Rough day for Luna

Today was Luna's birthday. She is 3 years old! But I am ashamed to say that I totally forgot until about 5pm. I just didn't remember what the date was. I am a horrible Mama. 

But that's not the worst of it. 

Today, at the office, Luna got attacked by another dog :( I was out walking a group at the time, but my boss was there and she said that it seemed totally unprovoked. Luna and this dog were coexisting fine all morning then all of a sudden Luna was being attacked. And this dog has apparently never been aggressive before, which makes it even more unexpected. My poor baby got so terrified she pooped all over herself. [Sorry, that was TMI.] But it breaks my heart! My boss pulled the other dog off of her and cleaned her up. She made it through with only two small cuts, which are luckily only surface scrapes. 

I got there after it happened and took her with me for my afternoon walk to get her out of the office and keep her distracted. She was really nervous and reactive for the rest of the day and has been sleeping ever since we got home. Getting extra, extra cuddles on the bed.

I just feel so terrible that this happened to her and I wasn't there to comfort her. My boss tried to give her love and cuddles but she wanted none of it. In her words, "She just wanted her Mama." It makes me so sad. AND that I forgot her birthday! Not that she knows the difference, but I like to give her special treats on her special day.

And to top it all off, we had 2 earthquakes today. Maybe that has something to do with the sudden aggression of the dog? I have no idea. But dogs sense these things much stronger than we do, so who knows. 

All I know is that we had a little too much excitement for one day, and not in a good way. 

Tomorrow Luna is going to get a wonderful tasty new treat, I don't care how much it costs. Hopefully extra spoiling and cuddling will make her forget about her trauma today. She has been doing so well at work, becoming less nervous about everything, and she loves it there. It would be a bummer if this set her back.

Let's hope tomorrow is a much better day.