Hello, I am the owner of Suzy the Treacherous Blind Bassett Hound. I read with interest this particular thread because I had once been attacked by a Whippet back in the day when I went to a few student's homes to teach. Very unnerving, and I have always owned dogs. Suzy went through a "territorial/protective" phase after my husband died, and she was not welcoming to students or anyone - Tom being the exception! I knew I had to keep her isolated during teaching times and have to say, it was difficult because students were sure that she'd be glad to see them. She wasn't, she snapped and growled and I was worried about being sued - not only for injury, but plain irresponsibility. Suzy is now old and less of a threat, but still she doesn't like being startled (it makes her embarrassed that she didn't hear) and she can be testy. So, tuners, teachers and dog owners, take heed - you never know if the hand that pets and feeds might be bitten. I think the Kevlar gloves are brilliant and could be useful with unfriendly cats as well. Myrna Rybczyk From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of tom Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 8:21 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] The gift that saved me. Subject: Re: [pianotech] The gift that saved me. Hello All. I usually only post technical questions, and your responses have always been extremely helpful and I thank you all. However I must share my personal experience at a new customer's home yesterday, and a Christmas gift from my wife that saved my right hand. <SNIP> At that moment, the 2 German Shepherds who were sniffing at me, (as the others were barking and growling), circled around me like sharks, and the one just clamped his teeth ferociously into my right hand and didn't let go. Best regards, Aart Aart Markenstein Art, You're certainly a lucky guy. In 30+ years, my only dog issue was a poodle grabbing my hand whilst I was picking up a case part from the floor. That little event hurt like heck,so I can only imagine what a big dog can do to a hand. As for your client , I'm not a litigious Lad by nature, but if anyone qualifies it's a person who lets multiple dogs of unknown background approach a stranger (Read : intruder in the dog world) I'm not advocating legal action here. I've never felt the need myself. But this owner put your livelihood and physical well being at risk. Hopefully this is a big wakeup call for them. Now if I can get by Suzy the blind Bassett Hound at my favorite piano teachers' house----- Tom Driscoll -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090202/d45e42c2/attachment-0001.html>
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