Oakland woman and service dog kicked off Southwest Airlines flight

San Jose Mercury ^ | 11/29/2013 | Kristin J. Bender

[trisham]

I once had a dog snap at me, although I’m sure it didn’t intend to make contact. It was a Chihuahua whose owner was holding him in her arms. I felt sorry for the dog, as the owner is a fool.

[Salamander]

Worst animal bite I ever had;

And here is the tiny villain, Candy

Itty bitty baby Boas are nippy and paranoid...:)

Notice that rather than rushing to find peroxide and/or a tourniquet, I grabbed the camera to get a photo to show to all my snaky pals, who all agreed that I needed to be Life-lifted to the ER *or* simply said that I was as good as dead...LOL

[trisham]

LOL! Our ferret, Fred nipped our feet when he was a baby, but he never drew blood. He was a great pet.

[Salamander]

I had two ferrets.

I could never get the ex to understand that their nips weren’t what did the damage, it was him yanking his hand away that caused it.

They were such fun little critters.

[trisham]

Happy, happy, happy little creatures. Always busily playing. We took ours on fishing vacations. He loved being on the boat, just like our dogs.

[Salamander]

Mine use to embed themselves irretrievably deep within my sofa.

The only way I could get them to come out was to holler “PEAS!!!” because they would then think I had cooked up a pan of peas with butter and sugar and eagerly come running out.

The funny part was my landlord [maternal GFather] had a no pets policy and didn’t know they were there.

He and my grandmother thought I was insane, sitting alone next door, repeatedly yelling “PLEASE!!!” at the top of my lungs for no apparent reason.

Not wanting to divulge my stealth weasels, I let them have their illusion.

;]

[Salamander]

Aren’t these random little vignettes of my life/psyche disturbing?

;D

[trisham]

LOL!

[trisham]

LOL! More enchanting than disturbing..:)

[Salamander]

Ah, good.

I can use you as a character witness should they ever come to haul me away.

;]

[trisham]

:)