Originally posted by Twisterdog


The fact of the matter is, that freak accidents DO happen. But you can't remove everything that is dangerous from your dogs, your kids, or yourself. You will be a paranoid basketcase thinking about it all. And even if you tried, there is still no guarantee. One of my customers dogs ate a hole in the side of his crate, just big enough to get his head through, and then starting thrashing around, couldn't pull his head back out, cut his neck on the sharp edges and bled to death. Seriously. In a crate. So should we all stop using crates? Of course not! It was a freak accident.
I hear that. I've heard of so many accidents happening that were just so terrible. My mom had a whippet mix when she was young that, when tied on it's leash, would run back and forth back and forth back and forth (odd for a whippet..). One day, their chihuahua walked out there while the whippet was running, and the chain got him in the neck and broke it. She also had a dalmatian that jumped the fence, kinda decided in mid air that it wasn't a good idea, so tried to get back and got it's collar stuck on the fence and broke his neck.

The only problem we have with Timber is that there are so many children here and toys lieing around everyhwere. I pick them up when I can, but while I'm at school, what can I do? The only toy of HER'S that I've left with her unnattended is this large hard plastic bone. she can barely get a dent in it lol.