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The good news: We just wanted to let everyone know that we are in our new home in Memphis. The moving van came in Tuesday, August 5th, and everything arrived OK. We are now buried in boxes and the fun begins with unpacking and deciding where to put things. The closing on the house went great and a nice trip to St. Joesph, Missouri.
The bad news: On Friday August 1st after leaving Mitchell,SD we stayed in the Super 8 in St. Joseph, Missouri. I was returning to our motel room on the second floor with Bogie after a potty run before bed. Guy was inside watching TV and getting ready for bed. Just as I was putting the key card in the door, the door to the room three doors down opened, and two pit bull dogs came tearing out of that room. The lady/ owner was standing in the hall calling them, and then came running when she saw that they were attacking Bogie. One went for his head the other grabbed his grabbed his right rear leg. I was penned against the wall, and I was screaming for help and started beating and pulling one of the dogs. Guy heard me yelling, Bogie screaming in pain, and came out of the room barefooted and in his underwear. The lady was trying to pull off one dog that had Bogie's right rear leg. We were on the floor trying to get the other dog's jaws pried off Bogie's head. We were kicking, screaming for help, and someone who came out in the hall called 911. Guy was finally able to get Bogie loose from the pit bull that had his right frnt leg at that point and was able to hold the pit bull down by laying on top of the dog and pinning it to the ground. The lady and I were finally able to get the other dog's jaws open, and I was able to get Bogie back into the room. I was a basket case, white as a sheet, out of breath, and had a badly bitten finger. Poor Bogie was a mess lying in a puddle of blood. The EMT's, fire department, police, and animal control all arrived. Since my blood pressure was so high, and I had the pacemaker, they put me under oxygen and took me to the St. Joe ER by ambulance. Guy got dressed, the EMT's called an emergency vet, and then led him to an emergency vet who worked on Bogie and kept him overnight. Guy then came to the hospital to check on me and have his bite wounds checked.
Bogie has bite puncture wounds all over his right rear leg, up under his right thigh, back lower tummy, under his right front arm pit, and all on top of his right front leg, one on his lip, and one on his tail, some of which were stitched up and some had drains put in. He was put on pain meds and antibiotics. We were able to pick him up at noon on Saturday and continue our journey. The vet there did an awesome job on him and told us he would be OK to travel. So we continued on to Columbia, MO where we spent the night. Then Sunday we headed to Memphis and got here about 5:30 PM.
We took Bogie to a vet here on Monday the 4th to be rechecked, and he removed the drains.He goes back on the 15th to have stitches removed. Bogie is improving but really really hobbles on the right rear. and is one sad looking Basset. The vet said the ACL may be torn as well, but that we will cross that bridge when he heals enough from his bite wounds. Bogie is still on antibiotics and pain meds. Thankfully his head, back, left side, and ears were OK, and he didn't damage the ACL repair on the left side.
Back to Connie: I had my middle finger on the palm side stitched up with four stitches leaving the rest open to drain. I lost some pieces of flesh, and had it been a normal cut it would have taken about 14 stitches to close it up. My blood pressure went down, heart OK, so they released me about midnight Friday night after stitching my finger, and I'm on antibiotics. I saw a doctor here today, and he rechecked my finger. It should heal OK with a nasty scar, but it will take a while. Guy didn't have stitches, but has several bite and puncture wounds on his hands and claw scrapes on his feet, so he's on antibiotics, too. We both have lots of bruises, pulled muscles from our efforts to free Bogie and are very sore, but OK. It could have been much worse, and we are just grateful the pit bulls didn't turn on us, and we were able to save Bogie.
The two pit bulls were taken and impounded. At the time of the attack they had no collars on and no leashes. We are in the process now of working with the animal control and police of St. Joe, getting the reports, etc. and getting advice on how to handle all of this. So we now have the claim to fame of being pit bull attack survivors.
Back to good news! Our daughter came from Little Rock to help start the unpacking process and was here through the weekend. We are OK, our bruises and bumps are improving, Bogie will heal again, and we will get unpacked. Please send Bogie some healing drool, and I'll try to keep you posted. For now internet is with cell phone.
Connie
The bad news: On Friday August 1st after leaving Mitchell,SD we stayed in the Super 8 in St. Joseph, Missouri. I was returning to our motel room on the second floor with Bogie after a potty run before bed. Guy was inside watching TV and getting ready for bed. Just as I was putting the key card in the door, the door to the room three doors down opened, and two pit bull dogs came tearing out of that room. The lady/ owner was standing in the hall calling them, and then came running when she saw that they were attacking Bogie. One went for his head the other grabbed his grabbed his right rear leg. I was penned against the wall, and I was screaming for help and started beating and pulling one of the dogs. Guy heard me yelling, Bogie screaming in pain, and came out of the room barefooted and in his underwear. The lady was trying to pull off one dog that had Bogie's right rear leg. We were on the floor trying to get the other dog's jaws pried off Bogie's head. We were kicking, screaming for help, and someone who came out in the hall called 911. Guy was finally able to get Bogie loose from the pit bull that had his right frnt leg at that point and was able to hold the pit bull down by laying on top of the dog and pinning it to the ground. The lady and I were finally able to get the other dog's jaws open, and I was able to get Bogie back into the room. I was a basket case, white as a sheet, out of breath, and had a badly bitten finger. Poor Bogie was a mess lying in a puddle of blood. The EMT's, fire department, police, and animal control all arrived. Since my blood pressure was so high, and I had the pacemaker, they put me under oxygen and took me to the St. Joe ER by ambulance. Guy got dressed, the EMT's called an emergency vet, and then led him to an emergency vet who worked on Bogie and kept him overnight. Guy then came to the hospital to check on me and have his bite wounds checked.
Bogie has bite puncture wounds all over his right rear leg, up under his right thigh, back lower tummy, under his right front arm pit, and all on top of his right front leg, one on his lip, and one on his tail, some of which were stitched up and some had drains put in. He was put on pain meds and antibiotics. We were able to pick him up at noon on Saturday and continue our journey. The vet there did an awesome job on him and told us he would be OK to travel. So we continued on to Columbia, MO where we spent the night. Then Sunday we headed to Memphis and got here about 5:30 PM.
We took Bogie to a vet here on Monday the 4th to be rechecked, and he removed the drains.He goes back on the 15th to have stitches removed. Bogie is improving but really really hobbles on the right rear. and is one sad looking Basset. The vet said the ACL may be torn as well, but that we will cross that bridge when he heals enough from his bite wounds. Bogie is still on antibiotics and pain meds. Thankfully his head, back, left side, and ears were OK, and he didn't damage the ACL repair on the left side.
Back to Connie: I had my middle finger on the palm side stitched up with four stitches leaving the rest open to drain. I lost some pieces of flesh, and had it been a normal cut it would have taken about 14 stitches to close it up. My blood pressure went down, heart OK, so they released me about midnight Friday night after stitching my finger, and I'm on antibiotics. I saw a doctor here today, and he rechecked my finger. It should heal OK with a nasty scar, but it will take a while. Guy didn't have stitches, but has several bite and puncture wounds on his hands and claw scrapes on his feet, so he's on antibiotics, too. We both have lots of bruises, pulled muscles from our efforts to free Bogie and are very sore, but OK. It could have been much worse, and we are just grateful the pit bulls didn't turn on us, and we were able to save Bogie.
The two pit bulls were taken and impounded. At the time of the attack they had no collars on and no leashes. We are in the process now of working with the animal control and police of St. Joe, getting the reports, etc. and getting advice on how to handle all of this. So we now have the claim to fame of being pit bull attack survivors.
Back to good news! Our daughter came from Little Rock to help start the unpacking process and was here through the weekend. We are OK, our bruises and bumps are improving, Bogie will heal again, and we will get unpacked. Please send Bogie some healing drool, and I'll try to keep you posted. For now internet is with cell phone.
Connie
Best wishes for speedy physical and emotional recovery for you both. 
