The inevitable fight between Porter and Brenda

Last week, the inevitable happened. Porter and Brenda got in a nasty fight. I had gone to bed before Ben and put Brenda in her crate in the bedroom. Porter and Sadie were on the bed with me. When Ben came to bed a few hours later, Brenda awoke and started barking at him. Porter started barking at Brenda like he always does, but this time, Brenda somehow got out of the crate. I guess i didn't secure the latch properly.

I don't remember any of this because I was sound asleep, but according to Ben, Porter latched onto Brenda's ear and they were in a tussle that he couldn't break up in fear that she'd then go after him. I jumped out of bed, tore them apart, put Brenda back in her crate and instantly fell back asleep.

The next morning I was walking Brenda down the stairs when she started whimpering. I didn't know why, but upon further investigation I realized that the clip of the leash was hitting the wound on her ear. I picked up her ear flap and saw a huge gaping and bleeding bite. She was in a lot of pain.

I walked her for a bit, but then I was going to be late for the class that I teach on Saturday mornings so I put her muzzle on and asked Ben to clean it up. He did and luckily it has not gotten infected.

A day later, though, we noticed a bite on her eye--it was a puncture that got both the top and bottom so it looks like her eye was closed when it happened--that did swell up. It's not so bad that she needs to go to the vet, but I have been calling her Rocky every since. The biggest drag is that she can't wear her muzzle until it heals, which mean she's been having to spend more time in the crate.