The Unwelcomed Visitor

           Teresa happened to be off work that Monday morning.  As she came out her front door heading to her car, she heard what she thought dogs fighting in her backyard.  But it couldn’t be as her dogs, Santana and Snyder, got along fine.  Looking into the fenced backyard, she saw what was causing the ruckus.  A Pit Bull was inside the backyard beating up on her little Labrador retriever, Santana.  The pure-bred husky, Snyder, was left alone.  Immediately, she yelled for help.  Luckily at a neighboring house several men were outside.  They came running and got the Pit Bull out of her backyard.  The repair to the spot where the dog had dug under the fence was done.  Later the same day a Pit Bull was seen being walked down the street by two boys.  Hopefully, it was the same dog and the problem apparently solved.

          It was one month later, August 25, 2012, that once again a Pit Bull was found in the fenced backyard.  Santana was once again the victim.  The only explanation to why choice of Pit Bull’s victim may have been that Snyder was neutered and Santana was not.  Whatever the reason, Santana was not a match for the Pit Bull.  It was a Saturday and the dog pound closed.  Teresa called the Police while her husband Dale tried separating the dogs.  Being extremely cautious, he used a ladder stretched across in both arms to get the Pit Bull on their wooden deck.  He held it across the doorway enclosing the Pit Bull within.  It was a vicious dog apparently on the prowl.  A policeman came and sit in front of the house until someone from the dog pound came.  Upon arrival, they immediately took the Pit Bull into custody.  They took pictures of Santana’s injuries.  Santana had bleeding around the neck and an eye showed injury.  As for the Pit Bull, there were apparently no injuries.  The information was taken and now they would be in search for the dog’s owner.  Blocks had been laid across the entrance where the Pit Bull got in the first time.  Those blocks had been moved and the same entrance had been used this last time.  Hopefully with more secure method of blocking, no dog would be able to enter again.

           It has been a few weeks now and Santana’s injuries have healed.  With the injury to the neck, there is not much question as what the outcome may have been if the presence of the Pit Bull had not been detected when it was.
           Once again, Santana and Snyder are at play in their own backyard.  There’s the tennis ball or toy thrown to enhance their play.  They have not a worry in the world.
           Together they are once again in what is believed to be the safety of their own home.
            If a sign was posted on the fence it should read, “Please!  No unwelcomed visitors are welcome!”


Update:  After apparently paying a fine at the dog pound, the owner took the dog home.  For the third time now the Pit Bull has gotten in the backyard, apparently jumping the fence this time.  Will a solution to the problem of an unwelcome visitor coming into a fenced backyard and attacking Teresa’s dog ever be found?