of me and ripped on my head. "But my brother saved my life."

(Excerpt) Read more at ntnews.com.au ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog
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To: Salamander
Awww gee I'm sorry to hear about the Dad. What a beautiful dog he was!
Odin is my huge cuddle bunny.....:) [sometimes, too much so...he still tries to climb in my lap for snuggies and nearly squashes me]"

LOL snuggies are the best.

861 posted on 09/13/2010 11:44:48 PM PDT by bd476
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To: bd476
Yeah, I was really sad to hear it but he'd had a ~very~ good life and passed his incredible genes to many good show kennels.

He lives on in his children and grandchildren.

“LOL snuggies are the best.”

Sure, unless your “snuggie” is taller and heavier than you.

One day, hubby will find me on the sofa, pressed flat like a flower in a book...;-D

862 posted on 09/14/2010 12:06:41 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your angel, lets pretend. I'm your jailer. I'm your failure. I'm the Reaper, in the end.)
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To: Salamander
Salamander wrote: "Yeah, I was really sad to hear it but he'd had a ~very~ good life and passed his incredible genes to many good show kennels. He lives on in his children and grandchildren."

That's the best and most important thing to know. Thanks. :)


"One day, hubby will find me on the sofa, pressed flat like a flower in a book...;-D"

LOL! And hopefully not. :)

863 posted on 09/14/2010 12:22:27 AM PDT by bd476
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To: Salamander

THAT is one WONDERFUL story....that I believe. all the way. That’s why only *some* dogs are seizure-dogs...they know. Somehow, they just KNOW!!! I don’t think you can train a dog to detect a seizure...right? Wrong?

The puppy picture...now WHY did you have to post that? You realize what that does to me??? I have no more ROOM!!! I’m maxed out without being labeled a hoarder... ;) ;) ;)

I see that pic of the pup and I want another ...to start all over again.

And his Granddaddy? Oh MAN what a beautiful work of God he was...

Disclaimer: Any typos in here is due to the fact that I’m tired and need to be in bed, yaknow?


864 posted on 09/14/2010 12:28:41 AM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Here's a thought!! Donate to the website you are on RIGHT NOW!!)
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To: bd476

He just finished his night snack, is sleepy and is creeping his way across the sofa, inch by inch right now.

Destination: My lap.

[and I’m squashed over as far as I can go, already]....:))


865 posted on 09/14/2010 12:31:25 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your angel, lets pretend. I'm your jailer. I'm your failure. I'm the Reaper, in the end.)
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To: Brad's Gramma

If I recall rightly, the first seizure dog was discovered accidentally many years ago.

A person with seizures just wanted a dog [I think it was a shelter dog] and then started to notice the dog acting “concerned” before they had a seizure.

[I’m told some people can feel them coming...but I don’t know that as a fact]

The person mentioned this to somebody else and “Seizure Dogs” were created.

It’s really an amazing story that convinces me even *more* that God gave us dogs on purpose.


866 posted on 09/14/2010 12:38:30 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your angel, lets pretend. I'm your jailer. I'm your failure. I'm the Reaper, in the end.)
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To: Salamander
Awwww. Kindly skritch his ears for me. :)

867 posted on 09/14/2010 12:42:08 AM PDT by bd476
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To: bd476

I will as soon as he gets his entire muzzle and tongue out of my right ear.

:))

[it feels yucky but it makes him so happy]


868 posted on 09/14/2010 12:46:29 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your angel, lets pretend. I'm your jailer. I'm your failure. I'm the Reaper, in the end.)
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To: bd476
The troll is thriving on attention, good or bad and will say anything to get it. It's all about the troll.

I've noticed that.

There are some strange people hanging around here lately. I just bop 'em with an automatic "Ugly People" graphic now after reading about three or four words to determine if they're going to be contentious.

Some of this troll's Truther buddies pulled an attack on me the other evening on another thread. Those Truthers are nasty people and they attack in packs like hyenas.

They're all getting "Ugly People" auto-replies if they try to post to me now. :)

869 posted on 09/14/2010 4:04:25 AM PDT by Allegra (Flank steak is very lean.)
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To: Salamander; Brad's Gramma; Elixyveth

I think Brad’s Gramma was just helping her ignore the dog. :-)

You can see pictures of Ender on Elixyveth’s profile page, he’s quite the handsome boy!


870 posted on 09/14/2010 7:19:02 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (To be determined...)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Oh my...he *is* beautiful!


871 posted on 09/14/2010 7:22:42 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your angel, lets pretend. I'm your jailer. I'm your failure. I'm the Reaper, in the end.)
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To: Do Be

Aw, thanks! The kid’s his best bud...Swiper waits beneath the highchair at mealtimes, waiting for delicious bits of hot dog and yogurt that sprinkle down from above.

As far as Ant-gravity goes, there was ONE TIME I saw him leap six feet in the air to snatch a moving squirrel off the trunk of a tree...I was completey dumbfounded, as Swiper is not what you’d call an athlete. I’ve never seen him duplicate that jump.


872 posted on 09/14/2010 7:24:12 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (To be determined...)
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To: Salamander

Nice profile revamp...I knew you’d show your true colors eventually! None can maintain a facade of decency in the face of the AWESOME MOB!


873 posted on 09/14/2010 7:42:43 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (To be determined...)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Pffffft.

Just my hair shoulda been a dead giveaway.

:)


874 posted on 09/14/2010 7:47:18 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm your angel, lets pretend. I'm your jailer. I'm your failure. I'm the Reaper, in the end.)
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To: Salamander
[I’m told some people can feel them coming...but I don’t know that as a fact]

Yes. Some can.

875 posted on 09/14/2010 12:28:21 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Here's a thought!! Donate to the website you are on RIGHT NOW!!)
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To: LongElegantLegs; Elixyveth

Whooooooooooooo a there. I like your doggie!!!!


876 posted on 09/14/2010 12:30:09 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Here's a thought!! Donate to the website you are on RIGHT NOW!!)
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To: Boxsford

You are some brave lady!!


I am not brave. I just have a survival energy and mind that kicks in and takes me for a ride. Brave would be standing outside and seeing someone being attacked and risking your life to protect them. I have never been brave. Cops and soldiers are brave.


877 posted on 09/15/2010 10:07:18 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: RachelFaith

Learn and imbed self defense fighting skills, Rachel. High heels are not needed. My attacker was injured and hit the cement fast and had I not been in the mind I was in, I just would have run away. Unlike when I was a kid in Philadelphia, I carry so things are different now.

Although I changed my mind in hindsight, I thought my dad was really mean when he insisted I learn to fight him. He was not horsing around. Do learn hand to hand combat. It’s exercise with a purpose beyond vanity.


878 posted on 09/15/2010 10:59:45 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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