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it was a typical Saturday morning

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I was crazy sleepy

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as I worked the graveyard shift at a local

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video bingo joint

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but I had to go over to my grandmas to make sure

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all three of her dogs were inside

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so I can let my three out to do their usual business

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we live in an apartment in a family property

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with a fenced in yard

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on one acre

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with a dog called kai and another two dogs

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my mom rescued tibi and bonnie

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me and my grandma

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always had to let our dogs out separately

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because kai and my grandma's dog dexter

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never did and never will get along

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there were two unaltered males

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who weren't socialized properly and would fight

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each other whenever they came

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around one another

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me and grandma did our best work

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to make sure they didn't fight well

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we had slip ups but there's never been anything serious

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until this faithful Saturday

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I walked

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over to my grandmas to ask her if her dogs were inside

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so I can let mine out

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luckily dexter was still in his kennel

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so I went and let my three dogs out

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then proceeded to hang out

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and have a bowl of cereal at grandmas

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as I waited for my dogs do their business

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so we can rotate them

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like we usually do

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in order to avoid confrontation between dexter and kai

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a little while after I let my dogs out

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grandma let dexter out of his kennel

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as she usually does

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because we thought nothing could happen

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as long as he remains in my grandma's fence

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suddenly my great aunt was walking up the sidewalk

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opened the fence's door just as she led dexter out

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and as we expected

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dexter immediately went to the door

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and upon seeing an open

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he ramp has my aunt despite our commands to come back

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and then it happened

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kai saw dexter leave the house

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and before any of us could do anything

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kai went straight for him

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so the dogs began to fight

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I quickly set my half eaten bowl of cereal down

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and rushed outside to help

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my great aunt break them apart

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but kai was really out for blood this time

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and dexter didn't show any signs of backing down

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I had dexter by the collar and scruff

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and I was doing the

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only thing I could to get kai off him

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I kicked kai

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while my aunt was hitting him with a rake handle

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eventually we got them apart

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but kai still wasn't finished

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all he could think of was dexter's throat

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and how he can tear it apart

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and there he went

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but this time his teeth lashed on my right foot

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in that moment

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I remembered

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every warning

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my family gave me about

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not getting in the middle of a dogfight like this

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especially between two large dogs like kai and dexter

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my next thought was

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oh no

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kai began to shake his head vigorously

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he brought me down while my aunt continued hitting him

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I have never seen kai so aggressive

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and even thought that that was where I die

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after being hit repeatedly by my aunt kai

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finally let go of my foot

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and I managed to get on my feet and hop to my door

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I was in so so much pain

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and didn't realize how big my wound was

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until I looked down and saw two

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huge gashes on my foot

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with my blood everywhere on the floor

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my aunt rushed to her car

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while grandma tried to stop the bleeding

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she tried everything from pressing the wounds

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with a piece of cloth

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to pouring ice water onto my foot

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she was shocked

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I kept reassuring my grandma that I was okay

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a few minutes later my aunt came with a car

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it was difficult just to try

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to only stand on my left foot

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since my right one is a mess

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but I sucked it up and made it to the car

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my aunt rushed me to the hospital

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while calling my mom and telling her what happened

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not long after getting to the hospital

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and getting my foot x raid

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my mom stormed in and screamed

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which one did it

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whichever one it is it will be a dead dog

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she was angry

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I told her it was kai

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and stood my ground that there's absolutely no way

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that we're killing the dog

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the doctor came out of the x ray room

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and said it may take quite a while to recover

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but luckily nothing was broken

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that's when my mom finally started to calm down

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as a result I got 12 stitches and a test shot

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despite kai not being up to date with his vaccines

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they didn't bother giving me any rabies

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shot and told us to quarantine him for 10 days

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and monitor his behavior

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and that's just what we did

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and of course kai didn't act any different

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and what happened didn't change how I feel about him

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having kai has been a blessing

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he always makes me happy

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always so excited to see me when I come home

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the one who comes and snuggles with me

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whenever it's cold outside

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and most importantly

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I was sure kai didn't mean to hurt me