it was a typical Saturday morning
I was crazy sleepy
as I worked the graveyard shift at a local
video bingo joint
but I had to go over to my grandmas to make sure
all three of her dogs were inside
so I can let my three out to do their usual business
we live in an apartment in a family property
with a fenced in yard
on one acre
with a dog called kai and another two dogs
my mom rescued tibi and bonnie
me and my grandma
always had to let our dogs out separately
because kai and my grandma's dog dexter
never did and never will get along
there were two unaltered males
who weren't socialized properly and would fight
each other whenever they came
around one another
me and grandma did our best work
to make sure they didn't fight well
we had slip ups but there's never been anything serious
until this faithful Saturday
I walked
over to my grandmas to ask her if her dogs were inside
so I can let mine out
luckily dexter was still in his kennel
so I went and let my three dogs out
then proceeded to hang out
and have a bowl of cereal at grandmas
as I waited for my dogs do their business
so we can rotate them
like we usually do
in order to avoid confrontation between dexter and kai
a little while after I let my dogs out
grandma let dexter out of his kennel
as she usually does
because we thought nothing could happen
as long as he remains in my grandma's fence
suddenly my great aunt was walking up the sidewalk
opened the fence's door just as she led dexter out
and as we expected
dexter immediately went to the door
and upon seeing an open
he ramp has my aunt despite our commands to come back
and then it happened
kai saw dexter leave the house
and before any of us could do anything
kai went straight for him
so the dogs began to fight
I quickly set my half eaten bowl of cereal down
and rushed outside to help
my great aunt break them apart
but kai was really out for blood this time
and dexter didn't show any signs of backing down
I had dexter by the collar and scruff
and I was doing the
only thing I could to get kai off him
I kicked kai
while my aunt was hitting him with a rake handle
eventually we got them apart
but kai still wasn't finished
all he could think of was dexter's throat
and how he can tear it apart
and there he went
but this time his teeth lashed on my right foot
in that moment
I remembered
every warning
my family gave me about
not getting in the middle of a dogfight like this
especially between two large dogs like kai and dexter
my next thought was
oh no
kai began to shake his head vigorously
he brought me down while my aunt continued hitting him
I have never seen kai so aggressive
and even thought that that was where I die
after being hit repeatedly by my aunt kai
finally let go of my foot
and I managed to get on my feet and hop to my door
I was in so so much pain
and didn't realize how big my wound was
until I looked down and saw two
huge gashes on my foot
with my blood everywhere on the floor
my aunt rushed to her car
while grandma tried to stop the bleeding
she tried everything from pressing the wounds
with a piece of cloth
to pouring ice water onto my foot
she was shocked
I kept reassuring my grandma that I was okay
a few minutes later my aunt came with a car
it was difficult just to try
to only stand on my left foot
since my right one is a mess
but I sucked it up and made it to the car
my aunt rushed me to the hospital
while calling my mom and telling her what happened
not long after getting to the hospital
and getting my foot x raid
my mom stormed in and screamed
which one did it
whichever one it is it will be a dead dog
she was angry
I told her it was kai
and stood my ground that there's absolutely no way
that we're killing the dog
the doctor came out of the x ray room
and said it may take quite a while to recover
but luckily nothing was broken
that's when my mom finally started to calm down
as a result I got 12 stitches and a test shot
despite kai not being up to date with his vaccines
they didn't bother giving me any rabies
shot and told us to quarantine him for 10 days
and monitor his behavior
and that's just what we did
and of course kai didn't act any different
and what happened didn't change how I feel about him
having kai has been a blessing
he always makes me happy
always so excited to see me when I come home
the one who comes and snuggles with me
whenever it's cold outside
and most importantly
I was sure kai didn't mean to hurt me