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Comment by Dez Hunter on July 22, 2009 at 9:55am

Hahahahaahahaaa!! You're awesome! ^o^

Comment by Ollie and Dinah on July 22, 2009 at 9:32am

Punk kids. You should make them some glass muffins. joking!

Comment by Dez Hunter on July 10, 2009 at 11:35am

Oooh really? ^o^ Yeah, if it keeps up I will definitely make a paper trail somehow. Honestly, though, I think the kid learned his lesson. It kind of scares me to think that the kid was throwing glass in my yard to intentionally hurt my dog though. That, to me, is behavior akin to torturing squirrels and I hope his mom catches that as a bad sign. :( I know "boys will be boys" but how this went down really makes me uncomfortable. *hides Dexter in the back yard*

Comment by A & P on July 10, 2009 at 11:26am

Glad that it all worked out! Hopefully this will be it and it is not the local Humane Society will assist in situation like this as they take this type of situation seriously and will talk the families and track a history of abuse. :D

Comment by John Wolff on July 10, 2009 at 1:01am

What I would suggest is that you talk to this boy(s) with some empathy and help him get some empathy for the dog. Introduce him to Dex, show him what a nice guy he is, show him that the cut healed and he's OK -- this tells the kid 2 things: 1. Somebody nice got hurt here, and 2. It's not too bad, it's forgivable. Treat the kid like a dog: hey, you screwed-up a bit, but now we're friends again, right? I think the forgiveness thing is really important. You want this kid on your side. And once you're friends with the kid, you'll never have trouble with him again.

If you read him the riot act and call out the National Guard, you run the risk of making an enemy of the kid forever, and then you can kiss cooperation goodbye.

Something like this happened to me as a kid. I was doing something quite innocent which a parent (new to the neighborhood) completely misinterpreted as bullying his kid, and actually assaulted me, hauling me off to my parents by my ear (literally and forcefully). It was scary. All my friends witnessed it. This incident (and others) somewhat poisoned relationships with that family's kids, and tragically they were never quite fully welcomed. So be careful; you want those boys on your side. Give them a chance to make friends with Dex.

FYI: Al has cut his tongue several times on the soccer ball (yes, the soccer ball) and tongue cuts bleed profusely when the dog is cooling by panting, and they stop bleeding very quickly.

Comment by Dez Hunter on July 9, 2009 at 8:23pm

^^ Aw, thanks for the nice comments! When I got home I checked his mouth and I couldn't see the place where he cut his tongue, which means it wasn't too bad. The BF went to the neighbor's house and told the parents and the mom was really upset. The kid confessed and the mom dragged him over to apologize and even offered to have him work off his bad behavior. We really don't want to punish him, we just want him to leave our pup alone. :( So hopefully this thing is resolved. I was about to go Mommy-crazy on that kid, though. I am sorry to hear about your parent's dachshund problem, that sounded horrible!! What has gotten into kids lately?

:D Thanks for all the advice and concern, you guys are real sweet! <3

Comment by Libby and Dyddy!! on July 9, 2009 at 8:09pm

You should call the cops now. Press charges so they have record of it, if it happens again. Even if the cops just shrug and walk away, its documented.

Comment by Jennifer on July 9, 2009 at 7:03pm

Oh how awful! I hate to say it, but the police probably won't be able to do much of anything. If possible, you should see about setting up a webcam or something to catch them in the act!

My mom's dachshund was almost killed when the neighbor kids thought it would be funny to throw a bag of brownie mix over the fence one day. All the police said was, "Well, you don't have any proof, so there's nothing we can do." They didn't even go talk to the parents, nothing. So frustrating!

I hope your little guy is ok!

Comment by A & P on July 9, 2009 at 5:14pm

Oh no...sorry to hear. Hope Dex is ok...Dex reminds me of my Parker! Parker also had the white stripe fur on his head and one day it was gone! Just FYI, keep records (dates/times) of when you have found glass in the yard. This way when you report the incident you can show a history. Good luck!

Comment by Aj on July 9, 2009 at 5:09pm

Omg, is Dex okay? :(

That's so dangerous...I would definitely call the cops if this happens again.