The Brown's: April 2009

Though this is a story with lots of emotion and every detail remembered... the jest is that our Buster was attacked or should I say carried off by a Coyote on Monday. Thank God she lives on. Ryan took her to the golf course on the other side of our backyard fence to hit a couple of balls. he was right in front of our house but little did he know that just a few houses down was a coyote lurking in the very short distance. Buster probably saw him and approached him because we didn't hear a sound. When Ryan did see her in his mouth he took off after it and it took off with Buster dangling still in it's toothy grips. Ryan shouted continuously at it but it was when he finally through his club at it that he dropped Buster to lye motionless with her tongue hanging out and her eyes wide with shock. His thought was, she's not going to make it. When I was aware of what was going on I grabbed a towel (for pressure on her gushing wounds) and called 411 for the nearest hospital. Ryan kept pounding on our shocked and motionless dog until she finally started responding by coughing blinking and moving her tongue that was still handing out until then. About 10 minutes later he was at the Emergency vets and buster was put on pain meds and antibiotics asap. After she was stable came the x rays. No internal damage what so ever!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe that. What a miracle. I believe it's because she is a fat dog and her neck is actually seriously fat. You can see the rolls in these pictures. So although I am now putting her on a diet to save her life in the future, it is currently acting as some kind on protection layer. In the x rays you can see that the teeth marks went deep but not much beyond the fat. She is still on antibiotics because coyotes are nasty animals and she may need a rabies booster. I am taking her to our regular vet today for a follow up.