Oh, poor Josie and poor you! I am glad that she's alright. I don't know if I would have been able to hold back as well as you. *hugs*

When we had Chyna, our rottie girl, she was such a sweet dog. Well, one day she was out in the front yard and kids were getting out of school. (I lived near an elementary school, a ball park, and a school for troubled young boys.). Some kid was walking by and throwing rocks and poking her with big sticks through the fence. We called the police and the kid left. The cop said she would have to have been put to sleep if she would have bitten him out of SELF DEFENSE.