Day Seven

dog park

dog park-Sammy, Kate & Mike. 

Downtown with Duke

Mike had some work to do today so we planed to do something close by. We decided to try out the Huntingtion Beach dog park in Huntingtion Beach's central park. This park is the same size as Central Park in NYC. It has a huge equestrian center, dog park, lake, nature center, trails & playscapes. The first place we stopped didn't have the dog park we were looking for so Kate & Mike played on the playscape while Sammy, Alex & I went for a walk. Next we drove around until we found the dog park. Sammy, Mike & Kate headed into the very large dog park & then Mike handed Kate to me over the fence. Kate was playing on a large playscape when I heard some dogs fighting. I turned around & I could see Mike by the dogs that were fighting & realized it was Sammy!!! Oh goodness!! Then I had to fight with Kate to get her off the playscape to see if Sammy was ok. Mike says that him & Sammy were minding their own business, playing fetch when this pit bull came up to them while they were sitting on a bench. Mike asked the owners to get their dog & told them that Sammy didn't like other dogs. The people didn't listen & their dog attacked Sammy!! Both of Sammy's front legs were bleeding. A nice man cleaned Sammy up & the owner of the pit bull told us to meet them at a vet's office. Luckily Sammy is ok, she just needed some skin stitched together. Our poor Sammy!!
After the excitement this morning, we decided to stroll around the shops in downtown Huntington Beach. It was mostly restaurants, but still fun.
Mike picked Sammy up from the vet & yes, the pit bull's owner did pay the vet bill, but she also wanted Mike to sign a form saying we would not sue. She never did say she was sorry, said it was our fault for bringing a toy!!! Mike has called animal control to make a report. My stomach is in knots about this whole thing!! We were going to head to the San Diego Zoo tomorrow, but now we have to stay home with Sammy. Oh goodness.