Devastated

Saturday had to be the worst.....day.....of...my...life.

Saturday around 5pm, my daughter, Kallie (2 yrs old) was attacked by our family dog. Not, bit, not snipped at, full blown attacked.

I am so luck that I was in the room when it happened, because I can honestly say that I believe she would be dead if I hadn't been.

I have never been so completely and utterly devastated......so shocked...and so in the dark. The dog grabbed her by the face, mainly her lip. I had to kick my dog as hard as I could to get her to let go of the baby.

I could tell that if i didn't kick her, she would not have let her go. The dogs head was thrashing back and forth, and the growl that was coming out of her was that of a completely different dog.....it wasn't my dog that did this.

In a panic, I hit the redial button on my moms phone, and thank god it was my sisters phone number that it called. She lives only 2 blocks down the street. All I could say in between screams and tears was" Kallie's bleeding!!! get here now!! Kallie's bleeding!!!" .

Erik phoned about 2 seconds later, to which I screamed the same thing to him, even though I knew he couldn't get here.

When i hung up with Erik, my sister and her boyfriend were coming through the door. Michelle's boyfriend Mike found the dog, and took her outside, and Michelle called 911. Tiana, in the meantime, was curled up under a blanket hiding in my mothers favorite chair, crying, scared to death.

A few minutes later, the police came through the door, ready to draw their guns if the dog was still in the house, and vicious. Paramedics followed.

Once we got the bleeding controled, we finally were able to see the extent of the attack.

5 complete through the lip punctures, through her top lip, on the right side, just under her nose. Multiple lacterations to the inside of her lip, from the dogs teeth. She has scratches across the top of her nose, as well as under her chin.

they loaded kallie up, and took her to the ambulance, and we headed for the hospital, Tiana stayed with my sister.

I guess animal control showed up after the ambulance left.

The doctors cleaned Kallie up, and none of the wounds were able to be closed by glue or stitches. We were told to keep the wounds clean, and keep antibacterial cream on them, like polysporin. All of kallie's immunizations are up to date, so no need for tetanus.

I still can't believe this happened. Nia was my baby, I had her for almost 10 yrs. She has never so much as growled at someone, let alone snip or bite at someone. Animal control said that her breed is virtually safe for people, never heard of attacks from a lab/collie mix before.

I don't know why she snapped. There has been alot of confusion with mom in and out of hospital, but she seemed fine. The attack was completely unprovoked. The dog was sleeping by the back door, and Kallie was going to sit in my mom's favorite chair, and the dog attacked.

Kallie is feeling alot better already, swelling is gone, and the wounds are healing nicely, there's a good chance she won't scar...but I will be scarred forever from this. Not only did my child get injured, but we lost a loved family pet. I don't think I could ever put my heart into another dog, after this happened. I am such a dog lover, and I fall in love so easily with them, but I could never, never trust a dog after this.

I'm just so thankful that my baby is ok. She's ok.