dog fight update

I wanted to give a quick update on the dog fight from a week-and-a-half ago.

My neighbor has been released from the hospital, and I went to visit him and take him some soup. He had his family with him and seemed to be in good spirits, though he’ll require some recovery time. At the time that I saw him, he still had no memory of what had happened.

I gave him an overview of the details. He was glad to hear that Lakshmi is alright. Indeed, Lakshmi is healing nicely and finished her round of antibiotics this morning. I hope to get her back to the dog park some time this week, as she’s been anxious to get out and play again.

My neighbor’s daughter let me know that his dog, who had attacked Lakshmi, had been put down. She had apparently been showing signs of increasing aggression toward family members, and this incident with my dog was the last straw. I’m sad that this was the outcome for the dog — though it would have take some very special circumstances and a lot of time and energy to try to rehabilitate her — and am sorry for my neighbor to lose another companion.

In the aftermath of this canine altercation, and under the crunch of work and some other projects and turbulence, I’ve not been as personally active online as usual. If you’ve tried contacting me lately and you’re not an editor, you probably haven’t heard back from me for a week or more — other than quick-hit e-mail exchanges, I owe replies to most of my friends and family. I did take off some time last Friday afternoon and Saturday, to get away from the computer and catch up on some reading, but then was back at work Saturday night and into Sunday.

It’s still crunch time for my writing work, but I’m starting to catch up. I think Lakshmi and I both could use some time at the dog park.