It's after 4 in the morning.
I can't go back to sleep out of fear of being mauled by the biggest dog in the house.
Close to 3 I woke up to Sadie (who knows she's not supposed to enter) in the room trying to get on my bed.
She was not acting right again.
I've seen this behavior in her quite a few times before, and I assumed in my groggy state she might pee on my bed because she isn't one for continence.
So I refused to let her up.
She used to act this way to only thunder.
Then I started seeing her react this way to the neighbor's lawn keeper.
She has lurched out and bit my children in their faces leaving scratches (i have pictures) and I've thrown fits to no avail.
She's demonstrated numerous times that she is not stable around children but hasn't really attacked anyone unprovoked.
A tail has either been pulled by the toddler or she's been jumped on by the rowdy 8 year old. All of which isn't ok but typical of children and with these reactions she is not suitable for a house full of them.
No, I'm not making excuses for the dog.
I've got pictures of the marks she has left on my children but because of the housing situation and my husband being gone my hands have been tied.
I'm evidently the only one who chooses children's welfare over a dog.
Regardless of what the children have done, if she can't handle it she's not a good dog to have around children.
The dog is not registered in my name so I am not liable.
HOWEVER at 2:30 in the morning it is not provoked, and she had no business being in my bedroom when I was finally able to sleep after 2 days. It also isn't characteristic of her to try and force herself into my bed for no reason.
I sleepily said "no" and tried to push her down.
She would not listen to the command and refused to move as I tried to push her paws down, and tried to get up on the bed once again.
I pointed and motioned "down". I'm slowly waking up at this point, still wanting to keep my eyes closed, laying on my left side facing the bay window and weakly trying to push her off.
She stayed halfway on the bed, and she stood ground, now shaking like a leaf as if she was about to be sick.
I again said "down" and attempted a third time to push the 100+lb dog to the floor.
She pissed all over the floor as I assumed she would, but the difference was that this time, she growled at me, bared her teeth and tried to bite my face.
When her attempt at my face failed, she immediately retracted and lunged for my hand, grazed my pinky finger, but was once again unsuccessful in her attempt to break skin.
This is getting ridiculous.
I'm almost 30 weeks pregnant and being attacked in my bed by a mentally unstable dog at 2:30 in the morning.
I have had it. This is NOT OK.
