Too late - it was all over years ago. Insurance said since she wasn't disfigured we couldn't sue him. I'm STILL amazed at her presence of mind. I didn't think "what to do if attacked by an animal" came under "reading, writing and arithmetic!" Maybe it was the "drop and roll" about what to do in a fire, or maybe she was at the age when she wanted to be a veterinary surgeon and felt she had a gift for helping animals in need??? She said "I knew if I became boring and invisible, it wouldn't be as interested in me." I didn't know anything about pit bulls, or even that it was one, before this event.
that time of year - do you steal your neighbors' leaves?
She said "I knew if I became boring and invisible, it wouldn't be as interested in me."
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My goodness. You do have an amazing daughter. Most people don't even think about this until they have already wasted important parts of their lives.
Just smart about animals, especially ferocious ones, I guess. Of course, I think she's totally amazing, but her teachers often don't agree with me!
Carrie: How old was she at the time?
Karen
I swipe my neighbors clippings and leaves all the time. My neighbor across the ally dumps their grass cuttings by the side of the ally and I take a trash can and rake and go get them.Why let them go to waste?
I just asked her on the phone - she was 9, she had NOT learned in school anything about animal or dog attacks, but had just learned the drop and roll in case you're ON fire thing they teach them now. She doesn't remember much, she says, but does say she felt bad for the dog, which she thought (and still thinks) was being mistreated.
Wow, it is amazing that a 9 year old would have the presence of mind to control herself like that. I'm not sure I would.
Is she an adult now, Carrie? Does she like dogs?
Karen
She's 17, she does like dogs, and after a few very rough years in the middle there she turned out very well! I agree, then OR now, I wouldn't have been able to control myself either. Running would have been so instinctive.... and deadly.