Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why weren't you carrying a gun? The police have neither the manpower nor the inclination to protect and defend the individual citizen. If you want to survive, you better learn how to use a gun and carry one. Don R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Rottweiler attack > Oh this is just an awful story. > > All the best to you all and a special scratch around the ears for Riddy. > > Lea > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mitch Zeissler" <zeissler@directvinternet.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 4:59 AM > Subject: [Leica] Rottweiler attack > > > : All... > : > : As I was walking our dogs on the usual route around our block early Friday > : morning, we were attacked by two loose Rottweilers. Dawn was able to > break > : away and bolt for home; Riddy and I weren't so lucky. I'll spare you the > : gory details, but Riddy was injured pretty badly and required emergency > : surgery to patch him up. While trying to break his hold on Riddy during > the > : attack, I was bitten on the hand by the largest of the two Rottweilers. > My > : injuries are not serious, but will require me to go through the series of > 5 > : rabies shots, beginning on Monday [they are no longer the painful shots > : through the abdomen]. > : > : We do not know the Rottweilers and the best suspect in the case is denying > : to Montgomery County Animal Control that his two animals got out. We > spent > : all of Friday getting the two of us through medical treatment and much of > : yesterday trying to locate the Rottweilers, to no avail. > : > : To keep this on topic, I *did* take photos of our injuries to keep as > : evidence, plus a couple of Riddy as they were working on him, but think > : they'll be too ghastly to post. > : > : /Mitch > : _________________________________________ > : Mitch Zeissler > : E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com > : > : > : -- > : To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > : > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html