On Friday, Rocco, Maia, and the two dogs I am fostering Roscoe and Nellie were outside playing. I should have monitored the situation better but instead I was sitting on the patio chatting on my phone.
A little background on the situation. Nellie barks and lunges at Rocco and Maia all the time, R and M just ignore her and go about their business. Roscoe (foster)raises his leg and peed near or on Rocco a few times since he came on Thursday night. Rocco would just walk away.
Well, everyone was playing nicely when all of the sudden the barking and lunging turned into nasty growling. I yelled at them, everyone backed away and then started chasing around the yard playfully. A couple minutes later when the dogs all came to get water, I see blood dripping down the Roscoe's (foster) neck. I checked him out and he had a penny size gash that went through all the layers of skin. It didn't seem to bother him so I cleaned him up, called the vet, and was getting ready to go. At that point I wasn't sure who got him until I see Roscoe's fur stuck in Rocco's teeth.
The vet did make me feel better by saying that it was probably just accidental by the fact that they all broke it up so easily and that foster dog doesn't have any more damage. The vet thought that maybe the playing just got rough and Rocco got his tooth caught in foster dog's collar since the injury is right under where is collar is.
My big innocent, loves everyone boy had bitten into another dog hard enough to do damage. Now I have to say "yes' when asked if he has ever bitten. Roscoe steered clear of Rocco while Nellie took to attacking Rocco which gave me a couple near heart attacks when Rocco started to fight back.
I traded Nellie with another foster home for an 8 year old beagle mix male who is so slow and laid back that Maia gave up trying to make him play. She just couldn't handle the fact that he wouldn't run so she could chase him.
The house is settled into a routine once again.