Which one is next?

I was reading the Tulsa Whirled over the weekend (Sunday, I think) when I saw a story about the woman who had the face transplant. It was a small story on the inside of the paper that talked about her recovery, which apparently is going well. From the time that I originally heard the story, I'd wondered what horrible accident she'd been in that required this type of operation; well, here it is...she was attacked by her pet labrador! Quick, Paul Westelhoff, put them on the banned list! Oh, and you better add the chihuahuas since a wild pack of them attacked someone in California. And, while you're at it, better add Dachshunds to the list, as my inlaws had one that bit my toe (never mind it was purchased from a backyard breeder & was probably an inbred).

This is a subject that hits close to home, as I own a miniature Dachshund (Maggie) & DH owns a German shepherd (Tessa). Now, I know that shepherds somewhere along the road obtained a reputation for being fierce, but not our Tessa...she's scared of our calico cat, Samantha! And, to appease my DH, I'd better add here that my Maggie was scared, rather, terrified, of a statue of a German shepherd I bought him to put on his desk at work. Okay, so she wasn't actually scared of it until I made barking noises while sitting behind it.

Better yet, instead of banning certain dogs, how about banning owners? Isn't this similar to the statement that guns don't kill people, people kill people? We have a five day waiting period for owning guns, why not a waiting period before obtaining a pet? We could also set up a division of DHS to come & survey the home & the surrounding neighbors to make sure that the potential owners are "worthy" to own a pet...just kidding, you can't legislate stupidity...or vote them off the island.

A special "thank you" to Michael Bates from batesline.com, who chose my suggestion of Beatrix Alicia Bates for a name as the winner in his contest. I'm sure his son will be eternally grateful to him for not having to go through life with the name Beatrix.

I got that name from a series of books called Trixie Belden that I used to read...okay, still do. I've mentioned them in a previous post & I highly suggest anyone with a young girl (heck, a young boy) should start them reading the series, which is being republished...whoohoo!

Okay, enough babble for now. There was something else I was going to comment on, but it escapes me at the moment.

Later, y'all!