We spend countless hours training our dogs to have good manners, come when we call them, walk next to us. Not run in to kids,  sit before eating.

We exercise our dogs   so they can burn excess energy, so they don’t become destructive.

We take them around other dogs so they can be socialized.

I spend hours and hours on training people and dogs onand how to meet other dogs & owners.

But all of that becomes pretty useless when an other dog attacks your dog.

That’s just what happened to me a few days ago.

I was playing with my dogs before our day begun in the field near my home when I saw a the dog without an owner.  As soon I saw the dog I knew she was not a nice dog.  She did not display any of the socialized dog meeting rituals.

In the blink of an eye my Ridgeback and the new dog got into a dog fight, and the pitbull was latched on the my Ridgeback’s neck.

While trying to get the Pitbull to release my dog,  on one hand I was thinking:  I don’t want to hurt her, on the other hand I was thinking is there anything I can kill this dog with?

It took about 3 minutes before someone stopped and offered help.  Once the dogs were separated and my dogs were in our home  Pitbull went back to normal. I took her back to her house and tied her to a tree.

While running back to takeDjembe to the vet I called 311 to report the dog attack.

The owner turned out to be a guy who I saw earlier being dragged by his other 2 pitbulls. “He went to the store and left her at home, she must have jumped out the window . he said. I assume it was to follow, possibly find him.  He seemed sorry about the incident and said he will pay for the medical bills.

If  you have been following my personal blog, then you know I’ve been a student of  Metaphysics and Law of Attraction for years, and I always try to seek the deeper lessons.

As soon as I was able to think straight I begun asking what was the purpose of such a terrible incident and what were the lessons I learned? I will post more on this subject in future posts, but for now  this is what I got:

1) Training our dogs  does not mean other dogs will not attack / hurt our dogs. So, as a good leader we have to be ready to protect our pack members.

2) Leash laws will not protect us and our dogs if the other dog is not attached to another human being with a leash also.

3) Important to have 1 or 2  24hr vet numbers ready for emergencies.

4) When in crisis get centered and look at the big picture. If you’re panicking you can’t help anyone.  Shameless plug to my US Air Force training, Fire Department School in particular

More to come.