Had a Bad Encounter with a Dog

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I went outside to say hi to the deer before visiting the graves of Doodles and Kuma, the cats. Hubs asked me to check to see if we received mail. As I walked down our sidewalk and then driveway to the mailbox, my neighbors’ were returning from walking their two newly adopted dogs. The dogs barked their heads off at me. We chatted from our respective driveways shouting above the wild barking. They told me they were working hard on controlling that barking. A suggestion was made by one of the neighbors that perhaps his dog would stop barking once he got used to me. I love dogs and agreed. As this huge barking monster approached on a harness firmly gripped by my neighbor, I put my hand out for it to sniff and said soft, sweet, nothings to it. It lunged at my face and hit me hard on my smiling face, getting me good on my lower lip and upper teeth. No bites, thank goodness. Just head butted. My reflexes were quick. Sigh....... My neighbor is still apologizing. I washed with antibacterial soap and am icing myself now, typing with one finger. And we didn’t receive any mail today.