HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE

Hello everyone,   I`ve had a hell of an day.  After last night too.  Jim came in from work yesterday afternoon, closed the front door behind and CLUNK, the lock on the door broke and all six bolts on the door now prevent it from being opened.  In fact, we are lucky that we have another door to the front or we would be trapped in the house.  Because of the type of door catches we have, we most likely will need a new door.  We have a friend who came out to see us last, he fits double glazing and doors for a living.  He`s not hopeful of saving the door at all.  He will let us know what do do by Monday, he is going to consult with an expert before coming to any definete conclusion.  He did say though, not to go to a locksmith as they charge a fortune just to drill through the barrel of the lock.  So for now we are using the dining room door.  We are lucky that we still have the door, because when we did the building work on our kichen and we were knocking down walls etc., we were going to brick up the door and put in a window.  The reason we didn`t was that I thought that if and when we sell up, another family might not like the idea of only one door.  I`m certainly glad we stuck with the idea or we would have to climb in and out of the window !

Back to my rotten day today.  This morning was filled with boring housework, nothing different there,  but this afternoon we took Jake out for a walk to Burnham Beeches, again nothing different, but while we were out and on our way back to the car, we walked passed a couple of elderly people with dogs, we know them slightly and stopped to say `hello`. We were just about to go when one of the dogs jumped on Jake and attacked him viciously.  It wasn`t one of this spats that dogs have to see who is boss, the type that sorts itself out in no time, no it was a full-blown attack that came from nowhere.  Poor Jake , he was screaming as he was bitten again and again, Jim kept trying to grab the dog, ( who wasn`t wearing a collar, thus making it even harder) but it kept getting away from him and going straight back from the now very frightened Jake.  Eventually Jim did manage to pull him off long enough for the lady owner to put him back on a lead, but he was still trying to get Jake.  The lady, who is probably in her seventies looked terribly upset and apologised profusely saying her dog had never before done a thing like that, he probably hadn`t, but for an old dog he was certainly very nasty.  We told her not to worry and that Jake was OK,  and we left them and got back to the car as soon as we could. He had a couple of red marks on his ears and he was wet around the neck, no real damage, but he was very shaken.  Jim and I were both very upset and are still wondering what could have sparked the assault.  When we got home I started shaking and felt very hot, I even thought I was going to faint. I went outside and sat down, shock , I suppose.  It was a very upsetting experience, Jake`s Ok but i do hope it doesn`t make him wary of dogs in future.  He has a wonderful nature and it would be very sad if it was spoiled by this.  

Sorry for my long ramble, but it helps to put it down on paper, so to speak. Bye for now and have a very good Saturday. :-)

 

by Angel