Run over at the dog park

I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF LADY GETTING RUN
OVER AT THE DOG PARK, SO THIS WILL HAVE TO DO.

Lady had a rough time today at the dog park. She was standing around when two younger and bigger (and more active) dogs ran into her bottom. This happens to her now and then, but her reaction was stronger than normal.

She spun and went down and let out a loud YIPE! Crying all the way, she staggered up and limped badly to where I was sitting on a bench. She spent the next few minutes clearly afraid that she'd be hurt again, so I took her to the small-dog side.

Naturally, within minutes all of the humans present took their dogs and left.

Strangely, she was limping worse last week than she is now.

Update: Lady was limping slightly today, the day after she got hurt. We walked a little bit around the neighborhood, and she seemed happy with that.

Update: Because of her limp, I haven't taken her to the dog park but maybe once in a couple of weeks. She doesn't want to get into the van.

Contact: I can be reached at tgilli52@gmail.com or nc3022@yahoo.com. Also, my Twitter handle is EDITORatWORK.

More entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• YIP! YIP! The stereo-sound huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!